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opened and closed by the mechanism of the implement. The 

 endgate seeder is a metal hopper that is attached to the end- 

 gate of a wagon. The seed is placed in the hopper and is dis- 

 tributed by means of a mechanism supplied with power from a 

 sprocket attached to the wheel of the wagon. 



Grain drills. These are the implements generally employed 

 for planting the cereal crops (Fig. 48). There are several 

 types manufactured, but they all consist essentially of the 

 wheels, the supporting frame, the hopper, the feeding mechan- 

 ism, the tubes that convey the grain to the ground, the furrow 

 openers, and the chains or wheels that cover the grain. In 

 some localities drills are provided with fertilizer and grass-seed 

 attachments. 



Corn- and cotton-planters. These machines are of two types 

 hand planters and horse-drawn planters. The former are 



FIG. 208. One-horse corn-planter. 



used for corn and are employed where only small areas are planted 

 or for replanting missing hills. The horse-drawn planters are 

 either two-horse or one-horse. The two-horse planter drops 

 the corn in hills or in drills at certain regular distances apart 

 and plants two rows at a time (Fig. 39). The one-horse planter 



