The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-06
Riassssanp.
AGRICULTURAL.
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frssos, are taken from the traniaaicns OF The ~
m-rican Philosophical Society a; Philadelphia. vol
4, no. 3S.--We trua ,i.ey viii be acceptable
numerous asrieuiSsrai readers: ~.
~. djir;s,isn 81, Mould Board, efsS. hoa y5s9e-
andefsbe e1fi an az esStJin tOn7r4lson, sdta5ron
intr 10 Sir JOAN SiMoLAla, Prliasnt. Of .be
Board OF Agriculture, 4f LOasea.t W
philadelphia, 1aar.b 90, 1898.
have to acknowledge the receip: of your two ia
vcrs OF June 2l and July 10, and Of feveal ieparae
parcel, Containing the agricultural reports. 1hefe
now form great mas of Information fuhiea,
of all IN the world the mott ntereiting to man for
none bur the hug,,ndn.a makes any thug for him
toearSe he who double hr food as YOUR exerti-
ors fair do deierves ranb among his beueiac-
tors next at:er his Creator Among io many reports
OF iran!ccndant merit, is unwilling TO d,rguA,
Particulars yet the application of the che,niary
10 the ta5;e O. IniiircS the dicu!ion of the que!-
ron on ele iza OF farms, the reatiie OH the poa,oe
from their immortality have an advantage in other
countries over ,h"fe which typographical The
work which hll! >, frced the reiuit OF the whole
We .han ex?ett with impatience.
Permit me through you =, make here my ackuow-
deenents TO the Board Of Agriculture for the no.
Nc. they have been pleaied couter me- by Alto
eating me 70 their u6uton. In love for the art I
am truiy s':eiI Allocate bu. events have confronted
my prediction Tor its praics, ard denied 10 me that
uninterrupted attention which alone enable Us toy
advance IN with azure dep. Perhaps may find op-
po tunitv.s of b-lg ueful you as ceutne at al.
ontPoi, by conveying intelligence OF whatever may
occur mere, new and interetng TO agriculture This
du'T ihail perform with pleaiure as well as in ref
pettsu return for the notice of the Board as fro,na
-al For improving the Condition OF human life by an
intereiange of IFS comforts, and of the information
which may ircreaie them.
In T., r l.
tim ~ he .neid-heard ef slough, which had &C
eurred TO me as advantageous in its form as certain
and invrable in he method of obtaining with pre-
'iiion remember that Mr.. Strickland, Of York,
member OF your board, 20 weil iatsed with tile
principles on which it was formed that lie took
io:ne drawings Of and ione others have coniider-
cd 1t with the fame appreciation. An experience of
i've years has enabled me FAY, it aniwers in prac-
tes 10 what it prorniied in theory. The mould board
ihouid De continuation of the wing of the plough
ihare, beginning IFS hinder edge and in the fame
plane les fra Office is receive the iod horizontally
from toe wing, to raie proper height for being
tnfied over and to make IN its progreis tie kag re-
tfe@ee paj:0e, and conicGucntly require minimum
IN the moving power Were this ts-only Office the
Wedge would oiter elf the Ino' eligible form in
practice But the iod IS to he turned over alfo To
30 TINS the one etge OF 1t he RATED at all for
4 70 r1iie this wousi be waite of labor The other
edgeis 20 BE- reiir all t Paics the perpendicular
tl'at IL may tall over with its weight. And that
TINS may be done 70 give alto the eaG reGhence
IT nun be made o.riie gradually from the moment
tEc iod IS received. The mould board then in this
ieeoad oiIce operates tranfveri riiing wedge
tHe poti' of which hiding back horizontally on the
g'"hHd ne oher end Continues rilng till it paiies the
Perpendicular Or, vary the point of view, place
on The grounds wedge, Of the breadth OF a plough
thaie, cf MS length from the wing backwards end as
high az the hee as it is wide Draw a diagonal ON
ts upper face from the left angle, az the point to the
'iSnt uppti ANGLE o che heel. Devil the face from
the diagonal 10 the right bottom edge which lies on
the ground Thar half is then evidently in the ben
form for performing the Offices OF rafting and
turning the Tod gradually, aud with the ,eaa effort
aud If you viii fuppole The fame Devil continued aero,
the lett iids OF the diagonal. that is, If YOU will fun
pole it-aisht line, whole iesgt is at leat equal to
TIE brel..i OF tic wedge, applied the face of the
ira Devil, and moved dack wards it, parallel with
iIiel, and with the ends ofthe wedge the lower end
o the line moving along the right bottom edoe a
carved plane will be produced, whole charaGieri0ic
VIII De. accumulation OF the principle of the wedge
III crois direc ions, and will give what we feek I5e
"o4d-doarI efLaf ,Efeaee 1t offers too this great
advantage, tlat may be made by the coarfef work
MAN. bs process 10 exact, that its form ihall never
DC varied !iDgie hairs breadth. One fault of all o.
ther nioGldboards is, that being copied by the eve
no TWO VIII az alike In truth j, is eaer to form the
mond-5oard lreak sf with precilion, when the me-
th"o As been Ouce leer, han deicribr hat method
either by words or figures will attempt however to
'-'e''F W. whatever may nov Ds ntel-Ible from
the description, may be iuPped from the model fend
you.
Four pages are occupied in giving more min
NE deicrifton OF This improvement in techni, terms
and figures -;hr letter then proceeds--l
While theie mould-boards have been under trial
and eiaysh2Ve been naking greater or els proec-
tionsior the upper right edgegof the block and of
different heght5n proportion the depth of the fur
row, have contirued to make them of wood But
now iatshed By .uiccnt experience, that for fur
row Of nine by f< inchcs the dinlenlons have lated
are theb eit. Propoe have the board made
Of cafron
am ienG5e that this dsftrption may be tn ueht
too long aud elbprdte for fubicct hch has hard
ly been deemed worthy the application of Science.
Bu,it the Plough be III truth the moi uGefl of the
intrIments known to man, its perfection cannot be
an icle Ejaculation. And in any cafe whatever, the
Combination Of Tbsoyy which may rlsfy the learned
with 4 practice Ineligible to the two mott ufeful
ciiIes Of ocety Be thisas it may, from the widoy
her mite only was expected | have contributed ac-
eordtng 10 my poverty; others from their album
dance-None 10 much as yourfeif, who have been
the anlmatng principle of the nution from lis fra
germ. When contemplate the extenGve good which
the proceedings under your direction are calculated
to produce, cannot bu, depiore every podbilty of
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