Horse-hoeing husbandry : $b or, an essay on the principles of vegetation and tillage. Designed to introduce a new method of culture; whereby the produce of land will be increased, and the usual expence lessened. Together with accurate descriptions and cuts of the instruments employed in it.Tull, Jethro
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Horse-hoeing husbandry : $b or, an essay on the principles of vegetation and tillage. Designed to introduce a new method of culture; whereby the produce of land will be increased, and the usual expence lessened. Together with accurate descriptions and cuts of the instruments employed in it.
Tull, Jethro
Agriculture -- Early works to 1800; Plows; Tillage
The Tow-chain is best seen in _Fig._ 3. where the Link Y is that which
passes thro’ the Box, and is pinned in by the Stake, as has been shewn
in _Fig._ 1. which Stake is commonly nailed to the Box, to prevent its
rising up. When we would draw up the Plough a little nearer to the
Crow-staves, we take hold of the Crook by a Second or Third Link.
_Note_, That the shortening of the Chain does also a little incline the
Point of the Share towards the Left.
_Fig._ 20. is the Iron-wilds. The Leg A is of one Piece with that which
has the Notch, and that passes thro’ the Leg B by the Loop at _a_;
both which Legs pass thro’ the Box, and are pinned in behind it, by
the crooked Pins C, D. This Figure is seen with its Crooks on it, both
in _Fig._ 1. and _Fig._ 2. _Note_, That the Holes in the Box, thro’
which these Legs pass, must not be made at right Angles with the Box,
but must incline upwards, so that the Fore-part of the Wilds may be
higher than the Hinder-part, or else the Upper-part of the Crow-staves
would lean quite back when the Plough is drawn. If the Beasts that
draw immediately next to the Plough be very high, their Traces must be
the longer; else they and the Wilds making too small an Angle with the
Tow-chain at the Box, when they draw hard, the Wheels will rise from
the Ground, and be apt to overturn: This Angle I suppose should not
be less than of 160 Degrees, and the Angle made by the Tow-chain or
Traces that are drawn by the Cattle that go before them, will make an
Angle with the Tow-chain at the Box yet much more obtuse. The Use of
these Notches in the Wilds is, to give the Plough a broader or narrower
Furrow: If the Links are moved to the Notches on the right Hand, it
brings the Wheels towards the left Hand, which gives a greater Furrow;
and when the Links are moved towards the left Hand, it gives a less
Furrow, by bringing the Wheels towards the right Hand.
The Distance betwixt the Two Legs of the Wilds is Eight Inches and
an half; the Length of the Legs is Nineteen Inches. They must be of
convenient Strength. The Links being placed in Notches distant from one
another, prevents one Wheel from advanceing before the other; which
would happen, if the Links were both in One Notch, or in Two adjoining
Notches, except they were middle Notches: These Links are each Six
Inches and an half long.
E is the Ring, by which the Two Links, and the Two Crooks F and G, are
held together, and on which they all move.
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