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NMANA FARMER. ..*-- Vol. VII.] INDIANAPOLIS, IND., APRIL, 1858. [No. I. The Plow. Far back in ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned; The hands of kings and sages Entwined the chaplets round; Till men of spoil Disdained the toil I By which the world was nourished, ! And Wood and pillage were the soil j In which their laurels flourished. Now the. world her fault-despairs— The guilt that stains her story. j And weeps her crimes amid the cares ! That form her earliest glory. The throne shall crumble, The diadem shall wane, The tribes of earth shall humble The pride of those who reign; And war shall lay His pomp and sway; The pomp that heroes cherish. The glory earned in deadly fray. Shall fade, decay and perish. Honor waits o'er all the earth, Through endless generations, The art that calls thc harvest forth. And feeds the expectant nations. —W. C. Bryant. As April ia the month, in .Indiana, for breaking up the soil, preparatory to planting, we will begin a series of articles on the plow. In this we shall not attempt to be very systematic, further than to make our matter correspond witli the season of the year in which we write. In our opinion, the steel plow is the best and cheapest kind of plow used. Farmers who use a number seven plow with heavy horses, or a number six plow with light horses, will do better to buy a number five plow, adapted to run about three inches deeper, and by deeper plowing make the draft equal to a larger plow. A plow that runs best at a depth of three or frtur inches, cannot^be made to run well at a depth of seven or eight inches. A plow mechanically adapted to run well four inches deep, will be ground-logged or swamped, at a depth of eight inches, and drag heavily upon the team. Hence we arrive at this definition:—That plow which runs lightest, end pulverises the earth best, at the greatest depth, is the best plow. Practically, a large plow may be run deep with a small team, by setting it from the land, and by cutting half or two-thirds its width.— But a plow naturally inclined to run eight inches deep, with width of share and board to suit your team, is the only plow that should be made, or sold, or bought, hereafter. In this we do not allude so much to the pitch of the beam,. as to the proportions of the share and board. Such a plow run six inches deep, will not pulverise so well. If run more than ten inches deep, it will ground-log. If you have to use a plow that naturally runs too shallow, and drags when run deep, don't try to remedy the evil by running shallow, but stick it in as deep as you want it to run, and take a . narrower kirf. If this does not remedy the evil, burn it up; it is a curse to man and beast. A curse to the team because it drags heavily, and a curse to you because the diminished production of five acres of ground broken up with such a plow is greater than the cost of a good one. No man can afford to use a poor implement of any kind. A good plow will not run well in filthy ground. There is no labor applied to the farm that pays better than the removal of grubs, brush, stones, and stumps from the entire in- closure, whether the ground be intended for corn, small grain, or meadow. When your ground is thus cleared, and ready for the plow, see that your plow and gearing are in good order. If the geariug may break while you are plowing, repair it before you begin. You may prevent a new and substantial plow from breaking, by tightening every nut before you begin. n*>*ss
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1858, v. 07, no. 01 (Apr) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0701 |
Date of Original | 1858 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2010-10-04 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | NMANA FARMER. ..*-- Vol. VII.] INDIANAPOLIS, IND., APRIL, 1858. [No. I. The Plow. Far back in ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned; The hands of kings and sages Entwined the chaplets round; Till men of spoil Disdained the toil I By which the world was nourished, ! And Wood and pillage were the soil j In which their laurels flourished. Now the. world her fault-despairs— The guilt that stains her story. j And weeps her crimes amid the cares ! That form her earliest glory. The throne shall crumble, The diadem shall wane, The tribes of earth shall humble The pride of those who reign; And war shall lay His pomp and sway; The pomp that heroes cherish. The glory earned in deadly fray. Shall fade, decay and perish. Honor waits o'er all the earth, Through endless generations, The art that calls thc harvest forth. And feeds the expectant nations. —W. C. Bryant. As April ia the month, in .Indiana, for breaking up the soil, preparatory to planting, we will begin a series of articles on the plow. In this we shall not attempt to be very systematic, further than to make our matter correspond witli the season of the year in which we write. In our opinion, the steel plow is the best and cheapest kind of plow used. Farmers who use a number seven plow with heavy horses, or a number six plow with light horses, will do better to buy a number five plow, adapted to run about three inches deeper, and by deeper plowing make the draft equal to a larger plow. A plow that runs best at a depth of three or frtur inches, cannot^be made to run well at a depth of seven or eight inches. A plow mechanically adapted to run well four inches deep, will be ground-logged or swamped, at a depth of eight inches, and drag heavily upon the team. Hence we arrive at this definition:—That plow which runs lightest, end pulverises the earth best, at the greatest depth, is the best plow. Practically, a large plow may be run deep with a small team, by setting it from the land, and by cutting half or two-thirds its width.— But a plow naturally inclined to run eight inches deep, with width of share and board to suit your team, is the only plow that should be made, or sold, or bought, hereafter. In this we do not allude so much to the pitch of the beam,. as to the proportions of the share and board. Such a plow run six inches deep, will not pulverise so well. If run more than ten inches deep, it will ground-log. If you have to use a plow that naturally runs too shallow, and drags when run deep, don't try to remedy the evil by running shallow, but stick it in as deep as you want it to run, and take a . narrower kirf. If this does not remedy the evil, burn it up; it is a curse to man and beast. A curse to the team because it drags heavily, and a curse to you because the diminished production of five acres of ground broken up with such a plow is greater than the cost of a good one. No man can afford to use a poor implement of any kind. A good plow will not run well in filthy ground. There is no labor applied to the farm that pays better than the removal of grubs, brush, stones, and stumps from the entire in- closure, whether the ground be intended for corn, small grain, or meadow. When your ground is thus cleared, and ready for the plow, see that your plow and gearing are in good order. If the geariug may break while you are plowing, repair it before you begin. You may prevent a new and substantial plow from breaking, by tightening every nut before you begin. n*>*ss |
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