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REPORT RESPECTING THE TRIALS OF PLOUGHS IN 

 MARCH 1788. 



IN confequence of the premiums offered for af- 

 certaining the cheapeft and bed plough, for the 

 common practice of hufbandry in thefe parts of the 

 kingdom, a field of ftrong old ley ground, part of 

 Barracks Farm, near Bath, was feledted as proper 



for the teft of experiments. The perfons who 



declared themfelves candidates for this trial, were, 



1. John Billingsley, efq; of Ajhwick-Grove^ with a 

 double coulter-plough, to be drawn by fix oxen, in yokes 

 and bows. 



2. Mr. Henry Vac g, of Chikompton, with the Nor- 

 folk plough, having two wheels, and one handle, to be 

 drawn by two nodes abreaft, and guided by the ploughman 

 without a driver. 



3. Mr. John Thomas, of Keynjham y with a light fwing 

 plough of his own improvement, to be drawn by four fmall 

 Welch oxen, in yokes and bows. 



4. Farmer Sully, of Midford, with a fingle plough of 

 this county, fomewhat lightened and improved, having a 

 fmall wheel under the beam, in a line with the coulter, and 

 to be drawn by three horfes lengthwife. 



5. Mr. George Flower, of Aftdford, with a fingle 

 plough, commonly ufed in this county, and to be drawn 

 by three horfes lengthwife. 



6. Lord 



