. 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. shares too low, so asby their inclined direction to occasion a heavy pressure on the wheel, which must pro-ceed horizontally : the effect of this struggle is an increased weight of draught, infinitelybeyond what could be supposed : for which reason, the wheel is to be considered as of noimportance in setting a plough for work ; but passing lightly o
. 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. shares too low, so asby their inclined direction to occasion a heavy pressure on the wheel, which must pro-ceed horizontally : the effect of this struggle is an increased weight of draught, infinitelybeyond what could be supposed : for which reason, the wheel is to be considered as of noimportance in setting a plough for work ; but passing lightly over the surface, it will beof material aid in breaking up old leys, or ground where flints, rocks, or roots of treesoccur, and in correcting the depression of the share from any sudden obstruction, as wellas in bringing it quickly into work again, when thrown out towards the surface. {Com-munications to the Board of Agriculture, vol. ii. p. 419.) 398 SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE. Part II. 2629. The improved Scotch plough, with one or sometimes two wheels (fig- 308.), fixednear to the end of the beam, without any carriage, goes very light, and is very useful;such alterations as are necessary requiring very little time or trouble. Where two wheels.
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