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CHAP. IV- 



Of Ploughs audPloughtngy Slc. 



SECTION I. 



F all the Inftruments and Engines us*d 

 in Hufbandry, the Plough is the moft 

 confiderable^ and of thefe there is a 

 great Difference about their Make and 

 Shape,every Country being fond of its own In* 

 vention. It is a needlefs Talk to attempt a 

 Defcription of all Sorts of Ploughs us'd in 

 the fevcral Parts of England^ neither would 

 ir be for my Purpofe, to examine into the va- 

 rious Methods of forming this Engine, by 

 whimfical Perfons, who oftentimes feek 

 Curiofity more than Profit 5 fo that I fliall 

 only take Notice of the moft ufual Inftru- 

 ments of this Kind, and at the fame Time* 

 fet forth their particular Advantages and De- 

 feds. The Ploughs efteem'd beft for each 

 Sort of Land are as follow : For ftifF black 

 Clay, the Plough that is large, long, and broad, 

 having a deep Head, and a fquare Earth- board, 

 fo as to turn up a large Furrow 5 the Coulter 

 long, and a very little bending, with a large 



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