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works of the Earl of Ducie, at Uley, in Gloucestershire, and under 

 the direction and management of a highly intelligent and prac 

 tical machinist, Mr. Richard Clyburn, a visit to whose establish 

 ment afforded me the highest gratification. 



THE ULEY CULTIVATOR. &quot; No. 1 size, with 5 tines, covering 

 a space of 40 inches. 



&quot;No. 2 size, with 7 tines, covering a space of 56 inches. 



&quot; The improvements consist, first; 

 in a new method of fastening the 

 tine into the frame, so as to insure 

 a sufficiency of strength to the upper 

 end of the tine, where the greatest 

 strength is required ; secondly, in 

 making the scarifiers and grubbers 

 concave on the under side, which causes them to wear to a 

 sharp edge, and enter the ground better, where it is very 

 hard ; thirdly, in constructing them in such a way, they can be 

 made of wrought iron. 



&quot; The frame is of cast-iron, made to receive five or seven tines, 

 each tine covering a space of eight inches, and so arranged that, 

 although drawing lines only eight inches apart, they are two 

 feet from each other ; this, with their curved shape, and length, 

 prevents its clogging in the foulest land. There are three sorts 

 of points ; one, two inches wide, for grubbing up or breaking land; 

 another, nine inches wide, for working stubble ; the third set has 

 steel blades, and are used for paring, instead of the breast-plough : 

 these points all fit the tines without pins to hold them. The 

 tines are fastened into the frame with a split key and cotter ; and, 

 in case of breaking, they can be taken out and others put in, as 

 easy as the colter of a plough. The height of the frame from 

 the ground is about two feet ; the wheels are of cast-iron, the 

 front ones 1 foot 6 inches diameter, and the back ones 3 feet 4 

 inches diameter. The machine is raised and lowered by turning 

 a handle, the axle of which has a worm fixed on it, working into 

 a wheel fixed in the crank-axle of the back wheels. This wheel 

 has a projecting arm, in which a stud is fixed : to this stud is 

 attached a connecting-rod, the upper end of which is connected 

 to the long lever which has its fulcrum in the centre, and is 

 connected with the frame by a joint ; the other end of the lever 



