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■ In working with this tool, the laborer 

 proceeds without Hopping to divide- the 

 fods into fhort lengths ; this part being 

 done by women and children ; who follow, 

 to break the turf into lengths, and fet the 

 pieces on edge to dry. 



The PRICE for " spading" is about 

 three halfpence, a fquare percji, of 1 8 feet, 

 orlixteenorfeventeenfliillingsaftatuteacre. 



Formerly, it is probable, tliis inflrument 

 was much in ufe ; but, at prefent, it appears 

 to be chiefly in the hands of fmall farmers. 



The inftrument at prefent ufed, for fepa- 

 rating the fpine or graffy turf from the foil, 

 by farmers in general, is the common 

 TEAM PLOW, with fome little alteration in 

 the fize and form of the fhare ; according 

 to the fancy or judgement of the farmer or 

 his plowman ; there being two different 

 ways of performing the operation. The 

 one is termed " Veiling,** the other 

 ** Skirting," or " Skirwinking.** 



For YELLING, the fliare is made wide, 

 with the angle or outer point of the wing or 

 fin turned upward, to feparate the turf 

 entirely from the foil* 



For 



