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BULLETIN 479, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



is mounted on legs, raising it from 10 to 24 inches above the ground 

 The trough is set to straddle a seed bed in which drills have been 



Marker 



Hing-ed Seeding Board 



Cross-section of Seeding- Board 



Seed Trough 



Fig. 3. — Siding apparatus. 



marked. By this method two men can easily sow per day from 30 

 to 40, 4 by 12 foot beds, of 48 drills each, and as many as GO have been 



