IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. 



which it had been originally ploughed, or to such lesser depth 

 ns may be deemed expedient. It is in this respect greatly 

 superior to the harrow, which we cannot regulate in this 

 manner. 



The employment of the grubber, however, does not super- 

 sede that of the harrow in the pulverization of the ground, and 

 disengaging of the roots of weeds. The harrow is still to be 

 used, in conjunction with the grubber, and especially for col- 

 lecting into heaps the roots of the plants brought to the sur- 

 face. 



COULTER FOR LOOSENING THE SUB-SOIL. 



This is a valuable imple- 

 ment on tenacious clays or 

 stiff soils. It loosens up 

 the earth for several inches 

 deeper than our common 

 ploughs go, without bring- 

 ing the earth or sub-soil 

 from below on to, or mix- 

 ing it with the surface soil. One horse attached to it, and walk- 

 ing in the furrow after the common ploughman, will effect 

 all that is required. 



This process of stirring the earth to a greater depth than is 

 usual in common ploughing, will, in time of much wet, suffer 

 the superabundant moisture to sink away, and not injure the 

 plants by difuting their food too much; while in time of 

 drought the fibres of roots are enabled to penetrate to a much 

 greater depth in search of their appropriate nutriment. 



JAMES M. GARNETT, Esq., an ardent friend of agriculture, 

 introduced this improved implement into Virginia. He met 

 with it accidentally on board a steam-boat, but could obtain no 

 authentic account of its origin, when, where, or by whom in- 

 vented. He was so much pleased with it that he made a sketch 

 of it, and on his return home he had one made, of which he 

 gives the following account. 



"I have been using it ever since with a decided preference 

 to all others. None, of which I have any knowledge, are supe- 

 rior to it, in any one respect, while this is superior to them all 

 in two important particulars. 1. You may wear out both 

 points, by reversing them, before you send it to the smith. 

 2. The point which works behind causes the coulter to run 

 much more steadily. 



"The lower part is made out of inch square iron, flattened, 

 and well steeled at the points, and is twenty-two inches long. 

 The upright part is of bar-iron, two and a half or three inches 



