A SOWING DEVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 272, 16 November 1935, Page 6 (Supplement)

A SOWING DEVICE.

Here is a method of economising seed, one that means also a saving of time iii thinning and which affords the seedlings a better chance at the start. It is, however, only adaptable for round seed, such as those of all the cabbage kind, turnips and Kohl liabi. Put the contents of your seed packet into a small bottle, one without a shoulder is best, and tie tightly over the mouth a piece of stiff paper. Perforate this latter with three holes, each about the size of a radish seed, using a redliot knitting needle, and your sower is ready. By inverting the bottle once at each of the required intervals along the row it will distribute three or four seeds with perfect accuracy. In the bygone days many an acre of swedes was sown by this method, drills not then being in common use, and it worked quickly and satisfactorily. The holes for the seed were made either with the doubled-up finger and thumb of the left hand or With the bottom of the bottle, and it was remarkable how speedily one could cover the ground with a little practice.