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Sand, some Barren Earth, some Marled, and inmany places Heath-ground; so that one fort ofPlough will not serve in all places, therefore it isnecessary to have diverse manner of Ploughs. InSommerfetfhire about Cicester , the Sharre-beam thatin many places is called the Plough-head, is 4 or 5foot long, and it is broad and thin. And that is be-cause the Land is very tough,so as to soak the Ploughinto the Earth, if the Sharre-beam were not large,broad, and thin. In Kent they have other mannerof Ploughs; some go with wheels, as they do indiverse other manner of places; and some will turnthe Shell-bred at every Lands end,and plough all oneway. In Buckinghamshire are Ploughs made of an-other manner, and also other manner of Plough-Irons, the which generally are good and likely toserve in many places; and especially if the Plough-beam and Sharre-beam were four Inches longer be-tween the Sheath and Plough-tayl, that the Shell-bred might come more flope; for those Ploughsgive out too suddenly, and therefore they are theworse to draw. In Lice ft er-shire, Lane a sure, T orfshire , Cambridge-ftsire , L 'mcoln-ftnre , Norfolk L, andmany other Countrie;, the Ploughs are of diversemakings. But howsoever they are made, they arewell Tempered, and go well.

T0 know the Names of all parts of the Plough.

T O inform those young Husbandmen that areIgnorant of the several Names of Ploughs, Isnail express them as followeth : The Plough-beamis thclongerTree, above which is a little bend. TheShare-beam is the Tree underneath ; whereupon the

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