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toughnefs of the roots, a light harrow may be taken over 

 the land, once in a place, which will efFe£tually cover the 

 feed, without difplacing it at all in the drills. For fowing 

 clays, a confiderable weight muft be applied to the lever 

 L, to force the coulters into the ground ; and a fet of 

 wrought-iron coulters, well fleeled, and made fharp at the 

 front edge and bottom, are recommended} they will 

 pervade the foil more readily, confequently require lefs 

 draught, and expedite bufmefs more than adequate to the 

 additional expencc. 



For every half acre of land intended to be fown by the 

 machine v/ith the feed of that very valuable root, (carrot) 

 one bufnel of faw-duft, and one pound of carrot feed, 

 fhould be provided; the faw-duft fhould be made dry, and 

 fifted to take out all the lumps and chips, and divided into 

 eight equal parts or heaps; the carrot-feed fhould likewife 

 be dried, and well rubbed between the hands, to take off 

 the beards, fo that it will feparate readily, and being di- 

 vided into eight equal parts or heaps, one part of the car- 

 rot-feed muft be v.rll mixed with one part of the faw-duft, 

 and fo on, till all the parts of carrot-feed and faw-duft are 

 well mixed and incorporated together, in which ftate it 

 may be fown very regularly in drills at twelve inches dif- 

 tance, by the cups or ladles. No. 2. Carrot-feed refem- 

 biing faw-duft very much in its fize, roughnefs, weight, 

 adhefion, &c. will remain mixed as above during the 

 fowing; a ladle full of faw-duft will, upon an average* 

 contain three or four carrot-feeds, by which means the 

 carrot-feed cannot be ocherwife than regular in the drills. 

 In attempting to depofit fmall feeds near the furface, it 

 may fo happen that fome of the feeds may not be covered 



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