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something of the appearance shown in the figure e 

 (p. 187). 



" A A are the two sides of the frame, 16 inches 

 long, connected at each extremity by cross-pieces. 

 B is a wheel, 10 inches in diameter and four inches 

 broad, made of wood. C is a coulter attached to the 

 forward crosspiece. D is the hopper, in which the 

 seed is placed. F F are the handles by which the 

 machine is impelled and guided. Back of the hopper 

 is a roller, attached to which is a metal slide, not 

 perceptible in the cut, perforated with a hole of the 

 size of the seed to be sown, which slides close to 

 the bottom of the hopper. The roller is moved, when 

 the machine is in motion, by stout wires seen in the 

 drawing. When the machine is in motion, the coul- 

 ter C makes a drill, into which the seed immediately 

 drops ; two pieces of round iron project down diag- 

 onally from the sides, ^yhich throw the mould upon 

 the seed, and the wheel then passes over and op- 

 erates as a roller." 



After the sowing has been completed, the plants 

 generally make their appearance in ten or fourteen 

 days, and if the soil and weather be favourable, they 

 will grow into what is called the " rough-leaf when 



