. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture; cbk. 28 BRITISH HUSBANDRY, [Ch. II. by citlier raising or lowering the forepart of the frame, wliicli is done by either elevating or depressing it in the notclied bar ; for if it be raised, the frame is thereby lowered, and the teeth are consequently forced deeper into the ground : or, by the contrary motion, the ojjposite effect is produced. When lowered to the bottom of the upright bar, it will be without any effect upon the teeth; but when raised to the uppermost notch, they will then p
. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture; cbk. 28 BRITISH HUSBANDRY, [Ch. II. by citlier raising or lowering the forepart of the frame, wliicli is done by either elevating or depressing it in the notclied bar ; for if it be raised, the frame is thereby lowered, and the teeth are consequently forced deeper into the ground : or, by the contrary motion, the ojjposite effect is produced. When lowered to the bottom of the upright bar, it will be without any effect upon the teeth; but when raised to the uppermost notch, they will then penetrate eight or nine inches into the soil. The forewheel runs always on the surface, but the hindwheels can be either raised or lowered by means of screws upon the axle, and thus it can be lifted out of the ground and turned at the end of a field with the greatest facility. The space covered by the working part of the implement is 5^ feet, and the length of the teeth, which are made extremely strong, is 29 inches; the weight of the machine is not much more than 4 J cwt.; and the cost at the manufactory is 10/. 10^. It may be readily conceived that an instrument of this form, when worked to the depth of which it is capable, must not only have a very powerful effect in stirring tenacious soils, but must also be far superior to the common harrow, or indeed to the plough in tearing up and extirpating root-weeds; which, by the curved shape of the tines, are thus brought up lo the surface. AVhen used to a great depth, it however requires a very powerful team ; for, although stated by the maker as being suitable to the strength of two horses, we have this week seen it at work upon moderately tenacious land, which had been already ploughed, and which it was only stirring to the depth of five inches, yet occasioning quite sufficient labour to three. He also says, that, " from the curved form of the tines, it naturally follows that all obstructions, by way of vegetable matter—wh
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