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some of these machines been carried, that even coarsely-chopped 

 manure is likewise deposited by them in the row, as is done in 

 the case of sowing turnips or other roots. 



At first sight, these machines appear extremely complicated 

 and unwieldy ; and one would be inclined to think that a spin 

 ning jenny might be managed with equal ease in the field. 

 They are cumbrous, and to a degree complicated ; yet they are 

 much in use, and they certainly perform their work extremely 

 well. This, perhaps, is all that is to be asked of them : and 

 mechanical ingenuity, which, under the stimulus of large pre 

 miums and a powerful competition, is now, every day, becoming 

 more active, may presently succeed in rendering them more 

 simple and light, without reducing their efficiency. I give 

 below, merely as a specimen, the engraving of a drill machine 



GarretCs Patent Drill for General Purposes. 



to which the Agricultural Society awarded its premium- of thirty 

 pounds ; it is said to have a deserved popularity. I have seen 

 several different kinds in operation, but with very imperfect 

 means of making a comparison between them ; and, from a neces 

 sarily cursory observation, it would be presumptuous in me to 



