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22, 

 THE SEED-PROCESS. 



I. BROADCAST may be faid to be the 

 <inly method of fownig in this Diltrift : — and 

 the plow fwith feme few exceptions) the only 

 implement ufed in covering the feed. 



II. Drilling, notwithfianding the foil is 

 fo peculiarly adapted to this operation, is en- 

 tirely unpradlifed. The only exception to ran- 

 dom-lowing is, 



III. Dibbling — provincially, 'Mabbing."-— 

 It is performed in two ways ; namely, by 

 ■hand-dibbles, and by dibhing-r oilers : the lat- 

 ter however being in the hands of very few, 

 and being, I believe, ufed for wheat only, 

 they will be mentioned more particularly 

 .under that article. But hand-dibbles are ufed 

 for peas as well as for wheat. Indeed, in this 

 Diftri(5l, they are more in ufe for the former 



M 4 than 



