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covered, it stands drought better than broadcas :
the root having a frmer hold in the grornd
the stalks are not so liable to be thrown down
and for the same reason, in seasons when thu
hy makes havoc in broadcast wheat; that drilled
is but slightly injured, if at all.
Standing in rows, through which there is
free circulation of light and air, in wet season
drilled wheat is never seriously injured by ru.
as broadcast, and because light and air hav,
unimpeded opportunity to nourish the stalk anc
the grain, while the roots lie deepin the ground
and sustain the stalk erect. 1t is rarely found
that head of drilled wheat has less than Sin
rows, and it is seldom that the kernels are moi
more plum than adjoining field of broadcas
! sown.
! When farmers examine their broadcast wheat
they find that the tall stalks having heads witt
six rows, are firmly rooted in the ground, witt
the roots well covered. They then naturally
reason, that if every stalk were as well plan
ted, the yield ofgrain would eveidcntly be mucl
larger.
Now, if by drilling, every seed can be wei
planted, and all stalks grow as firmly as thu
best ones in the broadcast field, why is there
not great advantage in drilling over broad
cast?
That is Just what the farmers who have thor
oughly experimental, claim the drill. Some
who see the advantage, will not have anything to
do with machinery, which takes all the work
away from the poor man.
They have but narrow ideas Of the power Of
steam, which drives the press. the locomotive
the ship; that defes wind and wave; or the loom
and the hand mill.
A good Drill is not ont of service when the
wheat is planted In the spring he can plant
his oats and his corn. There is no better corn
planter than a good Drill. The seed is regular
y planted in hills three feet apart, or it may be
dropped in rows, each kernel eight inches from
its nearest neighbor. Many farmers claim that
it is best to plant corn so that each stalk shall
stand alone, instead of being crowded with
three or four others in hill, all of which draws
sustenance from a few inches of ground.
When planted in Drills instead of Hills, the
ears are not shaded the stalks are thriftier and
more often bear two ears than when growing.
too neigLborly, as in the common practice of
killing corn.
When the farmer Drills his corn he can
throw away hoes; for the corn he cultivated with
the same machine, the tubes of the Drill having
been replaced BY cultivator teeth. In Northern
Ohio, seven or eight different descriptions of
Drills are advantageously employed. They
are sold at prices ranging from fifty to seventy
five dollars.
Next fall there viii be less wheat sown broad
cast in Northern Ohio, than ever before. In
teigent farmers will not think of scattering
wheat over the ground by hand, after once
learning the value of a good drilling machine
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