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the sides with straw till the house is filled, finishing with a 

 double quantity of the salt water. After it has been in eight 

 days, and when it has subsided, fill up closely with small 

 bundles of straw, to exclude all air as far as possible. 



An ice-house filled in this manner will be found, when 

 opened in summer, to be as firm as rock, and to require at 

 all times the force of a pickaxe to break it up. It will be found 

 to keep three times longer than the common method of filling 

 ice-houses, and more suitable for being received from the ice- 

 house for use, as it will keep three times longer when exposed 

 to the air. I was induced to try the above method on account 

 of our ice-house being placed in a very exposed situation. 

 The sun shines from rising to setting on it, and it was found 

 impossible, before adopting this plan, to keep ice above a 

 year, and now it keeps three years, and the last of it is as good 

 as the first. I remain, Sir, &c. 



Wilford House, Sept. 5. 1827. James Young. 



Art. IV. Notice of a Horticultural Plough and its Uses. 

 By Mr. William Godsall, Nurseryman and Florist, 

 Hereford. 



Sir, 

 I take the liberty of sending you a description and a rough 

 sketch of my Horticultural Plough, as I am not aware that 

 any thing of the sort has ever been made use of before. 

 Upon light land it is, in my opinion, a most desirable imple- 

 ment, oh account of the facility, dispatch, and neatness of its 

 work, compared with that of the hoe. I drill with it for peas, 

 beans, French beans, &c, employing it to cover the seeds, 

 and also to earth the plants. It will readily be seen that it is 

 adapted to drilling and moulding, or earthing other garden 

 crops, particularly where the 

 land is unencumbered with 

 trees, &c. It is used by one 

 man, who, after a little prac- 

 tice, will employ it with great 

 expedition. It may be made 

 with one or two handles 

 {fig. 38. a b);. if only one, it 

 should have a cross handle at 

 right angles (b). The heel (c) 

 consists of a piece of light 



