Life and Liberty in America [pp. 515-526]

LIFE AND LIBERTY IN AMERICA.
States a chance to compete, with her breadstuffs, advantage ously in foreign grain markets.
[The new and improved plow, referred to in the above article, for which letters
patent have been applied for, consists of two plows with three coulters attached to
one and the same beam or beams.
The main plow has a double mould-board, with a proper share and three
coulters, which are placed in front of the share, in order to divide the furrow
slice, and to cut and separate it from the land on both sides of the plow.
Several inches below the main plow, and in the rear of the same, is placed a
smaller double mould-board plow; both plows and coulters are well secured to the
beam or beams. To keep the main plow steady, and to prevent it firom pene trating too deep into the soil, there are one or two wheels in the rear and be tween the mould-board over the share of the rear plow, which can be set higher
or lower, as the nature of the soil may require.
This plow may be used as a wheel or swing plow. It will be more convenient
to use wheels in front, to rest the beam upon.
The mould-board may be made to expand or contract according to the width of
the share, and the coulters can be set accordingly. The rear plow may also be
made with expanding mould-boards, to open wide or narrow furrows, as circum stances may require. -EDITOR.]
ART. I.,-LIFE AND LI,BERTY IN AMERICA.*
THE rapid growth and extension of our country, the increase
of population, the annexation of new territory, the admission
of new States, the building up of new cities, and the magic
growth of old ones-the changes in the face of the country
daily effected by agricul.ture and by internal improvements,
and various other ever-changing phenomena hourly evolved in
our wonderful national progress, give annually a new face to
the country, and require new descriptions.
The travels of truthful, intelligent, and appreciative foreigners, best supply this continually recurring desideratum.
Such a foreigner is Doctor Mackay, and we welcome his
book as equally interesting, instructive, and useful.'Tis true
he is not without his prejudices and his partialities. As an
Englishman, he loves and prefers England to all other countries, anl deems her social and political institutions the best
in the world. This naturally inclines him to prefer the North
to the South; but he states fully and fairly the facts from
which his opinions are deduced, anl on which his preferences
*Life and Liberty in America. By CHARLES 3IMACAY, LL. D. F. S. A.
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