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^oiic, to keep It steady, doubts will suggest themselves, 

 that the mathematical constru6lion is erroneous. 

 Bur let me recur to the notes. 



I foiiiul wheel-ploughs coinmon through Earsham, 

 Lodclon and Clavering Inrndreds, bur a sprinkling of short 

 swing ones, such as are in general iisc, about Thetford, 

 Brandon, &c. 



In discourse with Messrs. Thttrtell and EvERiT, 

 near Yarmouth, they both insisted on tlie propriety of 

 having tlie share point and the wheels as near together as 

 possible, as the ease of draught depended much upon it ; but 

 admitted that a greater distance would make the plough 

 go steadier, in case of difficulties. 



Examining the ploughs of Mr. Francis, at Martham,' 

 from perceiving the beams not mounted so high as in com- 

 mon, he remarked, that the wheelwright made his upon 

 Iiis own plan: he has ploughed much with his own hands, 

 and knows that when thcv are very high, the plough is 

 apt not to cut a flat furrow, nor to go close at heel, he 

 therefore lowers the beam, and the share is two feet from 

 the points where the wheels touch the earth ; and the 

 beam-ring being in the centre hole, th-e plough will then 

 go alone without holding. 



Mr. Johnson, of Thurning, has his beams lower than 

 ct^.nmon, and ;ather further from the share point to the 

 wheel points of contatfl with the ground ; nor does he find 

 that his ploughs are at all less easy in the draft. 



Mr. England, of Binli:.m, thinks that the nearer the 

 share is to the draft, the easijcr for the horses ; the reason 

 for mounting the beam. 



Mr. Reeves, of VVighton, is ot the same opim'on, ami 



that the points of wheels and share being near, does nof 



make the plough go unsteady. When he wants to w/wlm 



a layer well, be uses ploughs with (he p/a: rather longer, 



E 3 and 



