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THE PLOUGH. 



of Greece and Rome take us, many of which 

 represent this noted agricultural machine, 

 drawn by cattle and guided by a man, as now. 



We cannot go farther into the history of the 

 plough at present. As it was found, that the 

 more the soil is loosened, stirred, and broken, 

 the greater are its powers of production ; it 

 became needfp 1 to contrive some means of 



