. Rudimentary treatise on agricultural engineering . ngular form, for subsoiling andploughing between the rows of beans or root-crops. Theskim coulter with which it is fitted is of great importancewhen ploughing ley ground and stubble ; it precedes thecommon coulter, paring and turning into the furrow theherbage upon the surface, so that when the soil is turnedover by the plough nothing of grass or weeds is left to growout between the furrows ; consequently the vegetable matterthus buried, instead of living upon the soil, decomposes andserves to enrich the land. It will also be found most usef
. Rudimentary treatise on agricultural engineering . ngular form, for subsoiling andploughing between the rows of beans or root-crops. Theskim coulter with which it is fitted is of great importancewhen ploughing ley ground and stubble ; it precedes thecommon coulter, paring and turning into the furrow theherbage upon the surface, so that when the soil is turnedover by the plough nothing of grass or weeds is left to growout between the furrows ; consequently the vegetable matterthus buried, instead of living upon the soil, decomposes andserves to enrich the land. It will also be found most usefulwhen ploughing in dung, mustard, tares, &c, for with theaddition of a drag-chain, all may be turned in completely.— Catalogue of the Royal Agricultural Society at Lewes. BUSBY S PRIZE PLOUGH. 39 BUSBY S PRIZE PLOUGH. This plough had the council medal awarded to it at theGreat Exhibition of all Nations in Hyde Park, in 1851. It is manufactured by Mr. Busby, of Newton-le-Willows,near Bedale, Yorkshire, who has, by his intelligence and Fig. untiring industry in the manufacture of this and otherimplements, raised himself from an ordinary workman tohis present position as the recipient of the highest honourit was in the power of the Commissioners of the GreatExhibition to bestow. This plough has been introduced as the best specimen ofa plough that is at present manufactured. THE KENTISH TURN-WREST PLOUGH. A stranger passing for the first time through the countyof Kent could not fail to notice this remarkable appearance it is the ugliest, heaviest, and most cum-bersome-looking machine to be found in all England,yet in practice I have no hesitation in saying that it is 40 TH£ KENTISH ITEX-WEEST PLOrGH. one of the very best ploughs the agriculturist ill evermeet with.
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