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FIG. 140. 



BILLS' PATENT COTJLTEK-CLEABEB. 



PLOWING TECHNICALITIES. 



465. A furrow is the trench or channel made by the plow 

 when it is drawn through the soil ; and it is said to be wide, or 

 narrow deep, or shallow. The furrow-slice is the strip of soil 

 which the plow separates and turns away from the unplowed soil 

 when making a furrow ; and it may be wide, or narrow thick, or 



