SCARIFYING, OR GRUBBING. 479 



&quot;It may be successfully used to clean wheat, bean, and pea 

 stubbles, directly after harvest ; 



&quot; To break up such parts of clover layers as may have failed 

 in the plant, and to break up land after green crops, in May or 

 June, in preparation for turnips, coleworts, &c. ; thus accom 

 plishing fine and deep tillage, without bringing fresh earth to 

 the surface-land, in preparation for barley and oats. 



&quot;Its Advantages are Saving, in Tillage, of half the labor, 

 both manual and horse, over the ordinary method of cleaning 

 land. 



&quot; Saving of Time. Lands may be broken and stirred, with 

 this implement, in much less time than with the plough. 



&quot; Improved Cultivation. The operation of this scarifier is much 

 more effective for spring crops on strong lands than ploughing. 

 as it occasions less treading by horses, produces more mould, and 

 allows the moisture to be more advantageously retained ; and the 

 seed will be deposited in the soil which has been exposed to the 

 winter frosts. 



&quot; Less harrowing is required, as the land is broken up, and 

 left much finer than after the plough. 



&quot;The conch grass (if any) is brought to the surface without 

 breaking it. 



