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and that at the proper time for doing the work. 

 At prefent, from the frequent want of men 

 who are able to pare, you mull wait until they 

 have finifhed fome other farmer's field, and 

 fometimes lofe the feafon for the intended crop. 



Another advantage of Mr. Sanxter's plough 

 Is, that you may cut the furrows whac depth 

 you like-, for fhe a<5ls like a joiner's plane. In- 

 deed I know of no objeclion to her, but that 

 Ihe cannot be worked fo eafily on unlevel land, 

 fuch as where large ant-hills are. Such as are 

 of a moderate fize may be ploughed up with a 

 common plough ; which I like better than an- 

 other machine of a more complex confrrudion, 

 which Mr. Sanxter has invented to cut them 

 up : for the prefTure or power being fo very 

 great, it is likely to put the ant-hill plough out 

 of order ; and then the fods are obliged to be 

 cut or chopped in pieces by men, before they 

 can be moved. But I fhould ad difFerentlv 

 with the land that is full of ant-hills. I fliould 

 pare it with Mr. Sanxter's paring-plough as 

 well as I could, and then take a comm.on 

 plough and plough the ant-hills off, and burn 

 them with the fods, or more properly after the 

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