iSoo. Defcnptton of a Plough for Cleaning Turnips. 413 



TO THE CONDUCTORS OF THE FARMEr's MAGAZINE. 



Defcription of a Plough for Cleaning Turnip:. 



Gentlemen, 



I KNOW not whether it falls within your plan, to give plates 

 of ufeful inftruments in agriculture, or of fuch as are not 

 generally known. To difleminate the knowledge and ufe of 

 improved utenfils, muft conduce very much to the progrefs 

 and advancement of agriculture ; but of many it is not eafy 

 to give fuch accurate defcriptions as can be perfedily under- 

 flood, without the aid of drawings. There is a plough in 

 pretty general uie in Roxburghlhire, in the culture of turnips; 

 a defcription and drawing of which I have not feen in any 

 agricultural book which has fallen in my way. In hopes that 

 it might be agreeable to your plan to infert it, I have attempt- 

 ed the following defcription and fketch of it. The advantage 

 is well underftood, of going round each drill of turnips with 

 the plough, and taking the earth from the turnips, previous to 

 their being hand-hoed. This plough is conftruSed to take the 

 earth from both fides of the drill at once, and alfo to ridge or 

 fet up the turnips again. 



It confifts of two ploughs, of a fmaller fize than the com- 

 mon plough, each of them without the fmall ftilt or handle, 

 but joined tog-ether with bars of wood and of iron ; by means 

 of which, the two ploughs can be fixed at any required dif- 

 tance from each other, when ufed in taking the earth from 

 turnips ; and when the two are brought clofe together, they 

 then form a common double mould-board plough, for going 

 betwixt the drills, and ridging them up. 



Fig. I. is a view of the plough, when ready for taking the 

 earth from turnips, as it appears to a perfon (landing on 

 one fide, and towards its front. Each beam has its feparate 

 coulter and feathered fock. AB is a pretty ilrong rod of 

 iron, formed into a Icrew, in the greatcll part of its length ; 

 which, being firmly fixed to the left-hand beam at A, pafles 

 through the other beam, to which it is fixed by means of two 

 nuts with handles, which, fere wed firm on each fide of this 

 beam, fixes the tv/o at any required diftance. C and D are 



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