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thirty-five years old, and it ploughed an acre 

 a day. He then lent it to the cottagers, 

 where it did equally well. He sent an ac- 

 count of its performances to Eansom, who 

 afterwards informed him, that in consequence 

 of his letter being published, he had sold up- 

 wards of 2000 of these ploughs in eighteen 

 months. 



The renovation of worn-out pastures is a 

 matter that Mr. Smith has pursued with great 

 success. His plan is as follows. A turf 

 three inches thick is turned over by a plough, 

 to the hinder part of which two iron tires are 

 attached, which break up the hard ground at 

 the bottom of the fuiTOw to the depth of four 

 inches : a man follows, who drops in suitable 

 manure. When the pasture has been thus 

 gone over, the tires are removed, and the 

 plough replaces the tui'f. Eolling shortly re- 

 moves all trace of the plough, and the improve- 

 ment of the pasture is remarkable. 



Mr. Smith's garden at Dr oxford is sur- 



