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of ordinary size, liung over the shoulder, as shown in 

 the illustration. Read all about the manipulations of 

 sowing grain in first volume of my Young Farmer s 

 Manual, which may be had of the author. 



XriTixo s FANNING MILT,. 



FIG. 42. Grain Separator. 



Every farmer who raises grain should have a fanning 

 mill that will separate the small from the large kernels. 

 Rufus Nutting, Randolph, Vermont, is the inventor of 

 an excellent fanning mill and seed separator, which 

 is represented by the accompanying illustration. The 

 &quot;Annual Register,&quot; when extolling the merits of this mill, 

 states that, at one of the fairs of the State Society, an 

 agent put one of the poorest samples of grain through 

 this mill, returning it to the bag with the large kernels 

 on the top. When the judges saw the grain, they 

 awarded the first prize to the poorest entry of wheat, 



