Breast Plough* 425 



of sour grass. The implement used to pare the surface 

 of the soil, is a breast plough, a cut of which is 

 annexed.* 



The implement *' is called a breast plough, from 

 the manner of using it, being pushed with the breast, 

 by the man who pares the land. 



^^ At A there is a a small edge turned up, that cuts 

 the furrow or paring from the rest of tfie sward, by 

 means of which when the paring is cut of a proper 

 length, it is turned over with the cutting iron." Com- 

 munications to the Board of Agriculture, London, vol. 

 2d, page 73.1 



P. S. When the foregoing paper was read in the 

 society, Mr. Miers Fisher of Philadelphia County, 



* Breast ploughs may be purchased at B. M'Mahon's seed and 

 nursery store, South Second Street, Philadelphia. 



There are fiaring Jiloughs, calculated for extensive operations in 

 paring and burning, (called Denshiring,) drawn by horses. 



t After the sods are pared off, and dried, they are to be put up in 

 small heaps, and burnt. The ashes may be spread thin on the sur- 

 face of the soil, either of the field that has been pared, or on a grass 

 lot or corn field. Care must be taken to clear well from under the 

 heap, to prevent too great a luxuriance of the succeeding crop. 

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