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nutes. The sowing, after this^ is done with truth, 

 and the depth of the covering must be alike for all 

 the seeds. If it be Parsnips or Carrots, which re- 

 quire a wider distance between the rows ; or, Cab- 

 bage plants, which, as they are to stand only for a 

 while, do not require distances so wide : in these 

 cases, other Drillers may be made. And, what is 

 the expense ? There is scarcely an American farmer, 

 who would not make a set of Drillers, for six-inch, 

 eight-inch, and twelve-inch distances, in a winter's 

 day ; and, consisting of a White Oak head and han- 

 dle, and of Locust teeth, every body knows, that 

 the tools might descend from father to son to the 

 fourth or fifth generation. I hope, therefore, that 

 no one will, on the score of tediousness, object to 

 the drilling of seeds in a garden. 



163. In the case of large pieces of ground, a 

 hand Driller is not sufficient. Yet, if the land be 

 ploughed, furrows might make the paths, the har- 

 row might smooth the ground, and the hand-driller 

 might be used for onions, or for any thing else. 

 However, what I have done for Kidney Beans is 

 this. I have a roller drawn by an ox, or a horse. 

 The roller is about eight inches in diameter, and 

 ten feet long, To that part of the frame of the 

 roller, which projects, or hangs over beyond the 

 roller behind, I attach, by means of two pieces of 

 wood and two pins, a bar ten feet long. Into this 

 bar I put ten teeth ; and near the middle of the bar 

 two handles. The roller being put in motion breaks 

 all the clods that the harrow has left, draws after it 

 the ten teeth, and the ten teeth make ten drills, as 

 deep, or as shallow, as the man chooses who fol- 

 lows the roller, holding the two handles of the bar. 

 The two pieces of wood, which connect the bar 

 with the hinder projecting part of the frame of the 



