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thefe Two Sizes, already defcribed, being fufficient 

 for all Sorts of Corn and Seeds which we commonly 

 fow, from Marrow-peas to Turnep-feed ; but, for 

 drilling of Beans, the Boxes muft be larger, and are, 

 commonly made of Wood, the Spindle Two Inches 

 Diameter, or more, and the Boxes Two Inches wide : 

 Where note, That this lncreafing of the Width of 

 the Mortife, from an Inch and an half, to Two Inches, 

 increafes the Quantity of Seed to almoft double ; be- 

 caufe this Half Inch is all added to the Middle of the 

 Notches, where they are deeper than their Ends-, the 

 Bevel of which takes up a confiderable Part of the 

 Length of the Notches. For Beans, they alfo con- 

 trive to have their Wheels as low as conveniently they 

 can. Thefe Wooden Drills are now become common 

 in many Places. 



The Wooden and Brafs Seed-boxes differ not in 

 any of the mod effential Parts of them ; only the 

 Wooden Box muft be thicker, as the Wood is not fo 

 flrong as Brafs ; the Spring is made ftrait inftead of 

 crooked ; and, being let into the Back of the Wooden 

 Tongue, bears againft it at each End •, and the Chanel, 

 into which it is placed, being made hollow in the 

 Middle, the Spring has its Play there, and muft be 

 ftiffer and have a little more Play in the Bean-drill, 

 than in any leffer Seed-box. 



I, at firft, made all my Seed-boxes of dry Box- 

 tree Wood, which performed very well, and are ftill 

 ufed: But, a few Years ago, a Gentleman advifed me 

 to make them in Brafs ; the doing of which has put 

 me to a great deal of Trouble and Expence, for want 

 of underftanding the Founder's Art : Yet this I do not 

 repent, becaufe they are, in fome refpect, better than 

 thofe made in Wood; efpecially to thofe who do not 

 well underftand their Fabric; for, to fuch, the Swell- 

 ing and Shrinking of the Wood was inconvenient 

 in fmall Boxes : And I now am told, that they are 

 caft in London of the belt Brafs, at the Price of One 



Z 4 Shilling 



