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An Improved Drill. 



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AN IMPROTED BRirL, 



In very general use in the sugar districts of France, by which is sown seeds of every 

 size, from the poppy to the horse bean. It is of simple construction, not easily put out of. 

 order, and performs to admiration. It drills two, three, or five rows, as might Jae desired. 

 The rolling by means of wheels is to me a novel invention, and most effective; the pressure 

 can be increased or diminished at will, by a weight laid across the frame above the wheels. 



Fig. 24. 



When two or three rows only are sown, two or three of the wheels are removed, and no 

 more used than there are rows to be rolled. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, are the seed boxes, made gene- 

 rally of stout tin, w itli oblong or oval lioles on their edge, tliese are partially closed by tin 

 slides, so as to suit the seed which is to be sown or drilled ; and if the seed is to be dropped 

 at larger distances, every alternate liole is totally closed. This drill works eoually well 



