Chap. XXI. Of the Wheat-Drill. 3i7 



Seed comes up of a great Breadth, perhaps Three or 

 Four Inches wide, fo that the Weeds coming therein 

 are hard to be gotten out. 



To avoid thefe Inconveniences of wide Chaneis, I 

 contrived Trunks like thofe defcribed, except that 

 they were but Five or Six Inches high; and the Tops 

 of their Plates, bending outwards from each other, 

 form'd Two Sides of a Funnel ; and the Wood be- 

 tween the Two Plates, being cut bevel at the Top, 

 was as the fore Side of a Funnel to this Trunk: It 

 was open behind from Top to Bottom : The Wheels 

 were low, and the Seed-boxes narrow : The Seed in 

 thefe Chaneis was eafily cover'd, efpecially thofe Sorts 

 which were fown in dry Weather ; for then the fined 

 Mould would run in 9 and cover the Seed, as foon as 

 the Trunks were pad it. 



The Seed in fuch a narrow Chanel comes up in a 

 Line, where the Row not being above a Quarter of an 

 Inch broad, fcarce any Weeds CGmein it; and when 

 the Weather is dry 9 the Earth of the Chanel not lying 

 open to be dry'd, the Seed comes up the fooner. 



I had Two Reafons for making of thefe Trunks 

 higher, as they are now ufed : The one was, to avoid 

 the too great Length of the Shares; and my other 

 Reafon was, that with thofe low Trunks, and long 

 Shares, there could not be Two Ranks of Shares, 

 and their Hoppers in the Plough, which are neceffary 

 for making very narrow Partitions, and abfolutely ne- 

 ceffary for planting this treble Row of Wheat ; for if 

 Three Shares for making the Seven-inch Partitions 

 were placed in one Rank, the Mould (which is always 

 moifl: or wet, when we plant Wheat) would be driven 

 before the Shares, there not being room for it to pais 

 betwixt them. 



Fig. 12. is one End of the hinder Hopper [aid 

 open. I call it one End (altho' it be an irttire Bo>; 

 by itfelf) becaufe this Hopper is fuppofed to have 

 its middle Part cut out, to have a clearer Sight of the 



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