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 663
ittle experience in holding the plough, I was able to makea straighter and evener furrow with the wheel plough than with theother: from having fewer points in contact with the bottom of the fur-row and land side, it keeps a firmer hold of the ground, and is not so aptto deviate on encountering… … Wilkies Brake or Cidtivator, and its various Applications. — Another ex-cellent invention for diminishing friction in labouring the soil is Wilkiesparallel adjusting brake. {Jig. 137) This implement is said to penetrate the 654! General Notices. soil with less draught than Finlaysons harrow; and,…
