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the third side, leaves the ground or furrow in 

 a slanting direction backward, arid with an over- 

 hanging curve, exceeding the perpendicular 

 outwards from three to six inches, according to 

 the size of the Plough. The length of this 

 third side is fourteen inches and one-half. 

 The fourth side of this mould-board is horizon- 

 tal, or nearly so, extending from the upper- 

 most point of the third side, to the fore part, 

 or pitch, eighteen inches. The fifth, or last 

 side, descends or slopes from the last mentioned 

 mark, spot, or pitch, to the place of beginning 

 at the low and fore point of the mould-board, 

 where it joins the land side, 

 thirteen inches. //\^' 



"Besides these properties and pr6pOFtiSip^oJj *p y N 

 his mould-board, the said Jetriro Wood f ncn$> ^. 

 explains other properties which it possei^sES^ 

 and by which it may be and is distinguished 

 from every other invented thing. The pecu- 

 liar curve has been compared to that of the 



