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THE WHEAT CrLTTEIST. 



working it as lie travels over the field. The grain is 

 carried in a receptacle to which the machinery is 

 attached. At one side of the machine is a distributing 

 wheel, with arms, or flanges, which play in the issne of 

 the grain receptacle. TThen the machine is not in 

 motion the grain cannot flow ont ; but, as soon as the 

 crank is tnrned, the grain is scattered broadcast in front 

 of the sijwer. If every part of the machine is made per- 

 fectly, and if the operator can exercise mechanical skill 

 in managing ditflcnlt machinery, he can sow grain evenly 

 and rapidly with snch a seed sower. 



Bnt there are some diflicnlties attending the manage- 

 ment of snch a grain sower, to which it is proper for me 

 to allnde. so that a farmer may nnderstand exactly what 

 he is pnreliasing. when he procnres one of this style of 

 machines. There is the same liability to scatter seed 

 nnevenly with this sower as when sowing broadcast by 

 hand. If the operator does not walk exactly at a uniform 

 o-ait. and if he does not keep his body in a steady posi- 

 tion, without wriggling, and does not turn the crank at 

 a nnifurni velocity, he will not be likely to sow the 

 seed as evenly as it should be. By turning the body 

 only a little either way. from a dii'ect. straightforward 

 course, the direction of the falling grain will be changed 

 very much. By tm-ning the crank faster, the grain will 

 be distriljuted over a wider breadth of land. A skiltul 

 operator will regulate the motion of the crank by his 

 steps. 



A more complete description of this seed sower may 

 betbimd in E. II. Allen Co.'s catalogue of his agricul- 

 tural implements, 1S9 TTater Street, Xew York city, 

 price $1. It is sold also by The Ames Plough Com- 

 pany," 53 Beekman Street, Xew York city ; and is 



