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may be effectual, muit however be fhewn by more general and extenfive trials than have probably yet been made with it. The Cultivator is another tool calculated: for the fame purpofes; the invention

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Mr. Cook, to whofe ingenuity the cultivators of land are greatly indebted. It confilts of a diagonal beam, in which are placed a number of narrow fhares;‘and when employed in this way is in many places termed a tillage fcarifier, but when ufed with broad triangular fhares it has the title of{cuffler. The whole, when com- plete, forms the cultivator.

All thefe kinds of implements may be confidered as in fome degree appendages to the drill, and may frequently be applied to the fame wheels. In comparifon with the plough they feem, however, inftruments of very limited ufe, yet in different inftances they may be neceflary and convenient in the management of arable land.

DRAGS.

Tuese are tools of a fomewhat fimilar kind, and employed both for the purpofes of clearing land and preparing it for putting in the feed. They are made with confider- able difference in different parts of the kingdom. The common drag is moft generally made ufe of, but the duck-footed one, with four rows of teeth, is preferable in many cafes, as it does its work more effectually. A late writer recommends an inftru- ment of this kind, in which the teeth are fixed in by wedges inftead of fcrews, fo that they can be put in and taken out readily, and be fet to any depth, as a very ufeful tool*.

Implements of this fort are commonly made of a triangular form, being about {even feet in width behind, and having thirteen or fourteen teeth in each of their fides, fet in fuch directions as to crofs each other, being faftened at top either by {crews or fome other convenient means. Where fuch implements are made ufe of occafionally as fcarifiers, the teeth fhould be wedged in fomewhat in the manner of eoulters, and a proper fet muft be had for the purpofe.

HAR ROIS.

ImpLemMENTs of this fort are not only ufeful, but particularly neceflary, in the practice of hufbandry, both for covering the feed and preparing the land for its

* Experienced Farmera