. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. said to be useful in preparing wet land for tillage in Cornwall. It consists of a rollercomposed of 13 thin iron plates, each fastened to a circular block of wood of four. 361 inches in thickness, and nine inches in diameter, and boundround with iron. Both blocks (a) and plates (b) aremovable on an iron axle ; and though Mr. Bartlet, theinventor, ha
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. said to be useful in preparing wet land for tillage in Cornwall. It consists of a rollercomposed of 13 thin iron plates, each fastened to a circular block of wood of four. 361 inches in thickness, and nine inches in diameter, and boundround with iron. Both blocks (a) and plates (b) aremovable on an iron axle ; and though Mr. Bartlet, theinventor, has adopted a diameter of nine inches for theblocks, and fifteen inches for the plates, yet these dimensionsmay be increased or diminished at pleasure. The framein which the roller is inserted has a bar, on which arefixed scrapers of iron, which keep the roller continuallyclean. (Card- Mag. vol. v.)*2711. The roller and water box (Jig- 362.) is sometimes used for watering spring Ee
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