THE OLD AND THE NEW. 



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combined drill and-wheel hoe will answer well enough for 

 the purposes of the home-grower and small gardener. 



When ready to sow, stretch a line across one end of the 

 patch to act as a guide for running the drill. I like to have 

 the rows as straight as a string. It looks better, and gives 

 better satisfaction. Adjust the marker attachment to mark 

 twelve or fourteen inches apart, set the opening as directed 

 for onion seed, fill the hopper, and proceed to sow. If the 



Fig. 3. 



Planet, Jr., Garden-Seed Drill. 



seed runs out too freely, readjust the discharge opening. 

 There is quite a difference in the size of the kernels in dif- 

 ferent samples of seed, as also in weight, and consequently 

 some seed runs out faster than other samples. It is by no 

 means easy to sow just so many pounds per acre with any 

 of the drills now in use. The task always calls for the exer- 

 cise of good judgment in each particular case. 



Four pounds of good seed, if sown evenly, would be fully 



