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XXIV. — Account of the Operation of the RcicJcheath Siihsoil- 

 Plough, and also of the Suh-turf Plough, and the Figs-head 

 Potatoe Plough and Iron Hands. By Sir Edavard Stracey, 

 Bart., F.R S. 



The Rackheath Plough : inveBted by Sir Edward Stracey. 



From A to B 6 feet. 



N.B. — Particular care raiist betaken that the beam-ringle be of such sufficient 

 length that the under part of the beam (C) does not rest upon the beam-ringle in any 

 part : otherwise a f-alcium ^vill be afforded between the wheel and the draught, 

 which will cause the plough to rise at the heel. 



To the Secret ary of the English Agricultural Society. 



Sir, 



Haying eYer been unwilling to obtrude my sentiments or any 

 inYention of mine upon the public, I should neYer haYe addressed 

 this letter to you bad I not been informed by you, as Secretary 

 to the English Agricultural Society, that in consequence of 

 my subsoil-plough ha\dng excited some interest at the meeting 

 of the Society at Oxford, it was the wish of the Committee of 

 that society that I should sfiYe them some account of the opera- 

 tions of the plough. ^A'ith that wish I comply, as were I to act 

 otherwise I should feel wanting in respect to those indi^■iduals 

 who haYe honoured me with their wish, and at the same time 

 hoping that the agricultural interest may experience as much 

 benefit from the use of the. plough as I haYe for the last six 

 years; and it will afford me the highest gratification if my 

 humble endeaA'ours can in any way improYe the science of agri- 

 culture, as I cannot but feel that much, Yery much, is wanted. 

 How many sciences are required? Mechanics, chemistry, geo- 

 log}", botany, entomologY, &c. Perhaps no science requires a 

 general acquaintance with more sciences than that of farming. 

 But I must not suffer myself, by entering mto a discussion on 



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