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sown early, a less quantity of seed will be required. Winter rye is to be preferred to the 

 spring variety, but, when the latter is sown, it should be put into the ground as early as prac 

 ticable, that is, as soon as the ground is in a suitable condition to receive it, in order to give 

 ; /v-. -/-.,,, x v, v .;.\ ,, . ,:/./..//,.. it an early growth. The quantity of seed to be sown 



depends upon the character of the soil and the time 

 of sowing. On light lands, and if sown early, from 

 three pecks to a bushel per acre is the usual quantity 

 when sown broadcast. On good soil, and when sown 

 rather late, from one and a half to two bushels per acre 

 may be required. When sown principally for green 

 soiling fodder, or pasturage, where a luxuriant and 

 heavy growth is desirable, from three to four bushels 

 per acre may be sown, according to the nature of the 

 soil. When drilled in, only about a bushel per acre 

 will be required for ordinary land. 

 GABOON S BROADCAST SEED-SOWER. Small fields of rye are still sometimes sown by 



the old-time method, by hand, but the broadcast seed-sowers and drills have, in a great 

 measure, superseded that practice, since they facilitate labor and distribute the seed so much 



PHILADELPHIA BROADCAST SEED-SOWER. 



more evenly than can be done by hand. Where largely cultivated, and the surface of the 

 ground will admit, it is usually drilled in the same as wheat. In the use of the seed-sowers, 

 the quantity of seed per acre can be regulated the same as with drills, the heavier the seed 

 the farther it can be thrown by the sower. A hand machine will sow from four to six acres 

 per hour; a horse machine, from twelve to fifteen. 



The two preceding cuts represent machines of this kind for sowing broadcast all kinds 

 of small seeds and grains, as well as the various chemical fertilizers, such as bone-dust, plas 

 ter, pulverized poultry manure, phosphates, etc. The former is manufactured by the Good- 

 ell Co., Antrim, N&quot;. H., the latter by Benson, Maule & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



The following figure shows a machine of different kind for the same purpose, which is 

 attached to a horse-rake by removing the teeth from the latter, as shown in the cut, thus com 

 bining two farm machines in one. It is manufactured by Wheeler & Melick Co., Albany, 

 N. Y. 



