PLOWING. 



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but with horses at all inclined to be unruly or impatient, 

 or working in soft or stony ground, we should use the 

 same sort of reins as in driving on the road, thus giving a 

 fair hold of each horse's head. 



Horses used for this work should be taught to stop in 

 Btantly at the word, to start promptly and together, and to 

 ■oull evenly. The team should be brought quickly around 



Fia. 42, — Lines for plowing three-abreast. 



at the turns and headlands, and made to take their places 

 as actively as possible for the new furrow ; but they should 

 uot be started, if at all blown, until they are fully ready to 



