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
A the Spindle, exactly fitting the Bore of the hollow Cylinder; which,
when it enters the said Cylinder at its left End, in _Fig._ 9. will be
stopped by the Wreath B B B; which Wreath, being circular, is cast on
the Spindle, and is Part of it; the other End of the Spindle will then
appear without the right-hand End of the said hollow Cylinder, at E in
_Fig._ 9. and is kept there by the Wreath _Fig._ 14. which is to be put
on upon the End of the Spindle, until it come to the Shoulder at _a_,
which Shoulder is exactly even with the End of the hollow Cylinder; so
that this Wreath will touch the End of the said Cylinder by its whole
Surface. Then, to fix in this Wreath from coming off, we make use of
the Slider, _Fig._ 15. whose Two Claws A, B, being thrust down by the
Two Notches of the Spindle, at _b_ and _c_, until its other Part C,
which is perpendicular to its Claws, comes down to the Flat of the
Spindle, and environs one half of the Hole, covering the Part of the
Flat which appears of a darker Colour; and then the upper Part of C,
in _Fig._ 15. makes one level Surface with the Flat D of the Spindle;
and then the Iron Fork E, being screwed into the Hole F, holds down the
Slider fast, so that it cannot rise up; and then the Spindle, being in
its Place, will run round without moving endways, being confined by
these Wreaths.
The Spindle being thus placed, so that it may turn easily, we place the
Seed-box upon its Flanches with its Bottom upwards; and then setting
one sharp Point of a Pair of Compasses, or some such Instrument, upon
the Spindle, within the Mortise, close to the Edge of the Hole or
Ellipse at the End of the transverse Ax, turn round the Spindle, until
the said Point makes a Mark round the Spindle, which will be a Circle;
by the same means make such another Mark at the opposite Ax; then
unscrew the Fork, and take out the Slider, pull off the Wreath, and
take out the Spindle, and cut the Notches between the Two said Circles
and Marks; the Edges of the Ends of the Notches must be Arches of these
Circles. These Notches should differ from those already described in
the Wheat-drill, in nothing but the Smalness of their Dimensions; their
Depth should be about the Thickness of a Turnep-seed, or something
deeper. The Breadth of their Bottoms is uncertain, and must be greater
or less according to their greater or less Number; but we commonly have
Seven or Eight Notches, and make them about the Breadth in which they
appear in this Figure; but whatever their Number be, they must be all
equal, and so must all their Interstices.
G is the End of a wooden Spindle, thro’ which passes the Iron Crank H,
and is fastened to it by its Screw and Nut, at _d_; Part of which Crank
enters the Wood at _e_, which prevents its Turning in the Spindle.
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