MINUTE 



IN 



Agriculture and Planting. 



I. On the structure aud component principles of 

 vegetables. , 



II. On the culture and use of Nine of the besc Ar- 

 tificial, and of Eight of the best Natural Grasses; 

 shewing the great advantages that would arise 

 from a more general use of them, by enabling the 

 Grazier to keep one-fourth more Stock, and the 

 Farmer to produce one-fourth more Corn, upon 

 the same Land, than they did before. ■ 



III. On the construction and use of a -Swart/ Z)r««<r. 



IV. On the construction and use of a Thistle Cutter, 



V. On the constrtttion and use of a Compound 

 Roller: containing a spike and plain Roller in 

 one Frame. 



VI. On ihe construction and use of a Tree-Trans- 

 planter, for removing and planting large 

 Trees. , ' 



VII. On the construction and use of a Scu£le, 



VIII. On the construction and use of • a CoacA 

 Grass Drag, 



IX. On the construction and use of a Couch Grass 

 Rake. 



ILLUSTRATED with SPECU/ENS 



OF BIGHT SORTS OF THE B£ST, AND TWO SORTS Or THE WORST 



NATURAL GRASSES, 



AND WITH ACCURATE DRAWINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ABOVE 



Practical Machines, o?i Seven Copper Plates, 



WHIREBY EVERY FARMER WILL BE MADE PERFECTLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE BEST 



NATURAL ahcl AllTiFICIAL GRASSES, 



AND NOT ONLY B£ MADE ACQUAINTED WITH THE USE OF, BUT ALSO BE ENABLED 



To Construct the above Machines. 



Bit WIJLJLIAM AMOS, 



0/ Brother t oft y near Boitorty hincQlmkire^ 

 AUTHOR or THE THEORY AKD PRACTISE OF THE DRILL HUSBANDRY, &C. &€• 



BOSTON, PRINTED BY J. HfiLLABT, 



1804. 



