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very common in many sections of the country, especially in the 

 wheat growing regions, and the necessity for it on some classes 

 of soils is very generally admitted. It must be regarded as one 

 of the most important fertilizers we have, after barnyard or 

 stable manure, and the judicious application of it on a large 

 proportion of the farms of the country would be attended with 

 beneficial results. It should be sown fresh slacked, and in a 

 fine condition, and immediately mixed with the soil by harrow- 

 ing or plowing. The better practice is to plow first, spread 

 the lime upon the furrows and harrow in. 



It is a laborious and difficult operation to spread it uniformly 

 over a large area. Cooper's Lime Spreader meets this difficulty 

 and does its work with perfect evenness, saving a great deal of 

 labor and time. It may be worked either with oxen, horses, or 

 mules, may be loaded anywhere, and hauled to the field without 

 waste, where it may be put in operation in a few seconds. The 

 quantity per acre is easily regulated. The machine weighs no 

 more than the common ox-cart, and it will carry as large a load, 

 feeds itself, and crushes and pulverizes all lumps. {Fig. 45.) 



One man and team can do as much with this spreader, as four 

 men and two teams can do without it, while the manner in 

 which it performs its work cannot be equalled by hand spread- 

 ing. It is simple, strong, and durable, the operating parts being 

 made of iron. It may be used to sow ashes and plaster as well 

 as lime. 



The Star Drill. The practice of drilling in wheat is of 

 comparatively recent origin, but the advantages of it are now 

 so well understood that few English farmers would think of 

 sowing wheat broadcast, and the best farmers of this country 

 have adopted it. By means of the drill the seed may be 

 dropped and covered uniformly, and, if in dry weather, deeply. 

 Sown broadcast and harrowed in, during a period of drought 



