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AN EXPERIMENT WITH A TURF PLOUGH. 



Of late years much attention has been given to the improve- 

 ment and renovation of grass land. As a rule the accom- 

 plishment of the object has been attempted through the 

 agency of manure, though not unfrequently one hears of 

 good results attending purely mechanical methods, such as 

 scarifying. It is generally believed that this method of 

 renovation depends for its success partly upon the removal 

 of moss and dead grass, but chiefly upon the improved 

 aeration of the soil as a consequence of the surface being 

 torn by the tines of the harrow or other scarifying imple- 

 ment. 



In the "Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Presse/' of March yth, 

 1896, an entirely novel implement was figured and described 

 by Professor Strecker, of Leipzig, under the name of 

 Laacke's Wiesenschalpflug. This implement has much 

 that is attractive about it, and a specimen was obtained for 

 use on Cockle Park in November, 1897. 



It cuts a strip of turf fully 12 inches wide, and varying 

 in depth from 3 to 6 inches, raises it clear of the ground, 



