 | 1829 - 550 頁
...two oxen ; then they employ a sowing machine, which lias a great resemblance with the plough, and haa three hollow teeth, with iron supports. Above the...to fourteen inches distant from each other, which given the corn sufficient room to grow freely. In sowing, they cast the seed by a tube, or with their... | |
 | 1829 - 544 頁
...there is a box, fro n the bottom of which the seed falls through the teeth, which are about an nrsheen in length, constantly following' the motion of the...to fourteen inches distant from each other, which given the corn sufficient room to grow freely. In sowing, they cast the seed by a tube, or with their... | |
 | Sketches - 1848 - 422 頁
...fold, the THE DRILL MACHINE. 43 cause will be found in the care with which they manure the ground, the custom of sowing early, of weeding and watering...inches distant from each other, which gives the corn room to grow freely." The Hindoos also are well known to employ the drill system, which, among a people... | |
 | 1858 - 434 頁
...he remarks, "produces fifty, seventy, and even a hundred fold." The cause will be found in the caro with which they manure the ground, and the custom of sowing early, of weeding watering, etc. An acre of land yields in England, Germany and France, twice or three times as much... | |
 | Sarah Tomlinson - 1862 - 498 頁
...seventy, and even an hundred fold, the cause will be found in the care with which they manure the ground, the custom of sowing early, of weeding and watering...inches distant from each other, which gives the corn room to grow freely." — Narrative of a Mission to Peking. The Hindoos also are well known to employ... | |
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... in length, constantly following the motion of the plough in the furrows. Behind, is a small wooden roller, which covers the seed which has been sown ; it supplies the place of a harrow. This plough is so light that it may be lifted with one hand.... 