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of the arrow, but from an opposite angle when seed is 

 to be covered or the land smoothly finished off. 

 Another form of harrow is square in form ; all the teeth 



Fig. 5. 



of each row in this run in the same line. To obviate 



Fig. 6. 



this inconvenience, the rhomboidal frame is sometimes 

 used, the teeth of which all form independent tines. 

 English harrows are being introduced into Flanders. 

 There is no soil better adapted to the action of the 

 chain-harrow thah the highly-worked, fine-tilthed soils 

 of Flanders. We should like to see the best forms of 

 this kind of harrow, as well as the recently-introduced 

 " rotating harrow," tried on Flemish soil. There might 

 be a worse " spec" than sending over a few specimens 

 for trial to the coming Dunkirk show, of which we have 

 given a notice in this article. We commend the idea to 

 one or two of our leading men. We have in our mind's 

 eye a fine field in a snug corner of West Flanders where 

 we should like to seethe trial carried on. The harrows 

 might not inaptly be accompanied or preceded by a 

 Howard's or a Hornsby's plough. These would reap 

 new laurels from fresh fields. 



An implement peculiarly Flemish is the traineau. It 

 is a frame of wood, made of various forms, one of which 

 is shown in fig. 5. It is dragged over the land to break 

 the clods or smooth the surface. It is sometimes pro- 

 vided with tines, as in fig. 5, one row, a a, being of 

 wood, the other, b b, being of iron. While being 

 worked, the driver stands upon it. A 

 lighter form of the traineau is used in 

 place of a bush-harrow. 



The Flemish roller is a very rude- 

 looking implement, being altogether 

 formed of wood. We give a rough 

 sketch of this ia fig. 6. The sides, a a, 

 are curved, and are held together by the 

 stays or stretchers, b b. They are seldom 

 well-proportioned ; the diameter of the 

 roller, c, being too great for its length, 

 or, on the other hand, the length being 

 too great for the diameter. In fig. 6, 

 the upper diagram is a side elevation, the 

 lower a plan of the implement. 



Such may be taken as a brief explana- 

 tion of the peculiarities of the Flemish 

 field implements. We may, at a future 

 time, refer to the manual implements of 

 the farm, and the machines, &c., used 

 in the steading. 



R. S. B. 



