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Double-breasted Plough, 

 straight, and throw the earth sideways, as our double-moulding 

 plough does between rows of turnips or potatoes. 



The Harrows are mostly triangular, with wooden teeth set at 

 an acute angle forwards : they would be of no use if the soil had 

 not been previously pulverised and loosened, for a very slight 

 obstruction would break the teeth ; they are, however, very useful 

 to cover the seed and finish the pulverising of the soil : one horse 

 draws them easily. 



The IVaineau, which has been mentioned before, is an instru- 

 ment peculiarly Belgian : the use of it is to level the surface of 



Traineau. 



light soils without too much compressing them. If a door were 

 taken off the hinges and dragged over a field it would become a 

 traineau. It has been found convenient to make a stronger frame, 

 and to cover it with stouter boards than those of a door. The 

 trapezium shape also is found more convenient than the rectan- 

 gular ; and as the part nearest to where the horses are attached 



