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CHAPTER V. 
I 
IMPLEMENTS. 
In the north-east parts of the county, upon the mixed 
gravelly soils, and in the north parts, upon the sandy 
land ; the same kind of ploughs are used as in Stafford¬ 
shire and Shropshire; being a two-wheel single furrow 
plough, drawn by three horses, and requiring a driver 
but no holder, except to turn it out and in at the end 
at turning, which the driver can easily manage ; or a 
two furrow wheel plough, upon similar principles, 
which one man can manage both as holder and driver, 
but has sometimes a boy to assist: this latter is drawn 
by four or five horses, will plough two acres per day or 
more; the former half the quantity. 
In the Vale of Evesham and elsewhere, the turf 
plough is used for breaking up turf land; this plough 
has two shares, one before and above the other; tljp 
first takes off about an inch of the turf and turns it into 
the furrow after the horses, the next share about eigh¬ 
teen inches behind, throws on the top of the turf a 
clean furrow of mould about five inches thick. Land 
thus ploughed works with the harrow nearly as well as 
fallow land. 
“ The sort of plough in general use here, is the corn- 
“ mon straight heavy plough without wheels,as is pecu- 
“ liar to the Vale of Evesham; many other sorts have 
“ been introduced, but none found to answer. Six inch 
il wheel carts, and three inch wheel waggons like most 
44 other counties.”— Mr. Oldacre. 
Mr.Darke 44 says the ploughs are natives,and such as 
ei are seen no where but in the Vale of Evesham ; I use 
44 them 
