Montana farmer-stockman. [volume], August 15, 1949, Image 1

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2. A. E. Palmer, superintendent of the Dominion
experimental station at Lethbridge, Alberta,
stands at left as D. J, McClain, Alberta farmer
inventor, talks about his new drill for seeding
in stubble mulch.
3. Rear view of McClain drill for seeding into
stubble mulch. Drill and seed box are mounted
on a standard straight-blade subsurface tillage
implement. The blade is hollow, however, and an
agitator runs through it to keep seed moving out
holes at trailing edge.
4. Front view of McClain drill shows some detail
of chain drive mechanism that moves seed from
box down into hollow blade.
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mulch at the Dominion experimental station, |
Lethbridge.
6. C. S. Noble, Alberta, inventor of original p
straight-blade subsurface tillage implement of ij
the same name, tells Montana visitors about an
early model.
7. A more refined model of the subsurface tiller.
8. This 5-unit hitch of new vee-type subsurface
blades is designed for uneven land.
9. Close-up of newest vee-type subsurface blade,
10. Truman Anderson, state soil conservationist,
fingers a near-muddy ball of soil taken from
under heavy stubble cover.
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