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The Ox is never wo,

Till he to the Harrow go.

And the reason is, because the Harrow goeth bytwiches, and not always after one draught. TheHorse-harrow is made of five Bulls, not above anEll of length, and not so much shotted and tinded.And when that the Corn is well covered, then it isHarrowed enough: There are Horse-harrows thathave tines of wood, and those are used much aboutRippon, and some other places where he may borderstones, for those stones would wear the Iron toosoon. And those tines are most commonly of theGround-end of a young Ash; they are more than afoot long in the beginning, and stand as much abovethe Harrow as beneath. And as they wear or break,they drive them down lower, they should be madelong before that they are used, that they may bedry; for then they will indure and last much better,and stick the faster. The Horses that shall drawthese Harrows, must be well kept, and shod well,or else they will be soon tired, and sore beaten thatthey will not be able to draw; they must have Hom-bers or Collets, Holms writhed about their Necks,Tresses to draw by, and a Swingle-tree for to holdthe Tresses, and a Togewith betwixt the Swingle-tree and the Harrow. And if the Barley-groundwill not break with Harrows,bu t be dotty, it shouldbe beaten with Miuls, and not strait down; forthen the Corn will be beaten into the Earth. And ifthey beat the Clot on the side, it will the betterbreak, and the Clot will be the lighter, that theCora may come by the lighter. Some use to roll

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