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CHAR XXIII. 



Of the Hoe-Ploug h, &c. 



pLATE 6. Fig. i. is the Hoe-Plough in a tide 

 View. A is the Beam and Plough-tail, being 

 much the fame with that of the common Plough de- 

 fcribed in Fig. i. of Plate i. The Beam of fuch a 

 common Plough, being cut off, and fcrewed up to 

 this Plank, and its Limbers, might make a Hoe- 

 Plough. The Share of this, from its Tail to the fore 

 Part of its Socket, is Two JFeet One Inch long, and 

 from thence to the End of the Point, Ten Inches and 

 an half: This is the Meafure of the under Side of the 

 Share. B is the Plank, Two Feet Seven Inches and 

 an half long, Two Inches and an half thick, and 

 Nine Inches broad. C, D, are the Nuts of the Two 

 Screw-pins, which hold up the Beam to the Plank. 

 E is the Nut of the Draw-pin, which Pin has a 

 Crook underneath, whereto one of the Links of the 

 fhort Chain of the Whipper is fattened for drawing 

 the Plough; the only Uie of this Nut is, to hold the 

 Pin from dropping out by its own Weight, and that 

 of the Chain and Whipper; but often, to avoid the 

 Trouble of fcrewing and unfcrewing the Nut, we 

 fupply its Ufe by a fquare Pin a little bigger than the 

 Hole, which we drive up by an Hammer, fo tight, 

 that it may not drop out of itfelf ; but can eafily be 

 driven out by a few Blows of the Hammer, as often 

 as it is necefTary to remove it into another Hole. 

 F, G, are the Two Limbers-, they are fcrewed on to 

 the Plank by Four Screws and N uts : The under Sur- 

 face of the Limbers by their whole Length are parallel 

 to the Plank, and to the upper Surface of the fore 



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