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76 On the Breed of, Catile, Tc.[Feb.

H"The upright piece into whichthe Share is Nxed: I1 Two moveabie mold boards which faunch outwards at the tops K, and bottoms L, and: Sink inwards in the parts M.

"These mold boards are moveable by.a hinge.at the. top part N,

55 as to allow them to be contracted or expanded to any width desiwred.?

O A round piece or rod of iron ÜRed in its centre to the upright piece E, and bent in Such a circular form as to allow the mold boards II to Slide thereon backwards-and forwards.

“PP Are two iron pins which are made to go through holes made at diferent distances.in.the iron rod O, and are intended to keep the mold boards at the particular width required.

R R The two handles by which the machine is guided.

S A bent iron, or bent.piece of wood shod with iron; to direct the depth which the Share Should penetrate into the earth.-

The dotted lines are intended to 5how the interior CONStruC- tion of the machine, and the manner in which the Several parts are.connected with each other.

Fig. 2. Is,an end view of the back part of the Said machine, explaining by the Same letters the different parts above.de- Scribed.

TT Are two Small staples fized in the Sides of the Sliding mold boards, with intent to hold them at their utmost expan- Sion Steady, by means of a Small iron bar to. be.placed on the hook V, the ends of which bar go into the Staples TT.

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ND SFZE OF CATTLE, AND ON COMPARATIVE

ON THE BREED A EXPERIMENTS IN AGRICULTURE,

To the Editor. of. the Agricultural Magazine. „öIR, Fan. 28, 1805. u iE your correspondent, 4 Novice, may think that (in my letter in your last number) I have not been Suf- ficiently explicit with regard to those Situations where large Should be preferred to Small Sized cattle; I Shall, therefore, offer a few explanatory remarks.

I have- already Stated my opinion with. respect to the dis- tinguishing marks of quick. feeders, which are generally„well formed, Small boned,; and thin Skinned,-and. a/zways covered by a bide which feels Soft and Silky, or“mellow;" and to tbhese cri- teria I think great attention Should be paid, whether the cattle be large or Small, especiallyto the“ feel:or touch of.the Kin."

This being Jaid down-as a principle, the quantity and quality of the food, and the Species of beef. conzumed.in the distriet, 3cem to be consziderations, which next demand thevaättiention.of

Ie| N“1„üg bryeceders and graziers,