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¢orn with great eafe and convenience. Rakes afe conftructed in this way,‘and fold by Mr. Cort of Leicefter.

The Corn-Rake is a large rake made ufe of in many diftnids for raking together the grain after it has been mown. It is fometimes made with wooden teeth, feven or eight inches in length; but as thefe are very apt to break, it is a much better method to have them of iron, in which cafe they fhould be a little bent forward. As it requires great exertion in ufing thefe rakes, they fhould be conftructed in as light a manner as is confiftent with the work they have to perform.

The Fwitch-Rake is a fort of rake which ts frequently neceffary for the clearing of certain defcriptions of land from thefe, as well as other kinds of weeds.‘The beit way of making it is probably with a double row of teeth, thofe of one row being placed oppofite the intervals of thofe of the other. By this means it is rendered a more convenient and effectual implement.

The Hor/e Stubble-Rake is a large heavy kind of rake, with ftrong iron teeth, fourteen or fifteen inches im length, placed at five or fix inches diftance from each other, having a beam about four inches fquare, and eight or ten feet in length. {t is commonly drawn by two horfes, and is very effective in clearing ftubbles.

Wheel Carriages for Hufbandry.

The WVaggons which are employed in hufbandry are conftructed in different forms, and of various dimenfions, in different diftricts; and, in general, without fufficient attention to the nature of the roads, or the materials that are to be carried. They are indeed commonly much too heavy and clumfy to be convenient. The Berkthire waggon would feem, however, to be conftructed on a more neat and con- venient principle than thofe which are made ufe of in moft of the more foutherr counties: it is neither fo heavy nor fo high, while it poffefles fufficient flrength, and is eafy in the draught.}

A very ufeful improvement in this carriage has been fuggelted in a late publi- cation, which is that of leaving the{pace fufficiently deep in the bed of the waggon fer the fore wheels to lock round im the fhorteft curve, as by the prefent mode of conftru€tion much time is loft in turning at the ends of fwaths in carrying hay, and on many other occafions. In this way the inconvenience may be removed without doing the fmalleft injury to the fymmetry or ftrength of the carriage*. But thole employed m Gloucefterfliire are preferred to any others in the kingdom, by an

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