SOWING WITH THE DRILL. 69 



and enables them to obtain sufficient and timely 

 aliment. 



Wheat that is dibbed, or dibbled, is dropped, 

 two or three kernels at a time, into holes, 

 made by a man with a pointed instrument in 

 the shape of a T. This he holds by the cross 

 piece, and thrusts the longer leg, wiiich is 

 pointed with iron, into the ground, at the dis- 

 tance of a few inches, with considerable quick- 

 ness as he walks. Children usually follow r , 

 and drop the seed into the holes which he 

 makes. This mode of sowing wheat is un- 

 known in the United States, but is not uncom- 

 mon in England. 



The drill is too complex a machine to be ac- 

 curately described, or understood here. It is a 

 sort of box, containing the wheat, borne on two 

 ivheels, and drawn by horses. The wheels, as 



