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process will be readily understood by Fig. 141. A B C D repre 

 sents the outside of a plot of ground, to be plowed in the form of 

 a parallelogram. At E E, at equal distances from E F, E G, 



FIG. 141. 



MODE OP PLOWING A SQTJARK FIKLD BY COMMENCING IN THE MIDDLE. 



and E H, which is found by measuring in the direction of the 

 dotted lines, stick a stake at both centres, E E. Now, as it is 

 not very practicable to turn a plow at a right angle when it is in 

 the ground, let a back-furrow be turned from each corner of the 

 field to A E B, and C E D, and from E to E. Now, the land is 



