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aver, that two good able horfes with one of thefe ploughs 

 will break up the ftrongcft (level) land I ever faw in So- 

 merfetfhirc, and at a proper fcafon will plough nearly an 

 acre in a day. I have myfelf been witnefs to land being 

 broken up whofe furface would make bricks, and fo hard 

 tha' near an hundred weight has been put in the chamber 

 of the plough, (die opening between the mould -board and 

 beam) and yet only two horfes have been ufed, and more 

 than half an acre was ploughed in a day. 



Another advantage is, having but one handle, which the 

 man holds in his left hand; he carries his whip in the 

 other, and when neceflary takes the plough-line in it, and 

 direct his horfes to right or left as he choofes. 



A third advantage is, having but one handle, he, by 

 flopping his horfes, and ftepping one ftep forwards, can, 

 in half a minute^ take up or let down (raife or fink) his 

 plough in any direction he finds neceflary. This a good 

 ploughman will do in land that is very uneven, two or 

 three times in a furrow. 



A fourth advantage is, having but two horfes, and thofe 

 going a-breaft, he can always fee between them, and by 

 that means draws out his work as (trait as a line can be 

 ftretched, and makes his furrows as true and exact as it is 

 poflible to be conceived. 



Many other advantages could be pointed out, but I have 

 already trefpafled on your patience; and to draw compa- 

 jifons with the plough commonly ufed in the Weft of Eng- 

 land, 



