The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 661
nd Middlesex are betwixt the wet and dry, they adhere to the body of theplough like glue, and double or treble the friction that would otherwisetake place. Hence the necessity of such clumsy unwieldy implements asthe Kentish turnwrest plough, requiring five or six horses to draw them. Considering… … the purpose completely; and I have no hesitation in saying that the mostadhesive land may with ease be ploughed with the skeleton plough [fig. 153.)and one pair of good horses. The clay or earth being prevented from 652 General Notices. adhering to the plough, the draught is thereby muchdiminished;…
