PICTORIAL CULTIVATOR ALMANAC. 
7 
4th Month. 
APR51, 1851. 
30 Days. 
moon’s 'PHASES. 
BOSTON. 
NEW-YORK. 
BALTIMORE. 
CHARLESTON. 
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Repair fences, lay up fallen rails’ 
nail loose boards, and rebuild tum¬ 
bling' walls—clear, pick, roll, and 
plaster meadows, clearing off rub¬ 
bish and stones, and thus save a 
week’s Work at the grindstone at 
mowing time—prepare ground for 
crops, draw out manure, etc., etc 
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For Boston, NeW-Engiand 
New-York State, Michi¬ 
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For New-York City, Phi¬ 
ladelphia, Conn., New- 
Jersey, Pennsyl’a, Ohio, 
Indiana, and Illinois. 
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For Baltimore,Vir¬ 
ginia, Kentucky, 
and Missouri. 
CALENDAR 
For Charleston, N. Caro¬ 
lina, Tenn., Georgia, Al¬ 
abama, Mississippi, and 
Louisiana. 
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5 49 6 19 
7 17 
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5 46 6 20 
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6 81 
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SEED SOWERS 
Among the labor-saving implements which have been 
introduced into agricultural operations, few are more 
valuable than seed-sowers- Those which are properly 
constructed, deposit the seed more 
perfectly than it is usually done 
by band, while at the same time 
the work is performed five times, 
and in some instances ten times 
more rapidly than it can be by 
the former mode- 
The accompanying cut repre¬ 
sents “Emery’s seed-drill and 
corn-planter,” which is one of the 
best machines for this purpose that we have seen. It is 
calculated for sowing all kinds of seeds, from onion and 
turnep seed to Indian corn. By changing the apparatus 
for dropping the seed, it can be deposited at distances 
varying from three inches to six feet. It may be used 
by hand, or by being made of larger size and greater 
strength, may he drawn by a horse. For gardening 
purposes it is commonly operated by hand, and for field 
operations by horse-power. It is in great requisition 
for planting broomcorn and beans, and is used to a 
great extent in planting Indian corn. Some of the 
heaviest crops of the latter which have been raised in 
this State for the last two or three years, have been 
planted by this machine. A man and boy, with a 
horse, can plant from twelve to fifteen acres in a day. 
The amount which can be planted in a given time, de¬ 
pends on the width of the rows. The statement in 
OR DRILLS. 
regard to the amount of corn planted in a day, is on 
the supposition that the rows are three and a half feet 
apart. 
The depth of planting can he 
regulated at will, by raising or 
lowering the plow which makes 
the furrow. For small seeds, a 
depth of an inch is sufficient. For 
corn and beans, two inches is the 
usual depth. Crops planted with 
this machine, from the regularity 
of the rows, are cultivated with 
much ease and at little expense. 
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS. 
Adam Clark, of Milo, N. Y., gives the result of an 
experiment, which is worthy the attention of all wheat 
raisers. Four pieces of ground, each two feet square, 
of finely prepared ground, were planted with wheat, a 
grain each at the intersection of straight lines drawn 
across each plat. The experiment and results we have 
condensed in the following table: 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
i\o. 4. 
Distances of seed asunder .... 
1| in. 
3 in. 
4 in. 
4 4-5 it). 
Number of grains planted,.... 
289 
81 
49 
36 
Number of grains that grew,. 
203 
60 
40 
30 
Number of heads,............ 
286 
336 
112 
104 
Whole number of grains, .... 
7458 
4765 
4452 
4399 
Yield per acre in bushels, .... 
108 
69 
64 
63 
Seed per acre in bush. & lbs. j 
4 bu. 
12 lbs. 
1 bu. 
10 lbs. 
42NHs 
34 lbs 
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