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it works perfectly between rows three and one-fourth 

 feet apart. Nevertheless, we think that the mould- 

 board ought to be a little 

 higher, for plowing six inch- 

 es deep. This tool should be 

 used for the first plowing — 

 that of" bareing" the roots. 

 It is made to pass along each 

 side of the row of plants. 

 As for the second plowing 

 — that of "hilling-up" — it 

 is done with the same im- 

 plement, but by replacing 

 the share and its mold- 

 board, by a large double- 

 [FiG. 92.] — Large Double share [Fig. 92]. This share 

 Share, for Messager's Plow, has, at its hinder part, a 

 width of sixteen inches, and can throw up the soil to a 

 depth of five inches. It is fixed to the beam by an iron 

 rod. A, sufficiently elbowed to bear as much as possible 

 on the right side of the plow. The cultivator-prong 

 [G, Fig. 91] not being required for the action of this 

 share, is laid aside. Two cuts of the plow, between 

 the rows of plants, are sufficient to cover the roots 

 again, and to level the ground perfectly. This work is 

 also performed with one 'horse. The price of this plow, 

 including the large share of which we have spoken, and 

 a "hiller," which can be adapted to it, and which we 

 shall mention again, further on, is twenty dollars. 



M. Messager's plow can easily execute each of these 

 two plowings, over a space of two and one-half acres 

 per day, which will give the same expense as with the 



