Drill fur dislribuliiu/ Superphosphaic. 
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1 would remark that on the hill and bake land I make it a point 
to select the most couchy parts for vetches; after feeding them 
there is time for cleaning the land preparatory for rye ; it is gene- 
rally hot and dry at this season of the year, and the ground 
cannot be made too light for rye. 
As an excuse for sowing the two white-straw crops in suc- 
cession, I get foJir green crops on some portion of the land in the 
other two years ; and by leaving the manure Avhere the food is 
consumed the sheep are saved much travelling, and the land is 
gradually recovered to produce a heavy wheat-crop. By this 
system the land will be in a sufficiently high slate of cultivation 
to carry barley with enough straw without further help, and the 
quality of the barley will be much better than after turnips, 
especially where sheep are fed on corn or cake when consuming 
the turnips. 
There are four very important points gained by this machine over 
the compost drills, to which the patentee, in justice to himself, 
desires particular attention, viz. : — economy in the manure (see 
extracts below), the more even distribution of it, the greater expe- 
dition in its delivery, and the certainty of obtaining a plant. 
The apparent difficulty of supplying the drill with liquid has, 
after many unsuccessful attempts, been entirely overcome by the 
following simple method : — 
A common oil -pipe, which may be purchased for 10s., should 
be placed in a one-horse cart, on two blocks of wood fitted into 
the bottom of it, hollowed on the top sides for the cask to rest on : 
it should have a large bung-hole to allow it to discharge quickly, 
but instead of a plug a tin pipe should be attached to the barrel 
with leather to form a joint, so that the nozzle of the tube may be 
turned up to the top of the cask and be fastened there with a 
strap. 
A small tub will be required in the field, at the end of the 
furlong, into which the superphosphate should be put and diluted 
with 20 or 30 gallons of water, and well stirred till properly 
mixed, which will be in a few minutes. The drill should then 
be set in its work, the water-barrel be brought alongside of it, 
and enough water put in to go a turn or bout ; the attendant 
should at the same time take a bucket of the mixture from the 
tub and pour it into the drill ; he can then proceed with the 
drilling immediately. The same quantity of mixture should be 
applied in all cases ; the quality will be of course improved in 
proportion to the superphosphate added. 
Three water-barrels, two on the rond and one filling (tvhich 
m<iy be accomplished icith tico horses), will convey sufficient liquid 
lor a one-horse drill to put in five acres per day, at a distance 
