Volume 1

Practical agriculture; or, a complete system of modern husbandry : with the methods of planting, and the management of live stock / By R.W. Dickson.

  • Dickson, R. W.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Practical agriculture; or, a complete system of modern husbandry : with the methods of planting, and the management of live stock / By R.W. Dickson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cultivators, [To face Page 40.] At Fig. I. Is the reprefentatlon of a employed with great advantage by Mr. Grayburn In Lincolnfliire, In putting in grain crops on turnip-fed lands after one ploughing. The feed is by this implement fcuffled in, and the neceffity of a fecond earth avoided. Fig. 2. An implement of the fame kind, that is made ufe of in Northumberland for hoeing bean-crops drilled at thirty inches. It Is alfo capable of hoeing and ftirring ftrong lands in dry feafons, when the plough cannot be employed. With other proper hoes put into it, the purpofe of fcufflers and cultivators, &c. is anfwered in a very cheap and eafy manner. a b the beam five feet in length, and in height at ^ 16 Inches; c e and de curved lines having a radius of 24 inches from c and d as centres '. a to f the length of ftilts 42 inches ; the length of the flianks of hoes from ^to under fide of beam 15 inches; lengthy to h 7-^ inches; breadth from g to i 5^ inches: c holes in the fides, and cdm the end, for the reception of fmaller hoes for light foils, as to hoe from 18 to 30 inches at once. When made a little wider to take in four hoes, It anfwers well for hoeing wheat drilled at 10 or 12 inches. It is drawn by a fingle horfe, and cofts only from 30 to 40s. Fig. 3. Shows the fizes of the hoes. Fig. 4. An Improved Cultivator with wheels and handles. It Is found ufeful in preparing and reducing ftitF heavy foils. From its weight, and the great length of the tines or coulters, it is a very powerful implement. Fig. 5 Is the reprefentatlon of a Sward~cutter^ or implement for cutting tough fwardsin a crofs dire£lion previous to their being broken up by the plough, or before the operation of paring and burning Is begun. It is likewife ufeful for breaking down and reducing the cloddinefs of tillage lands, when in preparation for different forts of crops that require a high degree of pulverization. Different parts of the machine are reprefented at No. i, 2. 3.—No. i. AA, &c, is a fquare frame 3 feet 4 inches from the fore to the hind part, by 4 feet 3 inches, the breadth of the ma- chine within fide ; the timber (when of fir) 4 inches fquare, placed on two wheels BB, 3 feet diameter. CC, &c. are fix flrong pieces of wood, called huUsy 3 feet long, 5^ inches broad, the thicknefs 6 inches at E, and tapering to 3 Inches at F. Into thefe are fixed the cutting wheels, which are iron, 13 Inches diameter, ^ths of an inch thick at the centre, about an inch diameter, for piercing holes to fix the iron axles in ; from that they are to be of fuch thicknefs as will allow the edges to be well fleeled. The wheels are fixed by two bolts going through the bulls. GG, &c. are hollow pieces of wood, called thorls^ each 34 inches long, which inclofe the bolt MM, and keep the bulls CC, &c. at their proper diftances, but may be made longer or fliorter at pleafure, according as the fward requires to be cut in larger or fmaller pieces. The iron bolt MM goes through two pieces of wood or iron, PP, 7 inches long, clear of the wood, fupported by iron flays fixed to the frame, and through all the bulls. HH, No. 2. and 3. a cylinder or fegment of wood, 7 inches diameter, called a rocking tree, which goes acrofs 2
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