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is broadcasted. The drill has another advantage, that as the seed 

 is sown by it in regular parallelled rows equi-distant, subsequent 

 cultivation is easily accomplished, and weeds can be better kept in 

 check. A good seed drill, that will sow both seed and artificial 

 manure simultaneously, costs from ^40 to ^60, and this is a large 

 amount for the new settler to lay out, and it is for him to decide 

 whether such expenditure is warranted. If, however, 100 acres or 

 over have to be sown, and the land is in good order, a drill soon 

 pays for itself in the seed saved. 



After the seed has been sown, the land will have to be harrowed 

 until a fine tilth is secured, fully and evenly covering the seed. 



The "Acme" harrow 

 illustrated here, is 

 really a most excel- 

 lent implement (cost, 

 two-horse, 6], for 

 pulverising the sur- 

 face, but the harrows 

 most commonly in use 

 are the " zig-zag," 

 which are dragged 

 either down or across 

 the furrows, or dia- 

 gonally, or all three 

 if necessary. The best way of covering the seed, especially in 

 rough ground, is to harrow down the furrows first, and then 

 diagonally, starting at one corner and going straight across to the 

 opposite corner, and round and round this diagonal line until the 

 whole field is harrowed. A great deal more \vork (probably one- 

 third), and better work, is done this way. 



A set of these harrows, three leaves, costs 4. ios., but 

 it this outlay cannot be afforded, the farmer can make a set for 

 himself for much less. A limb of a tree, with the branches left on, 

 may be used as a makeshift, or a forked branch, with wooden tines 

 driven in it, will last a season or two. A really serviceable set may 

 be made by making the frame work of sawn timber bolted together, 

 and purchasing the iron tines. When grass or other small seeds 

 are sown a brush harrow is quite sufficient to cover them with. 



After harrowing, the roller, which can be made on the farm, is 

 the next implement required. Illustrations of two simple and 

 effective rollers arc shown herewith. 



The following description of the way this farm roller is made 

 is given in the Rimil AY?:- Yorker : " A frame of 4 x 4 hard- 

 wood was made and the tongue placed as shown in the sketch, 

 which also shows the braces and the gudgeons or pins which held 

 the rollers in place. The logs were solid, 3^ feet long and 

 1 8 inches in diameter. Gudgeons about 16 inches long were driven 

 into the ends of the logs. These were ij inches iron squared for 



