. The Farmer's magazine . each side. Thus leaving a furrow (a a) in depth5 inches and 18 wide. Then we draw the maindrains by the same plough, being guided in thedirection of them by circumstances, such as shapeof the field, fail of the water in the ditches, &c. Then a large deep-breasted plough, kept for thepurpose in some districts, going once down thefurrow opened by the previous operations, turnsout another furrow about 10 inches wide by T)inches deep. Thus we have by means of theplough a drain 10 inches wide by 10 inches deep,as in the following figure, where E represents theslice turned
. The Farmer's magazine . each side. Thus leaving a furrow (a a) in depth5 inches and 18 wide. Then we draw the maindrains by the same plough, being guided in thedirection of them by circumstances, such as shapeof the field, fail of the water in the ditches, &c. Then a large deep-breasted plough, kept for thepurpose in some districts, going once down thefurrow opened by the previous operations, turnsout another furrow about 10 inches wide by T)inches deep. Thus we have by means of theplough a drain 10 inches wide by 10 inches deep,as in the following figure, where E represents theslice turned out by the deep-breasted plough, andD the furrow formed by A labourer with a common spade now digs outa spit 9 inches deep, beginning at the eye, accord-ing to the following sectional view, where G repre-sents the spit thrown out by the broad spade, andF the trench made.
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