Of the Coulter 7 wich the[gélé and mould-board, in re- moving the earth, which 1s an advan- tage not to be delpiied.

The loſs ſuſlained by the wrong po- ſition of the coulter, does not very ſen- fibly appear in a plough which is drawn by the beam, projecting ſo much before it: but would be very diſtinWly fele, if the draft chain were faſtened to the coulter itſelf. In this caſe, it would be found that it will be hardly poſſible to keep it in its proper diredtion-

Another thing to be taken notice of with reſped to the poſition of the coul-

+ ter; is its rake, or inclination forwards. It would ſeem, at firſt fight, that the edge of the coulter ſhould be upright; but experience, perhaps without any principle, has directed us to point ic

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