#2 Of the Coulteh

It has been ſaid, that the coulter thus far advanced’ before the ſock, is more apt to-ſtrike on a ſtone, without hav- ing any ſupport from the ſock, which, in this caſe, receives no part of the ſhock, and then: the coulter 1s more li- able to be bent out of its poſition. But, in compenſation of this, it may bè ob- ſerved, that although the coulter is thus more liable to-be bent, it does not tend’ ſo much to break the plough, which will endure more ſtrain from a ſtroke’on the coulter than from a ſtroke on the ſock. Beſides, when the coulter is no more advanced than: the ſock, and placed at the uſual diſtance on the land fide, it is

as liable to be'hit by a ſtone, as in’ the

conſtruction. now recommended, and:

has no ſupport from the ſock, and the

ſock