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Report to H.R.H. the President 



Lancashire. In our drier districts, as in Lincolnshire and in Berk- 

 shire, it is found better with the bulk of the crop, when rain does 



Hornsby's Patent Manure Drill. 



come, to make more expedition. Using a turnip drill, therefore, 

 6 feet wide, we sow four rows at once with some light manure, 

 and are thus enabled to sweep rapidly over our ground, while the 

 seed finds a damp bed fit for germination before the dust begins 

 once more to Hy. 



Garrett and Son's Turnip Drill. 



Still, however rapid the four-row turnip-drill, south-country 

 farmers are often obliged to wait in July for a soaking shower, 

 waiting indeed often in vain, until it is too late to look for a bulky 

 turnip crop. A south-country farmer, Mr. Chandler, of Market 

 Lavington, Wilts, has produced a machine to deal even with this 



