1 2 2 Implements of Husbandry. 



Such a machine, should be purchased for general use, in 

 every district where much grass-seeds are sown. 



The scythe, an essential implement for cutting grass to be 

 converted into hay, is so well known, that it does not require 

 to be described ( I97 ). 



Instead of the usual mode of tedding grass, or shaking it 

 out of the swathe, and strewing it evenly over the ground, 

 for the object of drying it expeditiously, a machine has been 

 invented, of a circular form, with spikes, by which the lar- 

 gest crops are separated, thrown into the air, and scattered 

 about in a very perfect manner. By this means, the ma- 

 nual labour of tedding natural grass is abridged, and the 

 work is done better and more quickly. It is not, however, 

 calculated for clover, which ought to be as little shaken as 

 possible, its head and leaves being so apt to break off. 



When the intention is, to stack the hay on the field in 

 which it grew, and it has been formed into large windrows, 

 it may then be put into what is called " a sweep" a machine 

 made of wood, for holding the hay, by which it may be drag- 

 ged along the field to the place where it is to be stacked. 

 This machine is so easily and expeditiously loaded and un- 

 loaded, that it may be of great use in securing the hay in 

 precarious weather ( l98 ). 



7. Implements of Conveyance. 



The inconvenient, tedious, and expensive modes of con- 

 veying agricultural productions, on the backs of horses, on 

 hurdles, or on sledges, are now rarely to be met with. The 

 usual means of conveyance now are, by the cart, the Irish 

 car, the tumbril, and the waggon. 



1. Carts are beyond doubt the cheapest, and also the best 

 kind of carriage for the farmer. They may be used in al- 

 most any situation. In a flat country, they are evidently 

 preferable to any other ; and though in a hilly district, some 

 objections may be made to them, when going either up or 

 down hill ; yet on the whole, no other carriage can be drag- 

 ged up so easily, and means have been invented by which 

 their safe descent may be facilitated and insured. By means 

 also, of a light frame, or what is called a harvest top, (which 

 may be occasionally fixed upon them), carts are rendered 

 fit for carrying a considerable quantity of corn, hay, straw, 

 or other bulky, but light articles. 



It has been much disputed, whether carts should have one, 



