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u them as my father did before me; they are of wood,ex-* 
“ cept the share and coulter ; very long in tails throck, 
te and shelve board ; a load for a team.” 
I believe that this strong tenacious soil, requires to 
be cut with a more acute angle, than a common or 
gravelly soil, and that whether wet or dry ; when wet 
the soil would not slip or separate from an obtuse 
angled plough. Other neater looking lighter ploughs 
have been tried without success, and this uncouth look¬ 
ing tool maintains its ground. 
Mr. Pomeroy observes, “ the plough is said to have 
undergone considerable alteration within these last 
“ twenty years. The one in general use, at present, is 
“ the hammock plough. Of such as are peculiar to the 
“ county, the double plough, which is said to be a na- 
“ tive, is still confined to the lighter soils, to the north. 
(i A second, is the string plough, composed chiefly of 
“ wood ; its beam crooked, body long and weighty : 
“ this, as far as relates to general use, is now almost ex- 
“ ploded ; it is, however, still found convenient on the 
“ deep red soils intended for hop-grounds, on the Teme 
<( side,which are prepared for that purpose as follows:—. 
Two of these ploughs, with a man and boy to each 
u team, are employed, following each other ; in every 
“ other respect the same, they are differently furnished 
“ vrith iron work ; the first,which takes oft' the sod from 
two to four inches deep, has the wing (here called the 
tc feather)of itsshare extended,and formed into an edge, 
(( which terminates with its point on the right hand side; 
sf in this position, it separates the upperfrom the under 
u roots ot the grass. In this plough,particularattention 
“ to the edge of the coulter is also paid, that the under- 
4< mined turf may be so regularly cut, and equally di- 
i( vided, on the surface, as to afford the shield-board, 
“ which 
