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FIG. 44. Grain drills with special alfalfa and grass-seed attachments are very popular for sowing 

 alfalfa seed. [Courtesy International Harvester Company.] 



SEEDING IMPLEMENTS. 



Of the implements used in sowing seed, grain drills with special grass- 

 seed attachments are more in use than any other. Thirty-nine per cent 

 of the growers reporting on the subject use them. Next in importance 

 are the wheelbarrow, end-gate, and hand broadcast seeders. They are 

 represented, in all, by 35 per cent of the growers reporting, the wheel- 

 barrow seeders alone being represented by 23 per cent of the growers. 

 Seventeen per cent of the growers reporting on the subject of seeders 

 mentioned special alfalfa drills, 9 per cent special alfalfa broadcast 

 seeders, and only 4 per cent reported using the old-fashioned hand method 

 of sowing. Returns indicate that where alfalfa seed is drilled, either a 

 special alfalfa drill or a common grain drill with grass-seed attachment 

 is generally used; and where alfalfa seed is broadcasted, wheelbarrow 

 and hand seeders are most popular. 



FIG. 45. Wheelbarrow seeders are used by 23 per cent of the growers reporting. 

 [Courtesy O. E. Thompson & Sons.] 



