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every side. If the distances are unequal, let stakes be stuck on 

 every side, at equal distances from the outsides of the field, and 

 plow up to those stakes on every side, until the last furrow is 

 exactly parallel to the outsides of the field, like the dotted line 

 at 0, &c. When the plowman has arrived at K in plowing, 



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MODE OF PLOWING A FIELD OF IBBKGULAB FOEM BY COMMENCING IN THE OENTBB. 



cut off just the point of the unplowed ground across the end 

 at K. After plowing a few furrows across the end, measure 

 from K to the last furrow on each side, and if the distances are 

 equal, " speed the plow," and you will come out square on every 

 side. 



480. The first field that I ever undertook to plow in this way 

 was a field of irregular form. But by following the directions 

 here laid down, the field finished up on every side very exactly. 

 If the young farmer is not able to carry these directions in his 

 mind, let him take them to the field with him, and refer to the 

 figure as he measures. 



481. In order to determine at what point to start in measur- 



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