HAND DRILLS OR SEED SOWERS
Wjikkk n. garden i> cultivated for suppijing vegetables for market, any contn\ance which economises time and hand labour is boon. 'Fheie aie many patterns of hand seed sowers, and J. J. Thomas, in hife
work on farm implements, dosetibes and figures the implement of which we give the accompanying cub. It, is pronounced to be one of the best in use, and will be tound most useful for sowing either beets, carrots, turnips, or peas and beans. The side chains mark the rows, and ir, makes its own drill, drops, and coveis the seed with accuracy at one operation. This is called HarringtonV hand seed-sower, and it is oasily turned into the hand cultivator represented in the next illustration, by removing 1 the dropper and attaching 1 the cultivator teeth as shown in the cut. In this form the im-
plcmenfc will be found very useful for running between the rows of growing crops in the market garden, or in ««mall fields. There is no doubt a hand planter ot this kind, or of similar construction, would be a roost valuable aid to the labourb of the market gardener.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 287, 4 August 1888, Page 3
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194HAND DRILLS OR SEED SOWERS Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 287, 4 August 1888, Page 3
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