Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-01-23
TO THE FARMERS OF THE.
WESTERN COUNTRY.

Improvements in agriculture and in
agricultural implements are al all times
OF the first importance to our country
but particularly SO in these times OF pres
sure and distress.--If il be facl that
every dollar W Which we handle is first dug.
out of the earth-iflt be fact that on the
farming interest of our country, every
other departments depends-then is every
individual deeply interested III promoting
this great and important object.
The subscriber has been for years en-
gagged IN endeayoring 10 make improve
ments in the implements oil husbandry
and IN he method OF culture; and as the
Plough and the Harrow claim the pre-
emnonce, he has spared neither time,
labor nor expense TO bring them to what
he considers the highest state of perfec-
ton.
His method of cultivating is ths-in
the earliest planting season, he runs his
harrow over the stocks, whiehtear Them
down and cuts them TO pieces with its
teeth, which are inclined and Sharp as
knile.-This done, he begins 10 6reak
M his ground, which after being again
narrowed, he proceeds to lay Oh, (only
one way } at the distance of4a or ieet---
his aronher then moving along in the
turrow at a common walk, drops. Tor a
hill OF corn, at every STEP he then runs
his harrow over the ground, with a
leUcller attached to the hinder part,
which mashes all the remaining clods
and leaves the soil completely pu!verised
and level as a plank. The corn springs
up through the ground lhus prepared and
grows rapidly. Whcn ii is nearly half
leg high, he runs his Log Plough on
each side OF the row close to the corn,
and having thianed 1t, leaving from two
to three stalks ID hill, he leaves it I'M
til ii grows 10 be knee high or little
more, he then finishes ploughing it and
lays it by.
In this way, and with half the labor
required in the common method, YOU
will raise one third more Grain from the
acre; and instead Of exhausting your
land by repeated ploughing and hoeing,
| this plan Of culture will improve it. The
The harrow is also we'll calculated for
| preparing meadow ground. One of tie
many advantages Of the log Plough is,
that it will run through the foulest
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. 1t is, however, unne-
cessary to eulogise on paper these i'm
portant utensils, as they will fully de-
monstrate their utility when exhibited to
an enlightened and impartial public.
THOMAS PULLEN.
Bonrbon county, Ky. SEPT. %.
N. B. The inventor has made appli-
cation fer 1.atent
We do hereby certify that we have
seen Thomas Pullen's newly invented
Log Plough in operation~and are fully
convinced OF its great utility to the farm
ing interest of our country, especially in
the cultivation ollndian corn.-We have
also observed his method of cutivatinc
| this invaluable grain and are satisfied
that it requires not half the labor neces-
sary IN the common mode. We have
therefore no doubt but his newly invent
ed Plough and Aarrozv will meet with the
appreciation and be adopted by every in
teliigent farmer, who may have an OPP
portanity OF Witnessing their great utIi-
lty.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
GEORGE +. MOORE.
September %, 1890.