Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 342
checkered rows, so that it can be cultivatedboth ways and with more precision, both as to alignment and as to the num-ber of plants in a hill, than by the old hand method of planting. The smallgrain is sown by a two-horse drill arranged for not only the. grain, but at thesame time to deposit… … DOUBLE CORN CULTIVATOR. and the seed is perfectly distributed in straight rows, while the garden handcultivator does away largely with the use of the hoe. One other modern implement, which promises to be very useful, is theweeder, and its value rests on two facts which it required the farmer…
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