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Of the Coultér. 4 before the ſock, cauſes it to cut the fur- row ſo much the more forward, before it 1s raiſed by the back of the ſock; but, by the great inclination of the coulter, the furrow is not ſo much cut above when it begins to riſe on the ſock, as its for- ward poſition would make one expe. The furrow is therefore ſooneſt cut in the very place wliere ît is to be ſooneſt raiſed. If the coulter were placed as much behind the ſock as it is here ad- vanced before it; the ground would be raiſed before it is cut, which would in- creaſe the labour of the cattle, by cauſ- ing a ſhorter, or more ſudden turn of the furrow. But here, the furrow be- ing cut at ſome diſtance before the ock, is more eaſily turned, or twiſted

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