They agreed that an English plough ploughed better, that a scarifier worked quicker, but they found a thousand reasons why they could not use either the one or the other; and, though he was convinced that it would be necessary to lower his standards of farming, he disliked having to give up improvements the benefit of which was so clear.
Essi convenivano che l’aratro arava meglio, che l’estirpatrice lavorava con maggiore rendimento, ma trovavano mille ragioni per non dover usare né l’uno né l’altra, e, sebbene egli fosse convinto che occorresse abbassare il livello dell’azienda, gli spiaceva rinunziare a perfezionamenti il cui vantaggio era tanto evidente.