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But the plows even of this neighbourhood 

 are far from being uniformly excellent in 

 that refped. The neck is frequently too 

 thick and the bosom too hollow : the former 

 creates an unneceffary fridion ; and the latter 

 forms a receptacle for loofe mould to lodge 

 in ; and both of them are detrimental to the 

 turning of the furrow. The bofom may be 

 made too full, but the neck cannot well be 

 made too fine on the off or outer edge. 



The right-hand fide of the focket of the 

 SHARE ought to be brought down to a fliarp 

 angle, or rather to an edge ; the under iidc 

 being made flat, and as level as may be with 

 the under furface or foal of the plow. 'I he 

 part which is folded back to lay hold of the 

 bottom of the woodwork too frequently 

 fprms a foul protuberance on the foal, ren- 

 dering the plow unfleady ; — increafing the 

 fridtion unnecefTarily ; — and, by raifingup the 

 fin of the fhare, prevents it from adting pro- 

 perly. 



The form of the Yorkfliire plow is not its 



only excellency : the ordinary price of the 



woodwork complete, is not more than feven 



^lillings and fixpence ! the iron-work about 



T 3 twenty 



