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Account of trial of Toxvsleifs Plough; and culture of 

 Corn, Turnips, Ss?c. 



Germantown, 12th Mo. 1816. 

 Esteemed Kinsman, 



The plough committed to thy care by the Agricultu- 

 ral Society of Philadelphia, for trial, has been used, and 

 thy request in part complied with, and the results I shall 

 endeavour to communicate in as few words as may be. 



First. The plough, as received, was tried in a mea- 

 dow that has never been turned up, to the knowledge of 

 the oldest inhabitant of our village. 



The result exceeded my most sanguine expectation, 

 turning a furrow superior to any I ever saw. 



Second. On ploughing my late corn field, for oats and 

 barley next spring, I found that the coulter of the plough 

 not resting on the point of the share, was a manifest dis- 

 advantage, as the corn roots choked it ; however, by let- 

 ting it down as low as it would admit, the complaint was 

 in a great measure prevented. I would suggest the pro- 

 priety of its being made so as to rest on the point of the 

 share ; the coulter of the one now tried will not admit 

 of it, being too short by six inches. 



The result was, I never had the corn roots so well co- 

 vered, and that they should so be, is, in my estimation, 

 a very desirable thing. 



The third experiment I intended making, has been re- 

 tarded by the late severe frost. This will be in a sod not 

 turned down these five years, and stony ground ; should 



