Chap.XXIIL Of the Hoe-Plough, &c. 405 



neceflary ; becaufe the Diflance the Plough aiuft go 

 from the Horfe-path on either Side, is uncertain, as 

 the Largenefs or the Depth of the Furrow is ; and 

 for that Reafon, it is as impoflible for me direct the 

 Ploughman to the particular Angles, at which lift 

 Beam muft be fet with the Plank, to keep the Share 

 parallel to the Horfe-path, as it is to direct a Fidler, 

 how far he muft turn his Pegs to give his Strings their 

 due Tenfion for bringing them all in Tune, which 

 without a Peg to each String could never be done; 

 but when he has his juft Number of Pegs, his Ear 

 will direct him in turning them, till his Fiddle is in 

 Tune ; fo the Ploughman by his Eyes, his Feeling, 

 and his Reafon, muft be directed in the fetting his 

 Plough; but without a competent Number of Holes, 

 he can no more do it than a Mufician can tune Four 

 Strings upon one Peg. And I am told, that fome 

 Pretenders to making the Floe-Plough have fix'd its 

 Beam to the Plank immoveable, which makes it as 

 ufelefs for hoeing betwixt Rows, as a Violin with but 

 one Peg to its Four Strings would be for playing a 

 Sonata. 



Fig. 5. mews the Sort of Yoke, that is us'd on 

 every Ox that draws in a fingle File, as they always 

 muft when they work with the Hoe-plough ; but after 

 they have been accuftom'd to draw double (i. e. Two 

 abreaft) they muft be practised for about a Week to 

 draw fingle, before they are fet to Hoeing ; for other- 

 wife they will be apt to demolim the Rows, one run- 

 ing off to the right-hand, expecting his Fellow to 

 come up v/ith him on the Left, and another will run 

 off on the Left to make room for his Companion to 

 go abreaft with him on the Right, endeavouring to 

 go in the manner in which they us'd to be placed for 

 drawing in Pairs. 



I fuppofe I need not give any Caution about muz- 

 ling the Oxen when they hoe; becaufe they will eat 

 fche Plants as foan as they come an Inch above the 

 P d 3 Ground, 



