A SIMPLE GARDEN SEED SOWER.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 315, 10 November 1888, Page 6

A SIMPLE GARDEN SEED SOWER.

We notico in the Toion and Count)*!/ Jouriih< a simple cdntrivance tor regulating the sowins; ot small garden seedd, such as turnips or carrots, so that they may be sown ovenlj and nob too thickly, Tho accompanying cut illustrates the idea, which is simply o te fit a strip o£ perforated zinc over the top oi a moderately wide-mouthed bottle, bendinp down the ends of tho strip, and wiring their to the neck. Tho wholo is then attached by wires to a stick about 3 feet long -a split lath will do — to which a leather loof

hn" been nffixod. In using the dovice the 'hnnc* i* thrust throng-h tho loop, and grasps ihosUck. The so .ver carrying it thus, with fche bobtieinverted, and theloopvesbinj* across bho wrisb, walks alone; the row, shaking out tho seed, as he would season his food from a popper-box. If there happens to be in the house one of the little tin boxes with perforated lids such as ground spices are sold in it, will serve the same purpo&e as the bottle above mentioned. Of course the size of the perforations should bo suited to the size of the peeds to be sown.