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and sowing crosswise, bearing in mind always to overlap at each turn. 

 Then, after the field has been sown one way, I turn and sow the 

 other way over the same ground, to prevent any chance of waste by 

 unevenness. 



Q. Is not a machine preferable in the hands of a novice, than to 

 attempt the rather difficult process of distributing the grass seeds 

 evenly by hand ? 



A. Probably it might. I have thus far done all the seeding on 

 my farm myself, and I must say that I have little faith in sowing 

 grass seed by machine. I have seen many instances where all the 



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labor of the preparation . of the land for the grass crop has been a 

 failure by the uneven sowing of the machine. 



Q. But if you were unable to do the sowing yourself, would you 

 not prefer to have the work done by a machine rather than take the 

 risk of having an inexperienced man do the sowing ? 



A. I would rather take the risk of allowing my best hired man to do 

 the work. For sowing these seeds, however, a really good machine 

 would be very useful, but so far I have not met with one which I 

 would trust an unskilled workman to use. 



Q. You are well aware, Mr. Crozier, that the great mass of the hay 

 sold in the United States, particularly in the Northern States, is that 

 produced from Timothy Grass? 



