“PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

SECTION I.

Implements of Hufbandry.

Iinplements employed in the Praétice of Hufbandry—Circumftances to be attended to in the Conftruc- tion of them.—P LOUGH s—Different Kinds neceffary for different Soils and Situations.—S WING- Provcus—Variety of—Capable of extenfive Application—Peculiarities in their Conftruttion— The Advantages of which—The Rotheram Plough—Small’s Chain-Plough—Ploughs fuitable for light friable Soils—Expence of them— Dutch Plough—Suffolk Iron Swing-Plough—Advantages of on ftrong cohefive Land.—W HEEL-P LOUGH S—Conftruétion, various, according to Soil, Fc.—Lefs. Skill in the Ploughman neceffary for them—Reafon of Wheels being added to Ploughs—Ufes of them—Friétion of them caufes Refiftance—Mr. Middleton's Opinion of them—Oljections to them— Should feldom be employed by good Ploughmen—Sorts, of Soil mof? proper for—Fertfordpbire WV beel- Plough—Kentifo Turnwri-Plough—Norfolk Wheel- Plough—AImproved common W heel-Plough— Two-wheel-Plough—VV heel-Plough of the Len Diftri?s—Double or Two-furrows-P.0igh—Skim= coulter-Ploughs—Trench-Plough—Uyfes and Advantages of—The Miner—Its Conftruction and Ufe—Paring-Plough—Double-mould-board-Plough— Common Draining-Plough—Mole-P lough— Draining-furrow-Plough—-Marking-Plough—-Single-hoe- Plough.-DRILL M ACHINES-— Confiruction of them varicus—Principles on auhich they foould be made—Circumftances to be ree garded in choofing them—Mr. Amos's Drill—Mr. Cook’s Drill—Mr. Ducket’s Method more

fimple—Mr. Mellard’s Drill—Advantages and Uses of—Expence of—Mr. Bayley’s urnip Drill — Its Ufes on One-bout Ridges Conftruction of—His Drill for all Sorts of Grain—Conftruc- tion of it— Bean Drill for wide Intervals.—Its Form and Make—Drill Barrow—The Ufes of— The Extirpator—The Ujes and Confiruction of—Urtility of, to be Joewn by further Trials.— HOES

— Difference of—Cook’s improved, Horfe- Hoe—Amos’ s expanding Horfe-Hoe more advantageous—

On what Soils msft ufeful—M*Dougal’s Hoe—Purpofe to which it may be applied—Improve- dpe} LoS 7 Saas L ment in the W heel of—Hoeing may be well done by the common Plough—Experienced Harmer, his

Opinion of the Ufe of the Plough in this Way

7 oad v 7. a. y 0 rally employed—Lhe Method of employing them—Purpofes to which they are adapted—Confiruchion of

ScUFFLERS and SCARRIFIERS—More gene-

them—Mr. Cook's,&5°c.—Experienced Farmer’ s Remarks on them— The Inftrument he ufes dem feribed—Ufes of Scarrifiers and Scufflers in general— Objections to which they are liable—Not in common fo effettual as the Plough.—Dracs—General Conftruction of—Ufes of— Common Drag —Duck-footed-Drag in fome Cafes more ufeful—W ay in avbich the Teeth foould be put. in— HARROW S—Litile Improvement of—To be adapted to particular Ufes and the Nature of the Scils—

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