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... Wheat Header in Operation 82 An Early English Reaper 85 A Modern Self-
Rake Reaper 86 A Modern Self-Binding Harvester 87 Section of a Modern
Threshing Machine 98 Combined Harvester and Thresher 104 Typical Wheat
Field Where ...
... Wheat Header in Operation 82 An Early English Reaper 85 A Modern Self-
Rake Reaper 86 A Modern Self-Binding Harvester 87 Section of a Modern
Threshing Machine 98 Combined Harvester and Thresher 104 Typical Wheat
Field Where ...
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The snow lodged in the furrows left by the drill affords protection and moisture.
Seeders. — After hand sowing came the seeder, which accomplished the same
results mechanically. Such machines are by no means modern, though in
England ...
The snow lodged in the furrows left by the drill affords protection and moisture.
Seeders. — After hand sowing came the seeder, which accomplished the same
results mechanically. Such machines are by no means modern, though in
England ...
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Pusey wrote: "The sower with his seedlip has almost vanished from southern
England, driven out by a complicated machine, the drill, depositing the seed in
rows, and drawn by several horses." In America, the first patent granted on a
seeding ...
Pusey wrote: "The sower with his seedlip has almost vanished from southern
England, driven out by a complicated machine, the drill, depositing the seed in
rows, and drawn by several horses." In America, the first patent granted on a
seeding ...
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... the flow of the seed depending on gravity; (3) the broadcast seeder with force
feed; (4) the ordinary drill with a force feed putting the grain in evenly in rows and
deeper; (5) the press drill, which is now the best machine we have for seeding.
... the flow of the seed depending on gravity; (3) the broadcast seeder with force
feed; (4) the ordinary drill with a force feed putting the grain in evenly in rows and
deeper; (5) the press drill, which is now the best machine we have for seeding.
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In the last decade the disc principle has been widely applied to harrows, plows
and cultivators. Cultivation by one Operation. — As early as 1618 a machine,
worked by steam, was invented and patented in England which plowed and
fertilized ...
In the last decade the disc principle has been widely applied to harrows, plows
and cultivators. Cultivation by one Operation. — As early as 1618 a machine,
worked by steam, was invented and patented in England which plowed and
fertilized ...
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