The English improver improved; or the survey of husbandry surveyed ... / [Walter Blith].

  • Walter Blith
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[1652]
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Credit: The English improver improved; or the survey of husbandry surveyed ... / [Walter Blith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Mafter-bcam, to lec the plough up and down to any gage of depth or fhallownefs whatfoever, and indeed that Beam is the guide of ic. Abs: The Sheath-is pitched very forward-fromthe Beam into the mould of the Share whofe Share-mould, as I may call it, 1s made as long as the Head f{hould have been, & is of the fame ule as the plough head is of,and ts made of two {mal {lips,not fo heavy asthe Head would be, and there being no heed at al]; the Land-handle is put into the. Share-mould'with an Iron pin, and fois the Plough-fheath alfo, and'there fixed faft with anIron pin, and the Share forward made likeano- ther Share ; and then juft betore the Breaft-plateis a hole. made through the Share, and there is rivetted, orelfe with an Iron hook put into along iron {lipe, whichis made an inch, or inch and half broad, and fo comes up to: the Beam juft before the nofe of the Shield-board , and fo runs through it, andis cottered upon the top of the Beam lying upon the Shield-board, and the Shield -board is compaffed, a lictle hollow in the very Breaft , andfofrom before the fo windesmore and more to the very end; and’ this Breaft- board is placed: clofe upon the Share, whichis made vvith a long point, and broad-or narrow phin, as the Land re- quires; and fometimes, and/any time any ordinary P.n de | Share may bee ufed, and placed upon.a Head as other ploughs are 5 either with a narrow point for gravel] or itoninefs, or with abroader Phin, and long fharp point, for mixed, fandy, earthy Land, as well as that fa- fhioned Share, and be ofthe fame ufeas I conceive. The Pitch of thefe Ploughs are about, orabove tvvo. foot in depth, and abouteight or nine inches in wide- nefs: This alway carefully obferve, that the uprighter you pitch your plough to. goe the narrower, and the more hanging , the broader.. As for the depth, I conceive it is not much materiall, becaufeic is bornup from the falfe Beam tillic come to a. true working pitch ;- and inthe falfe Beam is plantedan Iron Axeltree, about one Inch or a little more in. bignefs, and abour one foot long, nine or ten oe es
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