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completed, thus finishing the operation of seeding as 

 fast as the ploughing progresses, which is often desira 

 ble. Besides this, when grain is deposited in soil just 

 ploughed, or recently pulverized, the seed will usually 



Fir,. 36. Holbrookes Eight and Left Plough. 



germinate sooner than when it is sowed in ground that 

 has been ploughed several days, or so long a time that 

 the surface has become somewhat dry before the seed 

 is put in the soil. The right and left plough is also an 

 excellent side-hill plough. Mr. Holbrook manufactures 

 several other kinds of ploughs, which give excellent 

 satisfaction for performing the operations for which they 

 were particularly constructed. 



