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sufficient for an acre. Two active men will, how- 

 ever, sow an acre a day by hand, one forming a 

 small furrow on the ridges by drawing a hoe over 



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them, and the other dropping the seed. To do this 

 well requires some experience, while with the drill 

 any man can sow an acre in an hour or two, and 

 place the seed in a better manner. The following 

 cut represents the drill-barrow invented by IVIr. Be- 



