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Implements of Ilujbandry. — Drags — Harrozos.

may be effectual, mud however be /hewn by more general and extenfive trials thanhave probably yet been made with it.

The Cultivator is another tool calculated for the fame purpofes ; the inventionof Mr. Cook, to whofe ingenuity the cultivators of land are greatly indebted. Itconfifts of a diagonal beam, in which are placed a number of narrow fhares; andwhen employed in this way is in many places termed a tillage fcarifier, but whenufed with broad triangular fhares it has the title of fcuffler. The whole, when com-plete, forms the cultivator.

All thefe kinds of implements may be confidered as in fome degree appendagesto the drill, and may frequently be applied to the fame wheels. In comparifon withthe plough they feem, however, inftruments of very limited ufe, yet in differentinftances they may be neceffary and convenient in the management of arableland.

DRAGS.

These are tools of afomewhat fimilar kind, and employed both for the purpofesof clearing land and preparing it for putting in the feed. They are made with confider-able difference in different parts of the kingdom* The common drag is moft generallymade ufe of, but the duck-footed one, with four rows of teeth, is preferable in manycafes, as it does its work more effectually. A late writer recommends an inftru-ment of this kind, in which the teeth are fixed in by wedges inftead of fcrews, fothat they can be put in and taken out readily, and be fet to any depth, as a veryufeful tool *.

Implements of this fort are commonly made of a triangular form, being aboutfeven feet in width behind, and having thirteen or fourteen teeth in each of theirfides, fet in fuch directions as to crofs each other, being faftened at top either byfcrews or fome other convenient means. "Where fuch implements are made ufe ofoccafionally as fcarifiers, the teeth fhould be wedged in fomewhat in the mannerof coulters, and a proper fet mull be had for the purpofe.

HARROWS.

Implements of this fort are not only ufeful, but particularly neceffary, in thepractice of hufbandry, both for covering the feed and preparing the land for its

* Experienced Farmer.