1854, 



>iJEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



237 



GRAIN DRILL. 



W'e have eften spekcn ef the impertarKje of the 

 Kirain Drill as a labor-saving machine. The cut 

 •above v.'ill -show how simple a thing it is, and how 

 ^easyjind readily the seeds may be put into an acre 

 ■of laad-, all in straight Kn«*", and at regular dis 

 tanc'es from each otlier. The seeds are deposited 

 at a uniform regulated depth, fe-em which arises 

 41 considerable saving ef seed, one-third at least, 

 'VN'hile. there IS, usually' , a considerable increase in 

 tlie crop over the broadcast sowing. 



As the machines are ceustructed in England, 

 they ate cemplicated, cumbersome and expensive, 

 ■and it is probably for this reascn that they have 

 not come inte general use. 



Below are two cuts, the first showing the grain 

 .asitcpmee up and appears ■?rhen sewn bi'oadcast, 

 4)y hand : and the second, how it appears when 

 «own by the drill machine^ 



i \\mn%m\ 



iNlr. BiNTs-s gives fi=.'e or six other Tcasees for 

 drilling, but tliey a-re net quite applicable to our 

 modes ef huslmndry. He also states that fifty-sir: 



J J. 1.1.1 111 1 



GXIAIN SOWN BY MACHINE. 



bushels of wheat, per acre, have been raised ca 

 the light soils of Norfolk, England, by drilling. 

 One great advantage of this mode is, that if the 

 field is first harrowed down level, the-drfll deposits 

 the seed at an equal depth ; it then comes up all 

 at th<3 same tiise, and the crop is even and pre- 

 sents a fine appearance through the whole season . 



CTRAIN SOWN BY UANB. 



The advantages derived from using drill nia- 

 "^hioes for so'wing wheat and other small grains, 

 have been summed up by Mr. IJinns, at a meeting 

 ■of an English agricultural society, as follows : — 



1. The seed is delivered with regularity. 



2. It is deposited at a proper depth, 



S. The weeds duriiig the growth of the plants, 

 may be deetroyed with great facility. [In this 

 country the weeding of grain is not common. In- 

 deed, when it is sown broadcast, weeding it could 

 ■not be done without destroying the crop.] 



4. By admission of the sun and air l)etwecn the 

 TOWS, a stronger and healthier plant is produced, 

 4ind of course a heavier crop. 



For the New England Farmer^ 



BARLEY AND INDIAN CORN. 



Mr. Ebitor : — In the New E/ii^litud Farmer's 

 report of the twelftli Agricultural Meeting at tlie 

 State House, Mr. Russell, of Pittsfield, is repre- 

 sented assaying that '■'good hea%'y barley is worth 

 three times a& much us corn."' Now as thespeaker 

 could not bavo inteudod to make that statement. 

 Avill you favd? your rca-ders with what he did 

 mean, as to the relative value of the two mentioned 

 grains. 



I have raised barley, more or less, for ten youva 

 past, and am of the impression tliat a bushel of 

 good well cleaned 'x;:! \ will make as much pork 

 as abusliel of corn. Indeed I think it particular- 

 ly adapted to tiie purpose of lattening pork. When 

 ground fine and tlifi meal scalded and allowed to 

 steind till fenncntation commences, hogs love it 

 l)ettcr tban any food I ever fed them, and I think 

 they will thrive faster tlian on any otlier. 



Tliat Ijarley is equaJly good for other animals I 

 doubt not ; but what I wish more to call the at- 

 tention of yor.r readers to, is, the fact that grass 

 seed, sown with barley, always catches. 



Much complaint is heard now-a-da^s of th« 



