Chap. XXII. Of the Turnep- Drill ^3 



What is meant by Wood-fcrews, are taper Sc w? 

 made with Iron, having very deep Threads, whei eby 

 they hold-fall when fcrewed into Wood, and their 

 Points will enter into fbft Wood without boring y 

 Hole for them into the Wood they are to take hold 

 of; but near their Heads they are round, and have 

 no Thread, and that Part of them muft always be in 

 a bored Hole thro' that Part of a Board that is to be 

 drawn clofe. 



If the Standards fnould be much fwollen by being 

 wet, it may be proper to anoint them with Soap, 



In drilling, when the Wind is very itrong, and the 

 Hopper goes high above the Funnel, the Seed might 

 be blown over it, if we did not take care to guard 

 it from the Force of the Wind ; and for doing this 

 there are many Ways: Sometimes we nail a Piece of 

 Linen Cloth round the Ends, and the fore Side of the 

 Hopper •, or elfe we nail on a Piece of old Hat, or 

 Shoe-leather, round the Edges of the Funnel, to raife 

 it higher -, or if the Hopper go a great deal above the 

 Trunk, we nail up a Pipe of Leather to the wooden 

 Bottom of the Box, which Pipe, being about an Inch 

 wide at Bottom, protects the Seed from the Wind, 

 till it arrives fo near the Funnel, that the Wind can- 

 not blow it over. 



If we would have a long Hopper, to plant many 

 Rows at once, of Clover or other fine Seeds, it is 

 eafy to make each of thefe wooden (falfe) Spindles 

 turn Two or Three Brafs or Iron Spindles; but then, 

 as in all other Cafes; where the fame Hopper is to 

 fupply more than one Chanel with S^d, each of its 

 Wheels muft have Liberty to rife without the other, 

 as thofe of the hinder Hopper of the Wheat-drill 

 do, 



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