PLATE ILL 



Fig. 5. 



DRILL FOE TURNIPS AND BEETS IN ELDGE CULTURE. 



CORBETT i PEELE. ShESWEBUKT, ENGLAND. 



The machine drills two parallel rows. On each side of the machine is a concave ridging 

 roller, a hollow share which receives the seed from the box ahove. and an iron roller for 

 covering the seed. The seed wheels are of the usual English form, having little hemis- 

 pherical cups to dip up the seed and drop it into hoppers, from which conductors lead to 

 the hollow shares which open the furrows. — (Kxight. > 



Fig. 6. 



. -j - -:-_t 

 FRENCH HAND DRILL. 

 In this form the seed is delivered to the conductor by a brush. — i Kxight. ) 



