120 EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE. 



makers supply a sower for cereals which can be easily 

 fitted to the cultivator. By this arrangement the sowing 

 and covering of the seed can be accomplished in one 

 operation. Three feddans of land can be cultivated per 



FIG. 17. SCOTCH GRUBBER 



mi] 



FIG. 18. SPRING-TINE CULTIVATOR. 



day with one pair of bullocks, equivalent to the work of 

 four or five ploughs. The cost of a cultivator, exclusive 

 of grain sower attachment, may range from ten to fifteen 

 pounds. 



