PLOWING. 



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but with horses at all inclined to be unruly or impatient, 

 or working in soft or stony ground, we should use the 

 same sort of reins as in driving on the road, thus giving a 

 fair hold of each horse's head. 



Horses used for this work should be taught to stop in- 

 stantly at the word, to start promptly and together, and to 

 pull evenly. The team should be brought quickly around 



Fig. 42. — Lines for plowing three-abreast. 



at the turns and headlands, and made to take their places 

 as actively as possible for the new furrow ; but they should 

 not be started, if at all blown, until they are fully ready to 



