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^ J}jort Account of the ufes of the Infirument called 

 a Sward* Cutter, with the advantages attending it^ 

 and the manner of ufing it. 



THE original intention of this machine was 

 to prepare old grafs-ground for the plough, by cut- 

 ting it acrofs the ridges, in the beginning of, or 

 during winter, when the ground is foft, in order to 

 anfwcr all the purpofes that Mr. Tull propofed by 

 his four-coulter plough, fo ftrongly recommended 

 by him for bringing grafs-ground that has been 

 long rcfted into tilth. This the Sward-cutter has 

 been found to do, much more effedually and ex- 

 peditioufly, as Mr. TuU's plough, with four coul- 

 ters, cut the fward in the fame diredion with the 

 plough, and is liable, • from every ftone, or other 

 obftrudion any of the coulters meet with, to be 

 thrown out of its work altogether, or the infiru- 

 ment broke, to which the Sward-cutter, confifting 

 of four, fix, or more cutting wheels, is never liable, 

 from their being entirely independent of one an- 

 other, cutting the ground acrofs the ridges before 

 plowing, and rendering that operation eafier to two 

 horfes than it would be to three without its being 

 cut* The furrow being cut acrofs, falls finely from 

 the plough in fquares of any fize required, not under 

 fix inches, in place of long flips of tough fward, 



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