£ Implements of Hujhanthy.
Kind of Teeth mojl proper —Inconveniences of Harrows in general—How remedied—Harrowswith running Bulls—Corf ruffian of Harrows — Brake-Harrow — Double-Harrow—Common im-proved Harrow—Mr. Graburn s Harrow—Ufcs of — Mr. Knight's Harrow—Advantages of —Harrows proper for Grafs Seeds — Buffs-Harrow—Mode of Harrowing .—r ROLLERS—Corf ruc-tion of—Common Roller — Spike-Roller — Drill-Roller—Proper Size of Rollers.—THRASHINGMACHINES—Principles of—Improvements of-—ObjeElions to—How obviated—Circumfanceton which their good Thra/hing depends—Circumf ances to be attended to in uftng them—Additionsthat may be made to them — Mr. Middleton's Opinion on the Ufe of them—Their Advantages overthe Flail. — Winnowing Machines—D ifferent Kinds of- — Cors's and Rogers's on good Plans-—CHAFF-CUTTERS—Different Corf ructions of—In general too expenftve — Cook’s Nailors — Im-provement in one made by the Sttcceffors of Winlow.—R AXES—Generally well known — Spring-teeth-Rakes — Stubble-Rakes — Twitch-Rakes—Mode of corf ruffing them. — WHEEL-CARRIAGES —Circunf ances to be attended to in their Corf ruffian—Waggons for Hufiandry—Faulty Corf ruc-tion of the Berkffnre—Improvement offuggefed—In general difadvantagous for the Purpofes of theFarmer.—IRISH CAR—Ufes and Advantages of. — CARTS — Single-horfe-Carts moff ufeful — Obfer-motions on the Advantages of One-horfe-Carts — Clofe-Cart, Defcription of—General Corf ruffiancf — Coup-Cart — Drag-Cart — Corn-Cart — Hay-Cart — Farmer’ s-Cart — Quarry-Cart — Remarks,cn Carts in general.
TThERE is fcarcely any part of the extenfive and important fcience of agriculturethat has received greater improvements within thefe few years, than that which relatesto the conftru&ion of the implements which are neceffary to be employed. Since atafte for the art has fortunately been diffufed through the country, and men of greatknowledge and fortune have been induced to engage in it, perfons of ingenuity andmechanical talents have been brought forward and fufficiently encouraged to exertthemfelves either in the improvement of the better kinds of the old inftruments, or inthe invention of new ones, by which means more convenient and ufeful inftrumentsand machines have been provided for almoft all the various operations and proceffesthat are continually to be performed in cultivating land, and managing the differentkinds of buftnefs neceffarily conne&ed with it. Among the variety of different im-plements which have been thus prefented to the attention of the agricultural, fome,as may eafily. be conceived, have appeared, that are evidently much too expenftveand complicated in their conftru£tion for the purpofes which they are intended toferve, and others, probably from a want of practical information in the inventors,have not been properly adapted to the ufes for which they were defigned ; but in ge-neral they have been fuch as have contributed much to the prefent very improvedftate of ,he art.
The backwardnefs that maybe obferved, andwhich is fo much complained of in fomeparticular diftrifts in refped to the ftate of their cultivation, would feem to depend,in fome meafure, on an attachment to fuch implements as they have been in the habit