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BULLETIN 479, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
is mounted on legs, raising it from 16 to 24 inches above the ground. 
The trough is set to straddle a seed bed in which drills have been 
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Hingred Seeding Board 
Cross-section of Seedmg- Board 
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Fig. 3. — Seeding apparatus. 
marked. By this method two men can easily sow per day from 30 
to 40, 4 by 12 foot beds, of 48 drills each, and as many as 60 have been 
