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aforesaid described spring, would be forced into the ground, and deposìt the quantity necessary at the same instant. The action of this dibble would be sìmnilar to the spring-bolt of a lock of a door, only with th1s difference, projecting perpen- dicnlarly downwards to the earth. This likewise can be made of any inmaterial sufliciently strong, iron, wood,&c. orpart- Iy of both, as may be found reguisite. The roller may be made in halves, or a‘part of the bars to open, for the conve- nience of putting in the seed in hopper, bin, or trough; or the bars may be placed and secured round the heads of the roll after the hopper 1s fixed to the axle, as there will be suffi- cient space to put the seed in the hopper between the bars; however, it can be done either way, as may best'suit the convenience of the person, and the levelness of the country Where il is intended to be putin practice, In witness whereof,&ec.

The original specification, of which this is a copy, was handed to us by its ingenious inventor, and in our next Number, we shall present our readers with a descriptive plate of the machine. Editors.

ET di Bi e ON RAISING LIVE FENCES.

To the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine.

SIR,

On reading in the first part of the sixth volume of Dr. Rees's Cyclopedia, a long article on CaNALs, written by a parti- cular friend of mine, Mr, Sohn Farcy, the late Duke of Bedford’s land steward and agent in Bedftordshire,(who is I perceive a correspondent in your last volume, page 302) his remarks relating to the planting and weeding of white-thorn fences, appeared to me of so0 much import- ance, that LT am induced to extract the section on the sub- ject of fencing therein, for insertion in your Magazine, thinking that it will prove useful to many, of your farming readers,

And you will oblige, Your obedient servant, JAMES MITCHELL.

Stanstead Park, near Horndean, Sussex,

Uct. 15, 1806.

ea HE fencing of the siìdes of a canal, is a business deserv=-

ing of more attention than has been usually paid to the same. Quick-sel or other live fences ought by all means to be made, except in the case of a rocky country, where good