Ploughing was going on, after the primitive fashion of the country, with two oxen yoked to each plough.

The yoke is fastened to the horns of the oxen, and to the centre of the yoke a pole is attached.

At the other end of this pole is the plough itself, which consists of a wooden stake with an iron point and a handle.

The driver holds the handle in one hand and his goad in the other (a long reed with an iron point), and so they toil along, making a long scratch as they go.

A man follows the plough, and drops in single grains of Indian corn, about three feet apart.