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in any one of them j — except perhaps in Not- 

 tingham Forell. 



There Is no doubt of the excellency of tfje 

 Norfolk plow in cultivating the Norfolk foil ; 

 or any foil which is fimilar to it ; namely, a 

 (hallow, fandy loam, free from obftrudtionr. 

 But the width, and general fliape, of the fhare 

 render it utterly incapable of being worked in 

 a flrong foil, in which ftones or other obftruc- 

 tions abound : and the ufual manner of fetting 

 the hind part of the " plat'' or mould-board, 

 equally prevents it from turning, properly, a 

 deep fquare furrow. 



The peculiarities of its conftrudlion are prinr 

 cipally thcfe : — the wheels are taller, and their 

 tackle more complex, than thofe of other fmall 

 plows; the form of the wheels themfelves 

 being, however, beautifully fimple. The fhare 

 is unufualiy broad, fiat, and blunt at the point. 

 The mould-bGard is not of wood, but of iron, 

 fometimes wrought fometimes cait * ; bein^ a 



* C'afi-hon J]-ares have lately been invented, and a pa- 

 tent procured for them, by a perfon of Norwich, For 

 fKe rCoriblk plow, in the Norfolk foil, they appear from 

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