The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . o, in this descending scale the same truth is exhibited; there is the draught-labour requb-ed to work these ploughs, amounting, between its extremes, to 70 p. cent, upon its minimum. In Mr. HandleysPrize essay onWheeland Swing Ploughs(1st vol. of the English Agricultu-ral Societys Jour-nal), the followingTable appears :— . 22 stones. 22 »j . 20 jj . 20 3> . 19 . 13 » . 17 . 16 . 15 33 . 13 of draughts a van etj ia 40 ;-li;;;tS-l^--;?! #:«.^| 32 1 K 4 i Ifi A WiLKIE. the Draught ofPloughs trustwor- thy; and at page 105are engravings ofimple
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . o, in this descending scale the same truth is exhibited; there is the draught-labour requb-ed to work these ploughs, amounting, between its extremes, to 70 p. cent, upon its minimum. In Mr. HandleysPrize essay onWheeland Swing Ploughs(1st vol. of the English Agricultu-ral Societys Jour-nal), the followingTable appears :— . 22 stones. 22 »j . 20 jj . 20 3> . 19 . 13 » . 17 . 16 . 15 33 . 13 of draughts a van etj ia 40 ;-li;;;tS-l^--;?! #:«.^| 32 1 K 4 i Ifi A WiLKIE. the Draught ofPloughs trustwor- thy; and at page 105are engravings ofimplements whosedraught was tested :we have now to de-tail some of the con-clusions that werearrived at. One ofthe first points to benoticed is, the strik-ing variety whichexists amongst theploughs as regardstheir draught, evenwhen nominally inthe performance ofthe same work. Bysome of these im-plements, indeed,the additional la-bour thus laid uponthe draught animalsis spent in the moreefficient perform-ance of their work;and thus it is possible. Baerowjian. Fekguson. Beteestone. BAKBETT tt ESALL. RANSOilE, 334 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [May, 17, Here, also, there is an important, though not soconsiderable a Yariet3% as in the cases just ploughs were working- in a stubble field ofsand\- \odia, the furrows being 6 inches deep and10 wide. It is needless to quote further in illustration ofthis point, otherwise we might point to the experi-ence of Arthur many years ago, and to thetestimony of many other observers, especially inScotland of late years, all indicating the truth ofthe. assertion thatamong ploughs even when nomi-nally in the performance of the same work there isan enormous difference as regards the draught-labour th?y severally require. The inferences whichnaturally present themselves on considering .thissubject are, 1st, How entirely unguided by any-thing like mechanical princijile the manufacture ofthis particular farm implement must hitherto hav
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