. 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. 2602. The Northumberland plough, and the Berwickshire plough, are very nearly thesame implement; differing from Smalls plough in having the mould-board less concave. 2603. WWaes sivingplough, the best iron 295swing plough in Scot-land, (Jig. 295. a, asseen from above, b theleft side) is formed en-tirely of iron except thepoints of the ch


. 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. 2602. The Northumberland plough, and the Berwickshire plough, are very nearly thesame implement; differing from Smalls plough in having the mould-board less concave. 2603. WWaes sivingplough, the best iron 295swing plough in Scot-land, (Jig. 295. a, asseen from above, b theleft side) is formed en-tirely of iron except thepoints of the characteristic, inpoint of form, is alonger mould-boardwith a greater twist init, the object of whichis, to reverse the fur-row more completelyin light or highly pul-verised soils. 2604. Finlaysons iron ploughs {Jigs. 296 to 299.) are, as he informs us {BritishFarnier, p. 9.), constructed in imitation of those of Wilkie, but with improvements andmodifications adapted for particular circumstances. 2605. The heath or self-cleaning plough, or rid plough, (, 297.), is formed withthe beam so curved vertically ( fig. 296.), or divided and curved horizontally (Jig. 297.),.


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