Horticulturists and farmers are fully acquainted with the importance of securing the equal distribution of seeds, whe ther sown in drills or broadcast If the seed be unequally dis tributed, the result is too small a crop upon the parts of the land that have less than their share, while the portions that are overcrowded with plants will also yield too little, unless the defect is remedied by thinning out, which process is al ways more or less detrimentallo the growth of the plants