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without wheels, called swing-plougte. A great deal has 

 been said, and a great deal has been written, in favour 

 of each, but it must depend upon the nature of the soil 

 as to which are really the best for any particular dis- 

 trict. In general, swing-ploughs are considered lightest 

 of draught, but they require an experienced and atten- 

 tive ploughman; while wheel-ploughs work with greater 

 steadiness, and require much less skill in the plough- 

 man. Within the last sixteen years the plough has be- 

 come almost uniform in shape and material throughout 

 the country. Ploughs by the best makers, are now 

 fashioned entirely of iron and steel, of a long and 

 graceful form, with two wheels of unequal size, and 

 drawn by a chain attached to the body of the plough. 

 Iron screws and levers are used instead of wooden 

 wedges. Steam-ploughs have been tried in some quar- 

 ters ; but these are as yet too expensive and difficult of 

 management, to come into general use. A recent writer 

 on this subject, however, takes a sanguine view of this 

 matter, and says, "At present we have practically in 

 our possession, and at a cost within the tenant farmer's 

 reach, machinery that (with the same portable engine 

 used for thrashing) cuts and turns a furrow-slice like 

 the plough, and can also subsoil, trench, and ridge ; in 

 another form pares with broad shears, or breaks up and 

 crumbles the ground with the tines of the scarifier." 



Much of the comfort and success of a farmer depends 

 upon the good conduct of his servants ; therefore it is 

 his interest, as well as his duty, to keep a strict watch 

 over their behaviour at all times, and to do what he 

 can to promote orderly and sober habits. And a master 

 may do a great deal. His servants look up to him 

 in all things, and are greatly influenced by what he 

 says and does. If he be at the same time firm and 

 kind ; if he perform all his duties as a man and a 

 Christian in a conscientious manner ; a happy influence 

 will be visibly at work among his servants. But if 

 he set a bad example it will also find copiers. If he 

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