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so common in the East, can be applied most perfectly, and al¬ 
most without extra labor or expense. 
8. The drill saves one-fifth to one-fourth of the seed ; often 
enough in one season to pay for the machine. 
9. It ensures a more uniform ripening, so that the harvest 
may begin at the earliest moment ; thereby confining the rava¬ 
ges of insects, should any attack the crop, to a narrower limit 
of time ; often, also, enabling the crop to escape other forms of 
the blight, and obviating the loss which must otherwise result 
from the shelling out of that portion which must become too 
ripe while the remainder is maturing. 
Now, some of the reasons above enumerated are double, so 
that if we make a summary of the whole series of arguments, 
we shall have the surprising array of nineteen independent 
and important reasons why it is better to soiv in drills than 
broadcast ! 
1. Drilling requires much less shill. 
2. It requires less time. 
3. It requires less labor. 
4. It requires less seed. 
5. It can be well done in spite of ivind,y weather. 
6. It insures a more even distribution of the seed. 
7. It insures the covering of all the seed. 
8. It insures the covering of the seed at th q proper depth. 
9. It facilitates the solving of mixed seed. 
10. It insures the covering of the seed ivith the best earth. 
11. It obviates the u packing ” of too heavy soils. 
12. It facilitates the application of fertilizers. 
13. It leaves furrows, and thus promotes drainage. 
14. It diminishes the danger of winter-killing . 
15. It lessens the injury by drouth. 
16. It provides for convenience of cultivation. 
17. It secures better airing and sunning of the plants. 
18. It insures a more uniform ripening. 
19. It insures a larger and better crop. 
