STEAM CULTIVATION. 



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cultivator. With " The Farmer's Engine," or the roundabout 

 system, 15 to 20 acres may be harrowed in a day. The tines 

 of the harrows, which are fitted with double-ended rocking- 

 points, and which can be easily 

 renewed when necessary, are 

 made for drawing out the 

 couch-grass or twitch without 

 breaking it, so that it can be 

 collected and burnt. 



FOWLER'S PATENT DISCER. 



This instrument is intended 

 to cultivate newly reclaimed 

 soil without tearing up the 

 solid furrow and bringing the 

 turfy matter to the top. It 

 does this most effectively, 

 merely pulverizing the top to 

 a depth of 3 to 4 inches, and 

 it leaves the turf at the bottom 

 to rot, and considerably reduces 

 the expense of pulverization 

 for a crop. In moss and grass 

 land this implement is invalu- 

 able, and it may be used with 

 advantage in ordinary cultiva- 

 tion. It was first used in the 

 Sutherland reclamations in 

 1876. 



The Discer (Fig. 9 5) has three 

 axles, set askew to each other 

 and to the line of draught, 

 each of them carrying a number 

 of thin discs, which revolve 

 freely as the machine is drawn 

 forward, cut the turf or peat 

 to a few inches in depth, and 

 throw the disintegrated mould 

 into little furrows. 



STEAM ROLLER. 



Fowler's Steam Roller, shown in Fig. 96, is made a total 

 width of 15 feet, and may be fitted with any description of 



