1Farm Reports, 16–22 August 1789 (Washington Papers)
...well to give a small quantity of it one more trial—the above wheat has been sown under the most favorable circumstances—the ground in a fine moist state and well pulvarised by a good plowg—and harrowing—The Buck wheat if possessed of the properties of manure must in this field discover its powers having been turnd in early and in a very succulent state much of it sprung up and was turned in...
2To George Washington from James Craik, 3 February 1790 (Washington Papers)
your Nephews George and Lawrence have left Mr McWhirr, and are now attending Mr Harrow Teacher of the Mathematics,. Gilbert Harrow, formerly a Pennsylvania
3April 1790 (Washington Papers)
...than turn the ground in this manner for Indian Corn before it is planted; making the holes in which it is placed with hoes the rows being marked off by a stick. Two or three workings afterwards with the Harrows or Plough is all the cultivation it receives
4[Diary entry: 24 April 1790] (Washington Papers)
...than turn the ground in this manner for Indian Corn before it is planted; making the holes in which it is placed with hoes the rows being marked off by a stick. Two or three workings afterwards with the Harrows or Plough is all the cultivation it receives
5To George Washington from Thomas Bird, 5 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
Crime, & that the District Judge, a few hours since pronounced the fatal sentence, that still rings in my Ears & harrows up my soul, the sentence of Death, which is to be Executed upon me on the 25 day of June Inst., The time is short Great Washington, too short, for a wretch harden’d in Crimes to...
6To George Washington from Noah Webster, 28 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
..., the seed costs very little, and any exhausted field will produce small plants. Suppose then the seed should be sprinkled over one of these worn out tobacco fields just after a rain, a drag or harrow drawn over the land to cover the seed, and the plants suffered to grow without culture. The plants would be small, but every where covering the field, they would inhale a large share of the...
7From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
and are learning French & the Mathematics under a Mr Harrow. George, & indeed Lawrence, I am told are well disposed Youths—neither of them wanting capacity; and both, especially the first, very desirous of improvement. I would wish to know what their Studies & board would...
8From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 26 June 1791 (Washington Papers)
...it shall arrive. A Screen, or Sieve for separating stone for gravel should be got ready for the Gardener. Preparation should be made, and the materials provided, for making new, and repairing old Harrows—Ploughs—Cradles—Rakes & such like things: As also for the necessary repairs of Houses &ca; In short, every thing of this kind should be looked forward to, as work for weather which would...
9From George Washington to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 26 June 1791 (Washington Papers)
...direction, was placed, when the grain was to be deposited at equal distances, to prevent its emission at more holes than one—in sowing the indigo seed it will not be wanted. The harrow will be proportioned to the plough or ploughs, and so constructed as effectually to cover the seed, without adding more than is unavoidable to the weight. I hope you will sufficiently comprehend the...
10From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 14 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
..., to be there stacked or set on end, if the first (that is the Corn) cannot at that time be taken from the latter (that is the stalk) with safety; and then, with the heavy Oxe Harrow to level the ground before it is sown with grass-seeds. My reasons for desiring that both Corn & stalks may be taken off together are, first, because if the Corn is not sufficiently hard & dry when......Harrows...