in agriculture, the digging or pulling up of the stubs and roots of trees.

When the roots are large, this is a very troublesome and laborious task; but Mr Mortimer hath shown how it may be accomplished in such a manner as to save great expense by a very simple and easy method. He proposes a strong iron hook to be made about two feet four inches long, with a large iron ring fastened to the upper part of it. This hook must be put into a hole in the side of the root, to which it must be fastened; and a lever being put into the ring, three men, by means of this lever, may wring out the root, and twist the sap-roots asunder. Stubs of trees may also be taken up with the same hook, in which work it will save a great deal of labour, though not so much as in the other; because the stubs must be first cleft with wedges, before the hook can enter the sides of them, to wrench them out by pieces.