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be the labor required, than to continue to plough about them 

 or over them. How this plough will operate in old ground, I 

 have not witnessed ; but my belief is, it will do well, and 

 greatly facilitate the minute pulverization of the soil, which is 

 the grand purpose of ploughing, 



J. W. PROCTOR. 

 Danvers, Nov., 1851. 



