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or three or four together at any desired space apart. This method of 

 planting will produce one-fourth more grain and fodder than hill 

 planting. The machine is provided with four dropping rings, and 

 pinions to regulate the number of grains dropped, and the distance 



THE KEYSTONE CORN PLANTER. 



of the seed apart in the rows. Another good machine of a similar 

 kind is the Albany Corn Planter. This machine will sow all kinds of 

 seed in drills, and can also be used as a cultivator. Both of them 

 have arrangements for applying fertilizers as well. 



GRAIN DRILLS. 



Drilling grain is more economical of seed, as well as of time, and 

 does the sowing better than broadcast sowing. Drill sown grain 

 resists the freezing and thawing of winter better than broadcast, and 



GRAIN DRILL. 



it can be better harrowed in the spring. Even oats are better to be 

 drill sown, and some farmers prefer to drill them both ways, crossing 

 the first sowing, by which the plants have more room and " tiller " better. 



