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effective implement, armed with two conkers, and 

 drawn by fix oxen. I confefs, I ihould have fiip- 

 pofed that no furrow under eight inches was ade- 

 quate to fiich a formidable apparatus, let the foil be 

 what it would. The execution of the work per- 

 formed by this plough was furely abundantly rapid, 

 2tnd I have no doubt bf its being well done, as it 

 'was approved of by the committee ^ but I mufl: ftill 

 contend that the tafk was not fuitable, or, in other 

 words, this plough was improperly employed upon 

 a" four-inch furrow. However, this plough, if tried, 

 would perhaps have performed its part equally well 

 on a much deeper furrOw, and therefore it would 

 be highly gratifying to all lovers of 'agriculture to 

 fee a plate and defcription* of it in your next pub- 

 lication ', and might I fo far prefume, I would point 

 out my method of defcribing Mr. Arhuthmf^ wheel- 

 plough (vol. i.) as being not only accurate, but be- 

 caufe it enables any perfon to have one made from 

 it^ all the dimenfions being marked. 



With regard to Mr. Thomas's light fwing-plough, 

 it feems to me extremely fingular, that when drawn 

 by four fmall oxen it could not perform a taflc ap- 

 parendy fo eafy as a four-inch furrow, without the 



• A defcription without a plate would be fomewhat difficult to ren- 

 der full and plain ; this plough is now pretty well known, but perhaps 

 in a future volume a plate of this and fome other forts may be given. 



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