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All the ** lands " having been ploughed, there still 

 remains the headland. 



To finish ploughing the headland the ploughman 

 reverses his team and plough so as to throw a second 

 furrow against the headland furrow, travelling all 

 around the headlands to do so. In this manner he 

 continues travelling round and round until all the 

 headlands are ploughed. 



SOWING AND SEEDING 



The next job to be tackled is the sowing and cover- 

 ing of the seed, and this is a matter which calls for a 

 little consideration. 



If the land is fairly heavy, the seed may be broad- 

 casted on the newly ploughed land before harrowing, 

 although, if the ploughing is not fairly well packed, 

 that is, if fissures are left between the furrows, it may 

 be necessary to harrow the land slightly so as to close 

 up the fissures and prevent the seed from getting under 

 the sod and being sown too deeply. 



This operation, where needed, having been per- 

 formed, the seed should be broadcasted. Then follow 

 several harrowings until the seed is completely buried 

 and a fairly fine seed-bed obtained. 



On light land it is really better to harrow the land 

 down fine before sowing, then to broadcast the seed 

 and cover with the harrow. The object of this latter 

 method is to make a firm seed-bed, and further to assist 

 in this direction light land should be rolled immediately 

 after sowing. In some cases it is an advantage to roll 

 both before and after. 



TO ROLL OR NOT TO ROLL 



It is not always possible to roll even light land at 

 the time of sowing the tare crop — late autumn or early 

 winter — ^as the ground is sometimes not dry enough. 



