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Generally speaking, if the plough is set in the 

 manner described no further adjustment is necessary 

 except perhaps to raise the little wheel an inch if deeper 

 ploughing is desirable. It may also be mentioned that 

 a wheel-plough is intended to run slightly tilted to the 

 ploughman's left hand. 



The finish of the last two furrows between two lands 

 calls for a little further adjustment of the plough. In 

 ploughing the last furrow but one, both wheels should 



The first stages in ploughing a field. 



be dropped about 2 inches so that this furrow is 

 ploughed a little shallower than the general ploughing. 

 Then for the last furrow there will be what is called a 

 shoulder, or "whip sod," to steady the plough in 

 turning over the last furrow. This whip sod should 

 also be ploughed up in scouring the furrows. 



