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Gibson's of pressing- the ground rather tightly : it is between these 

 two weak points that a choice must be made in selecting a clod- 



Gibson's Clodcrusher. 



crusher. There is a third implement — the Norwegian, or, as 

 it should be called, the Swedish harrow — which neither clogs 

 nor kneads, but then it will not press, and is heavier for the 

 horses. I should not hesitate to choose the clodcrusher if I could 

 afford one such implement only, but from experience in barley 

 sowing should be extremely sorry to be without the Swedish tool 

 also, which has been lately much improved by lengthening its 

 teeth, while its draught has been lightened by one horse in four. 



Crosskill's Norwegian Harrow. 



5. Scarifiers, Grubbers, or Cultivators. 



Numerous as are the forms of this implement, and it appears in 

 new forms every year, its full serviceableness has certainly not 

 been yet understood. It has been used accidentally as it were, 

 and not upon system, whereas, if it were used upon svstem, 1 have 

 no doubt that, important as are the American Reapers, the 

 Cultivator would ensure to the English farmer upon stock land 



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