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country at least, thouglit of using it. Mr. 

 Smith, however, being, as will be seen here- 

 after, of a mechanical turn of mind, satisfied 

 himself of its merits, and yentured on one of 

 his own, which he set to work as soon as the 

 crop was housed. It was of six-horse power, 

 and by employing thi-ee sets of men and horses 

 working day and night, he soon had nearly 

 forty loads of wheat tlu^eshed out, which sold 

 at from 45/. to 48/. j)er load; the price fell 

 before the next harvest to 12/. or 13/. 



About this time Eennet, of Farnham, had 

 invented a hand-machine for sowing turnip 

 and grass seeds in drills; and Mr. Smith de- 

 sired him to add a long trough of wood to be 

 filled with ashes, so as to be dropped into the 

 drill on the turnip-seed. The improved ma- 

 chine was sent to the Agricultural Exhibition 

 at Winchester, when a prize for the invention 

 was awarded to Mr. Smith, Avhich he handed 

 over to Eennet. 



In connection with this Agricultural Exhi- 



