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dren are not to be had to rake up the weeds with 

 a hand-rake (an inftrument I am very fond of), 

 a twitch-rake will be ufeful. It is generally 

 made with two heads about feven feet long, 

 having in each head two ro^s of tefeth feven 

 inches long, twenty-four in the hinder, and fe- 

 venteen in the fore-head» The heads are pla- 

 ced about eighteen inches afunder, and are in 

 fubftance about two inches fquare ; but if made 

 round, they will be better. There are a pair 

 of fhafts for the horfe to draw by, and a pair 

 of ftilts by which the man who follows may di- 

 re6l it. The drag is (even feet ; the hind bull 

 has {eve[\ teeth twelve inches long ; the next 

 bull is fix feet two inches long, with fix teeth 

 twelve inches long. The teeth are made round, 

 with a fmall turn at the bottom, and fhaped 

 like a bit of a hoe, to prevent the weeds from- 

 flipping at bottom, and to caufe them to rife 

 to the top of the land. The two bounds are 

 coupled together by two pieces of wood bolted 

 upon them tv.'o feet four inches afunder ; and 

 if defigned to be chang;ed into a drill, the two 

 crofs-bars muft be long enough to put a pair 

 offliafts on for a horfe to draw and fteady it, 



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