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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Nov., 1910. 



economy is achiexed by ploughing with steam or other motive power, but 

 for the ordinary farmer the day of horse teams is not yet past. When 



8. SET OF HARROWS. 



thus broken up, all roots 

 and burnt, or otherwise 



9. DISC l!\l! 



Stirred at intervals after 

 much opposition in my 

 of this kind, but I 

 am confident, when 

 familiarity with the 

 turning and regulating 

 of the machine is 

 attained, its popularity 

 will be very much 

 greater. At the same 

 time, I am perfectly 

 willing to accept any 

 other machine that 

 will do better work, 

 other things being 

 equal. 



exposed in the operation must be gathered 

 disposed of. Subsequent work depends- 

 so much on the result 

 of the ploughing that 

 no general rule may 

 be laid down, but 

 by means of harrows,, 

 rollers, disc harrows, 

 scarifiers and other 

 pulverizing tools the 

 whole surface should 

 be brought to as nearly 

 the consistency of 

 coarse sand as may be 

 attainable, and there- 

 after, until sowings 



rain has fallen. I have been met with 

 advocacv of double disc harrows for work 



o. sriKE l;ollkr. 



