Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-01-16
TO THE FARMERS OF THE
WESTERN COUNTRY.

Improvement in agriculture and in
agrlo ultural implements are at ali times
OF the frs importance 10 our country;
but particularly SO in these times of pres
sure and distress.--If ii be a fact that
every dollar which We handle is first dug
out of the earth-ifit be fact hat on the
farming interest Of our country, every
other depart'nen depcnds-then is every
individual deeply interested promoting
this great ana important object.
he subscriber has been for years en-
gagged in endeavoring to make improve
ments in the implements OF husbandry
and in the method OF culture; and as the
Plough and the Harrow claim the pre-
eminence, he has spared neither time,
labor nor expense 10 bring them to what
he considers the highest state of pcrlec-
ton.
His method Of cultiva,ing is this-in
the earliest planting season, he runs his
harrow over The stocks, which tears tbena
down and cuts them to pieces with its
teeth, which arc Inclined and sharp as a
knie.--This done, he begins 10 dreok-
III his SroRna, which after being again
narrowed he proceeds to lay Oh, Ionly
one va, } at the distance of4z or feet
his droNher then moving along in the
turrow at common walk, drops, Tor a
hill OF corn, at eOery STEP he then runs
his harrow over the ground, with a
leVeller attached to the hins.ar part,
which Washes all the remaining clods
and leaves the soil completely palyerised
and level as a plank. The corn springs
up through The ground thus prepared and
grows rapidly. When it is nearly half
leg high, be runs his Lag Plough on
each side OF the row close to the corn,
and having thinncd it, leaving from two
10 three stalks in hill, he leaves it IN
Ill ii grows to be knee high or a little
more, he then finishes ploughing it and
lays ii by.
In this way, and with half the labor
required in the common method, YOU
viii raise one third more grain from the
acre; and instead of cXhausting your
land by repeated ploughing and hoeing,
this plan OF culture will improve it. The
The harrow is also well calculated for
preparing meadow ground One OF the
many advantages OF The log hiough is,
that Ii will run through the iGuest
ground without choking, 50 that man
can plough one third more with it in the
same time, that he can with any other
kind now in use. II is, however, anne-
cessaiy to euiogise on paper these in-
portsnt utensils, as they will fully de-
| monstratc their utility when exhibited to
| an enlightened and impartial public.
THOMAS PULLEN.
Ponr6on county, Ky. SEPT. q.
n. b. The inventor has made apDli-
cation for a Patent.
We do hereby certify that we have
seen Thomas Pullcn's newly invented
| Log Plough in operation and are fully
| convinced CT lis great utility to the farm
| lng interest OF our country, especially in
he cultivation OF Indian corn.-We have
also observed his method of cultivatinr
this invaluable grain and are satisfied
that II requires not half the labor neces-
sary in the common mode. We have
therefore no doubt but his newly invent
ed hlongh and harrow will meet with the
appreciation and be adopted by every in
tei!IGent farmer, who may have an op-
portunlty OF Witnessing their great ulili-
lty.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
GEORGE L. MOORE.
CehfeDl6er %. 1890