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broaden the ridge as to allow the seed sower to work on - 

 it to deposit the seed. Where stable manure is not ob- 

 tainable, Mr. Crozier recommends blood and bone fer- 

 tilizer, or bone dust, sown 

 in the furrows at the rate 

 of about 300 pounds to 

 the acre; but where such 

 fertilizers are used, the 

 ridge ' over the furrows 

 should not be raised so 

 high as over the manure. 

 About eight pounds of 

 seed are used to the acre, 

 if put in with the " Planet " 

 or other seed drill; when 

 sown by hand, fully double 

 that quantity would be 

 required per acre. The 

 seed ranges, according to 

 the season and the variety, 

 from forty to eighty cents 

 per pound. Mr. Meggat, 

 the extensive seed raiser 

 of Connecticut, recom- 

 mends that, in using the 

 seed sower, the hopper 

 ? should never be more than 



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two-thirds filled, and 

 should never have any lid 

 or cover, so that the oper- 

 ator can see its action, and 

 should be shaken clear cf 

 all dust as it accumulates, 

 NORBITON GIANT MANGEL wuRZEL. so that the seed may be 



