. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture -- Great Britain; cbk. 16 FLEMISH HUSBANDRY. [Ch. III. whicli are connected with tlie beam of the plough by a small bar of iron (a b), whi'oh rises from the middle of the axle at a and goes through a mortice in the beam at b; it regulates the distance of the beam from the centre of the axle, while this last can take any position, with respect to the horizon, which may be required to keep the connecting bar in a perpendicular posi- tion, when one wheel is in the furrow and the other on the u
. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture -- Great Britain; cbk. 16 FLEMISH HUSBANDRY. [Ch. III. whicli are connected with tlie beam of the plough by a small bar of iron (a b), whi'oh rises from the middle of the axle at a and goes through a mortice in the beam at b; it regulates the distance of the beam from the centre of the axle, while this last can take any position, with respect to the horizon, which may be required to keep the connecting bar in a perpendicular posi- tion, when one wheel is in the furrow and the other on the unploughed land. This is effected by means of a pin (at a), which passes through the axle and the end of the bar, and forms a joint like that of the beam of a balance. The length of the beam of the plough is six feet. The sole is nearly half of this length, and the wheels are only eighteen inches before the insertion of the coulter. The whole is nearly as light as the swing- plough, and is of great use in breaking up clover-leys. Besides these ploughs, they use light harrows with wooden tines set at an angle forward in the cross bars of a triangular frame, which is drawn by the angle towards which the tines are inclined, when the object is to bring up weeds ; but from another angle, when it is used to cover the seed, or to smooth the surface after the seed has been lightly ploughed in. Rollers of various sizes, some of stone, but generally of wood, are used to roll the crops in spring, and settle the roots in the ground; but the large heavy roller for grass-land is not in use, although it would be very advantageous in compressing loose meadows and levelling their surface fur mowing. There is an instrument peculiarly Belgian, called a traineau, or. sledge (see fig.). It is a frame of wood covered with planks, whicli is drawn along the land to break clods and to leave a smooth surfiico. It is very elfectual in doing this, and is useful in loamy soils: its effect is somewhat like a
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