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only four feet three inches apart ; this plowing is so ef- 

 fectual that but little extra hand-work, with the hoe, is 

 required. But it has the inconvenience of requiring a 

 space between the rows of plants, which is found too 

 great for the vineyards of the northern part of the vine- 

 growing region. 



M. de la Loyere, a large wine-grower at Savigny, 

 near Beaune (C6te-d'-Or), has recently contrived a 

 plow for vine lands, which we have seen in operation; 

 and which gives him very satisfactcSry results [Fig. 90]. 



[Fig. 90.] — La Loyere' s Plow. 

 Here is a brief description of it : It is a small plow, 

 made entirely of iron, and having two shares, E. — 

 These two shares, with their mold-boards, occupy, 

 together, a width bf sixteen inches, and, consequently, 

 plow the same width. A wheel placed in front gives it 

 steadiness. The holes in the vertical rod C, allow the 

 clevis' to be rajsed or lowered, and thus to regulate the 

 depth of plowing ; a regulator D, at the extr-emity of 

 the pole, also allows the plowing to come as near as 

 possible to the line of plants. The two shares are 

 movable, and may be substituted by a leveler, to lay 



