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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 



FIG. 36. Holbrook's 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. 



