1 Oo FALLOWING. 



in vegetating, are thrown out of the grountl, such aa 

 beans, &:c. ought to be buried lightly ; and, in general, 

 it may be observed, that very lew seeds require to be 

 deeply buried. In light soils they should be buried 

 deeper than in stiff and cold ones. When the ground is 

 rolled, after sowing, seeds will come up with a lighter 

 covering of earth, than where this is not done. 



Much depends on having the seeds sowed as evenly as 

 possible ; and for this purpose they ought to be sowed 

 when the weather is not windy, particularly those 

 v>'hich are light, or easily wafted away. In sowing some 

 seeds, it i^ advisable to go over the ground twice ; sow- 

 ing one half of the intended allowance of seed one wa}* , 

 and the other half crosswise. 



For the proper time of commiting each kind of seed 

 to the ground, and the quantity to be sown of each, see 

 the articles of v/hich the seeds are to be sown. 



DRILLING 



Is a method of sowing seeds with a machine, by open- 

 ing one or more furrows, at proper distances from each 

 other, of a deph suitable to the seed to be sown, and at 

 rhe same time dressing the seeds, and covering them all 

 at one operation. It is drawn by one or more horses, 

 according to its size ; or it may be drawn by hand, or 

 pushed forward, something similar to the manner of 

 pushing a wheel barrrow, where a machine for drilling a 

 row at a time is to be used. 



Of this latter description, may be those for drilling in 

 the seeds of Indian corn, beans, turnips, onions, and 

 generally all seeds which may be cultivated in roAvs, or 

 drills, to advantage, and which have seeds of such 

 «hape as can be properly dropped at suitable distances 

 with this implement of husbandr3^ 



One man with a drill, to be drawn either by hand or 

 by a horse, as the case may require, will perform as 

 much as six, eight, or ten men, in the same length of 

 lime, without the use of this implement ; besides, the 

 work done with the drill, will be found much better ex- 

 ecuted, and with a great saving of seed. 



Drills, however, are only proper for grounds which 

 are clear of stones, and other impediments to the use of 

 these machines. 



