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Two horses are required to work it, and the driver is 

 conveniently seated to drive it, having at hand the 

 regulating lever for controlling the machine. The 

 wheels are adjustable, so that they may be regulated 

 according to the width of the ridges. The machine 

 is under control of the driver, and the only additional 

 labour necessary is to supply the seed to the hopper 

 and to harrow in the seed. From six to seven acres may 

 be planted in a day 7 . 



With the view of meeting the demand for a three- 

 row planter workable by two horses the writer has 

 recently brought out a new machine in which he places 

 great confidence. The construction is light and simple, 

 there being few working parts. The potatoes are 

 contained in a hopper divided into three compart- 

 ments, delivering them into three spouts ; at the end 

 of each spout, but not quite touching it, a small recep- 

 tacle is made to rise and fall so that when at its lowest 

 point a potato falls into it ; on being brought to its 

 highest point the potato is met by a shaft carrying a 

 needle, which picks up the potato and conveys it 

 towards the funnel of the spout, which deposits it in a 

 track made by a small mould-board. The potato is 

 released by being drawn against a fixed bar. The 

 potatoes are regulated by simple contrivances which 

 prevent too many reaching the receptacle at one time, 

 yet ensure that one is ready to be picked up on every 

 occasion of the needle coming down. The mould is 

 turned over the set and the planting is complete. 



In those districts where there is a scarcity of labour 



