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Souchu-Pinet's plough (Fig. 130) resembles the former, and 

 has curved stays and movable handles. A special harness is 



Fig. 129. Renault-Gouin's Vineyard Plough (projection). 



used for hauling this plough ; the swingle-bar is replaced by 

 an iron bow (Fig. 131), upon which a draft chain is hooked. 



Fig. 130. Souchu-Pinet's Vineyard Plough. 



The old Roman foot plough is still in use in the Bas- 

 Languedoc (Fig. 132). The cross ploughing is done so as to 

 leave undisturbed only the part around the stumps, which 

 has already been dug, as described. 



Fig. 131. Special Harness for vineyard ploughs. 



This primitive implement tears the soil instead of turning 

 it over, and leaves it flat instead of rigid; therefore the 

 sooner it is discarded the better. 



