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work of the other, and no interval or ridge be left 

 uncut: the extremities of the cylinder just cover- 

 ing the wheel-tracks. This cylinder of claws you 

 will see raised or depressed at pleasure by the 

 engine-driver, and adjusted to slow or rapid revo- 

 lutions, worked either by cog-wheels, or geared from 

 the drum of the Engine. TJiat is the * cultivator.' 

 A platform from the Engine extends over it, ending 

 in a sort of movable tail-board, which may be raised 

 or depressed at pleasure, to regulate the settlement 

 of the soil which scatters from it. The revolution 

 of the cylinder is not against but with that of the 

 wheels, not dragging or retarding, but rather favour- 

 ing the advance of the whole machine,' which is 

 moved slowly forward by detached power from the 

 Engine. 



When, at some future day, and by some pen not 

 yet out of straight strokes and pothooks, there shall 

 be written, for the edification of the next agricultural 

 public, an historical sketch of the ' Rise and Pro- 

 gress of STEAM CULTIVATION,' it is to be feared 

 that some of the reflections will not be of the most 

 complimentary kind to the genius or the faith of the 

 generation that has embraced nearly in one expe- 



