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with foil ; in which cafe, a light roller may be drawn over 

 the land, after the feed is fown, which will not only cover 

 the feeds, but will alfo, by levelling the furface, prepare 

 the land for an earlier hoeing than could othervvife have 

 taken place. 



It has always been found troublefome, fometimes im- 

 prafticable, to fow any kind of grain or feed (even broad- 

 caft) in a high wind. This inconvenience is entirely 

 obviated, by placing a fcreen of any kind of cloth, or a 

 fack, fupported by two uprights nailed to the fides of the 

 machine, behind the funnels, which will prevent the grain 

 or feed being blown out of its direftion in falling from the 

 ladles into the funnels. Small pipes of tin may alfo be 

 put on to the ends of the funnels, to convey the grain or 

 feed fo near the furface of the land, that the higheft wind 

 fhall not be able to interrupt its defcent into the drills. 



That farmers may not be reduced to the neceflity of 

 fowing their land out of condition, that is, when the foil 

 is wet and clammy, every exertion ought to be made, in 

 ploughing up their lands ready to fow as early as poffible 

 in the feafon, that the firft opportunity of fowing when the 

 land is dry may be embraced; nothing bids fairer for fuc- 

 cefs in the drill fyftem, than early fowing; in which cafe 

 the plants have time to throw out or multiply fo many ad- 

 ditional ftems or offsets as the land is able to fupport. 

 But if farmers will fow early, they muft plough earlv, 

 otherwife ftrong produ£tive foils will not be in condition 

 to receive the feed; and fuch extraordinary advantages 

 have been uniformly derived from ploughing up ftubbies 

 immediately after the crops have been carried, that many 



intelligent. 



