

IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. 



of this box, one bushel has seeded fifteen 

 acres, the clover well set, the plants in 

 sufficient numbers, and the whole field 

 evenly seeded. 



The box is eight or ten feet in length, 

 about four inches in breadth, divided 

 into partitions of six inches long. In 

 the bottom of each partition is an open- 

 ing of about three inches square, in 

 which is inserted a piece of tin, parch- 

 ment, or stiff paper, perforated with a 

 number of holes of sufficient size for the 

 clover seed to pass freely through. 



The seed is placed in each partition. 

 To the box is affixed a strap, which is 

 passed over the shoulders of the sower, 

 and carrying the box before him, he 

 walks over the field, agitating the box 

 by his hand if it requires more move- 

 ment than it receives from his walk. In 

 this manner the seed is equally distri- 

 buted over all the ground. 



A very thin piece of board may be 

 hooked at the bottom of the box, to pre- 

 vent the seed dropping out before the 

 sowing commences. The box may be 

 made of light cedar, and not weigh more 

 than six or eight pounds without the 

 seed. 



The Broadcast Hand-Drill is used 

 chiefly for sowing clover, and other 

 small seeds, with or withput grass seeds. 

 The operation is still, however, much 

 more frequently performed by hand. 

 On farms of a large size, where there is 



a uniformity in the surface of the soil, in moisture, and in 

 richness, broadcast sowing by machinery, drawn by cattle or 

 horses, may be advantageously adopted. 



CLOVER Box. 



