. 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. p, is the general agent, towhich all the boring implements areto be attached. A chisel (b) isfirst employed, and connected to thishandle by its screw at top. If theground is tolerably soft, the weightof the two workmen, bearing uponthe cross bar and occasionally ioi cingit round, will soon cause the chisel topenetrate; but if the ground is hardor st
. 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. p, is the general agent, towhich all the boring implements areto be attached. A chisel (b) isfirst employed, and connected to thishandle by its screw at top. If theground is tolerably soft, the weightof the two workmen, bearing uponthe cross bar and occasionally ioi cingit round, will soon cause the chisel topenetrate; but if the ground is hardor strong, the workmen strike thechisel down with repeated blows, soas to pick their way, often changingtheir situation by walking round,which breaks the stone, or otherhard substances, that may happento obstruct its progress. 4487. The labour is very con-siderably reduced by means ofan elastic wooden pole placedhorizontally over the well, from which a chain is brought down, and attached to thering of the handle. This pole is usually made fast at one end as a fulcrum, by beingset into a heap of heavy loose stones; at the other end the labourer gives it a slight upand down vibrating motion, corresDonding to the beating motion ofthe workmen below,. Book III WATER FOR LIVE STOCK. 737
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