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The Gentleman Farmer, Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, by Subjecting It to the Test of Rational Principles [by H. Home]. to Which Is
The Gentleman Farmer Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture by Subjecting It to the Test of Rational Principles to Which Is - by H. Home Author:Henry Home Title: The Gentleman Farmer, Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, by Subjecting It to the Test of Rational Principles [by H. Home]. to Which Is Added a Supplement Containing an Account of the Present State of Agriculture and of the Improvements Recently Introduced General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1815 Notes:... more » This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Before the firs rise much above the screen, the roots will have taken such hold of the ground as to resist even westerly winds: scarce a plant will fail, if they be healthy. Three thousand firs planted in this manner may be sufficient tor an acre, -- equal to five or six thousand in the ordinary way. A fir makes a choice nurse for other trees. After three years, even in the poorest soil, the firs be- gin to grow with vigour: and then is the time for planting among them oaks, elms, or other trees; cutting down the firs from time to time to make room for these trees. Thus, the method here pointed out for planting firs, is the best preparation for raising all other barren trees. 2. THE BRAKE, OE DRAG-HARROW. The brake is a large and weighty harrow, the purpose of which is to reduce a stubborn soil, where an ordinary harrow makes little impression. It consists of square bulls, four in number, each side five inches, and six feet and a half in length. The teeth are seventeen inches long, bending forward like a coulter. Four of them are inserted in each bull, fixed about with a screw-nut, having twelve inches free below, with a heel close to the under part of the bull, to prevent it from being pushed back by stones. The nut above makes it The wood of a brake, or of a harrow, in which the teeth are inserted, is termed in Scotland a lull. easy...« less