Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-01-02
TO THE FARMERS OF THE
WESTERN COUNTRY.

Improvements in agriculture and in
agricultural implements are a, all times
OF the first importance to our country :;
but particularly SO in these times OF pres
sure and distrcss.-If it be fac, that
every dollar which we handle is first DUG,
ont of the earth-ifit be fact that on the
farming interest of our country, every
other department depends-then is every
individual deeply interested in promoting,
this great and important object.
The subscriber has been for years enc
gagged in endeavoring to make improve
lnents in the implements OF husbanclrv
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 cultivating is this-in
the earliest planting season, he runs his
harrow over the stocks, which tears tncm
down and cuts them to pieces with its
teeth, which are inclined and sharp as a
knile.-Tnis done, he begins % breek,
uh his ground, which after being again
narrowed, he proceeds to lay OF, (only
one way at the distance of4s or feet
his drohNey then moving along in the
iurrow al common walk, drops, for a
hill OF corn, al every step; he the!. runs
has harrow over the GROUND, with
leueitcr attached to the hinder part
which mashes all the remaining c!ods
and leaves the soil completely pulveyiscd
and level as a plank. The corn springs
up through the ground thus prepared and
grows rapidly. When it is nearly half
leg high, he runs his Log Plough on
each side of the row close to the corn,
and having thinned it, leaving from two
to three stalks in hill, he leaves it ulr-
til it grows 10 be knee high or little
more, he then finishes ploughing it and
lays i, 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 hoeiug,
this plan OF culture will improve il. Tho
The harrow is also well calculated for
preparing meadow ground One of the
many advantages of the log hlough is.
that it will run through the fou.est
ground without choking, SO that man
can plough one third more with il in the
same time, that he can with any Other
kind low in use. It is, however, unne-
cessary to cuiogise on paper these im-
portant utensils, as they will fully de-.
monstra,e their utility when cxhibi, ID to
an enlightened and impartial PUBLIC.
THOMAS PULLEN.
Bourbon coNnty, Ny. SEPT. %.
n. B. The inventor has made .,nl;-.
cation for latent.
We Go hereby certify that we have
seen Thomas rullen's newly invested
Log Plough in operation and arc fully
convinced Of its great utility to the farm
ing interest oil our country, especially in
the cultivation of Ind;an corn.--We n ave
also observed lis method of cullivating
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 invollt-
cd hlonsh and darro7v will nee; with the
appreciation and be adopted by every ia
telligent farmer, who may have an ops
por'anity of Witnessing their great utilize
ty.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
GEORGE L. MOORE.
September %, 1890.