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with a chuck and a small electric motor “salvaged from an abandoned washing machine” to make it turn. Then, Antony “fabricated a lazy Susan from plywood, a. couple of shaft bearings, an old cast iron pulley, and a steel rod. As soon as a pot was filled, the lazy Susan would rotate 180 degrees, placing it directly under the dibbler.” After some trial runs and adjustments, it all worked. Observed Antony modestly, “I’m not doing anything that every other farmer doesn’t do,” — using native ingenuity to invent new ways of using what’s available and readily at hand.

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