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THE DRILL PLOUGH. 



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o-ht -rains of wheat will thus be dcpofited in every nine Inches of 



the drill 



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Now if eight or nine 



crrains were di 



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h of ground 



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pofed 



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would be toe 

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Aide down, an inclined plane, as in 



tulTock ; 

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^d altogether in one 



if they be all fup- 



it by making them 



from the feed- box 



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which are 



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them, as ken m Plate XL fi 



layed by their friaion in defcending than, oth 



(Ted for the purpofe of Icng 



» forae of the feeds will be more d 



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and the eight or 



d 



feeds will thence be difperfed over the whole nine inches of th 



...u:.u .^,.A.f. rlrill.rnwin^ fuDcrior to dibbluig, as in th 



which 



to dibbl 



as in 



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latter the feeds arc dropped all togeth 



8, When the hoi 



111 



th 



ooden cylinder are completely open 



or pea 



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thev are about a proper fize for fowing horfe-beans 

 ty are complete'ly clofed, there will remain a fmall mc e at the end 

 of the excavation in the wooden cylinder next to B, Plate XL fig. 4. 

 for turnip-feed, or other fmall feeds. ' ^ , ', , 



For wheat ind barley and oats, a wooden w.dge ihould be made 

 of the exaa fhape of the area of the hole, which the direaor of the 

 plouoh requires ; who will occafionally infert it into the holes, when 

 ^ ° - -ew at the end of the cylinder to enlarge or to leffen 



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the fc 



them to thefe exaft dimenfions. 



Thefe wedges fhould be written upon with 



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paint; y'^^^^ 



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barley, oats, &c 



hich will much facilitate the adapting the fize of 



the excavations to each kind of grain, and may be altered, if required 

 fuit lafcrer or lefs feeds of the fame denomination 



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In fome drill-plough 



Mr. Cook 



there is an add 



machinery 



mark a line, as the plough proceeds 



which th 



But in fowing wheat or peas 



heel n^areft the laft fown furrow may be direded to pafs at a pro 

 per diftance.from it, and parallel to it.. 

 and beans this may be done by making the wheels, as they run upon 



exaaiy fifty-four inches from each other ;. and 



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round, to be 



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