The Society for the encouragement of French industry is urging the French farmer to. consider the advantages offered.by. the substitution of cartridges of, dynamite, introduced under the soil and connected together by electric wires, r and exploded by the application of a magnet, over the old system of ploughing. It seems that the Duke of Sutherland m Scotland, and Dr Hamni m Austria, have been doing wonders with this new method ; the process is cheap, the explosion takes place simultaneously, the l soil ( is turned over pulverised far deeper and .more effectually tlian by the plough, and, though nothing is thrown up,. the field is effectually prepared; for the-.so.Wer. — -"- Sydney Morning Herald's " Paris Correspondent.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 71, 23 June 1877, Page 3
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