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use of two-wheelt d carts must be 

 laid aside, (he wooden yokes being; 

 necessarii) connected witli them. 

 See the article Wog(ron. 



TKASEL, CARDUUS FUL- 

 LONL'M, or Fuller's Thistle. Dip- 

 sacns. a species of thistle, the heads 

 of which are ot use to raise the 

 naj> on woollen cloth. They are 

 fitter lo work on fine than on coarse 

 cloths. 



Tliis is a plant which onglit to be 

 cultivated in this country, in order 

 to facilitate and improve the manu- 

 facture of woollen. And from 

 some trials that have been made 

 it appears that it may be done 

 without difficulty. 



J>lr. IMiller says, "This plant is 

 propagated by sowing the seeds in 

 March, upon a soil that has been 

 well prepared." Any time in April 

 will answer in this country. "About 

 one peck of seed will sow an acre ; 

 for the plants should have room to 

 grow, otherwise the heads will not 

 be so large, nor in so great quan- 

 tity. When the plants are come 

 up, they must be hoed in the same 

 manner as is practised for turnips, 

 cutting out all the weeds, and sing- 

 ling out the plants to about eight 

 inches distance. And as the plants 

 advance, and the weeds begin to 

 grow again, they must be hoed a 

 second time, cutting out the plants 

 to a wider distance ; for they should 

 be left, at last, a foot asunder, and 

 should be kept clear from weeds, 

 especially the first summer : For 

 when the plants have spread so as 

 to cover the ground, the weeds 

 will not so readily grow be- 

 tween them. The second year 

 after sowing, the plants will shoot 



up heads, which will be fit to cut 

 about the beginning of August ; at 

 which time they should be cut, 

 and tied up in bunches, seltiiig 

 them in the sun, if the weather be 

 fair ; but if not, they m(jst be set in 

 rooms to dry them. The common 

 produce is about a hundred and 

 sixty bundles, or staves, upon an 

 acre, which they sell for one shil- 

 ling a stave." 



Those who would see a more 

 particular account of this useful 

 plant, may consult the Complete 

 Farmer. 



TETHER, or TEDDER, a 

 rope with which a horse is tied in 

 the field. He may be fastened by 

 the neck, or the foot, or head, 

 shifting his situation as often as 

 needful. Where gra.^s grows in 

 part of a lot, with a tillage crop 

 growing on part of it, it is often 

 convenient to feed off the grass in 

 this way. 



THATCH, straw laid on the 

 top of a building, or stacks, to keep 

 out the weather. In this country 

 it is used only for stacks, sheds and 

 hovels. 



THILL HORSE, the hinder- 

 most horse in a team, which goes 

 between the thills or shafts. 



THISTLE, Carduus, a prickly 

 weed found in tillage and pasture 

 lands. It indicates a rich soil ; but 

 it is a very troublesome weed, as it 

 exhausts much of the strength of 

 the soil, and easily propagates itself 

 far and wide, by its downy seeds, 

 which are wafted by the wind to 

 considerable distances. 



An effectual way to subdue this- 

 tles is, to pull them up by hand 

 while they are small, or before the 



