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On the Use of thii Thistk-Cut icr. 



Fig. 3. 



Plate TI, (one end of each being fixed to the outsides of the hindmost iron braces,) and 



Viz 2. ' _ 



then the four ropes unite together, where the manager holds them as a coachman 

 does the reins of four horses. By these ropes the scythes may be lifted to any 

 degree of elevation, by which means any unevenness of the ground, or other ob- 

 structions on its surface, such as stones, roots, ant-hills, &c. may be easily 

 avoided. 



Fig. 3. A. represents the swinging tree, thirty-three inches long. 



B. represents the chain, thirty inches long, which hooks into the staple a of 

 Fig. 1. for drawing the machine. 



-Fig. 4. represents one of the scythes by itself. 



A. the scythe. 



B. the part by which it is fixed to the scythe handle, three quarters of an inch 

 from the under side, where a savvgate is made to receive it, so that the whole of 

 the scythe projects beyond the wood, and cuts the thistles three quarters of an 

 inch above the surface. The whole being so plain, a further description of this 

 machine seems quite unnecessary. 



When the scythes want sharpening, they may be either reared perpendiculai^ 

 or taken off entirely, at the same time the horses should be ungeared. 



On the Use of the Thistle-Cutter, 



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HE use of this machine is of considerable importance on pasture land that is 

 subject to thistles and other weeds ; as it can with one man and a horse, cut 

 twenty acres in a day, 



Thehe are no plants over which the oeconomical farmer ought to keep a more 

 'watchful eye than the thistle tribes as they are not only useless, but they 



