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some places cutting gullies, and carrying 

 part of the manure away; and the soil 

 seemed to press in or slip after it. 



I invented a scarifier to run in the spaces 

 betwixt the corn a most excellent thing in 

 light lands for a number of uses to cut 

 three feet clear, with seven teeth o/ a trian- 

 gular form, and a pair of stilts with a hold- 

 er. For raising Indian corn, the roots of 

 which cannot be too much disturbed, pro- 

 vided they are not cut, it was a most useful 

 invention, as the root extends to a prodi- 

 gious distance, if the land be of alight nature. 

 The make of this scarifier is as follows: the 

 sides of the triangle four feet each ; the hind 

 cap or head three feet ; a beam, for the 

 horses to draw by, six feet and a half long, 

 bolted upon the top of the triangle ; a slit 

 through the middle part of the triangle, to 

 strengthen it : the teeth sixteen inches long 

 from the bull to the ground, and to fix in 

 the bulls with screws at the top, to make 

 them stand fast ; the bottom part made like 

 a horse-fleam, quite sharp, and to lie flat on 



