Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1824-12-03

will, i doubt not, strike out new lisht bv
which they may be guided into that . alh
which leads to the true interest of the So
cIety. With great respect, ann, sir your
obedient servant.
WILLIAM b. PAGE.
| 10 tie Secretary of the Agricultural
Society IF tie Ya9ley..
On PiougAs aid PiougAiin.s -mstches..
The committee on plouglls and plough
ing matches beg leave to report rhat'a-
ware of the importance of the implenehta
committed to their inspection, the v fell :
determination on their part to use everv
means which they were capable of devi-
sing, to ascertain with correctness. ,bn
great .desideratum IN ploughing, viz: the
hghtness WIKI which spioughs are drawn.
and their capacity of being able TO work
the ground to good depth and width, and
the perfect manner in which they turned
over their burrows. 80
Your committee spent The day on the
ground, and entered into the most minute
investigation, in respect to the appearance
of the ploughs, their form, their work man
ship, and their capacity of being easily
drawn.
Six ploughs. started for the premium,
but only four came properly under the NO.
tice OF your committee. The lands were
laid off acrossa lot, in width 4S feet each
The Ploughs started bya signal from the
vice-president, and vert eff generally to-
gether. The spectacle was quite a plea
sing one to your committee, and scented
to excite the feelings and to give great
pleasure TO the spectators.
Your committee will in the first place,en-
vor to give some description of the differ
ent ploughs presented for inspection. -,
L he plough, No. /, Owned by Geo-:c
Burwell, was large thee-horse pIouob
made by Mr.. Lavender, e .i.is county,,
Ii was very handsome-made Of good ma
| terials, and well put together-worked in
the old manner, with a coulter attached To-
| the share-turned large furrovs and turn
ed them well-plouShed 20 fe,t in width q
with 10 burrows. ia
a mos Lupton's, or Gideon DMjs,s i'm.
proved plough, was also made & Good
materials, exceedingly well put tsether.
and worked with great dealof, apAreht
lightness to the team. 1t was tkA6, 1rse
plough, but was drawn by two strouSs lhr-
seS it possesses an advantage over m,sst,
other ploughs, by having cast sheatt. aver
the bar of the share, which protects it
fiom wearing away, thereby preserving
the original ruin of the share, an obiec.
which your committee deems of great i'm.
portance which sheaths, if liable to wear
soon, can be easily and readily Supplied
at the very slight expence Of IL 1-2 cents.
This plough also possesses a new inven-
ton by Mr. Lupton, for the purpose OF
expanding Or contracting ths moud-board.
SO as to make wider or narrower fur.
Martin Cartmell'u plough is one of the
old three-.horse ploughs, we'll known in
this county, but possesses, in our opinion,
moud-board of a very superior kind,
being we'll calculated to turn handsome
furrow, and make its work remarkably
smooth. This mould-board is also upu-
sually high. :
Stephen M'Cormick's plough is one of
his own invention, and is an exceedingly
handsome plough, made of excellent ma
terials, and put together in a workmanliks
manner; it worked with or without a cou,
ter, but the coulter is not attached TO the
share. There appears TO us great SINH
larity between the plough of Mr.. Lupton
and this enc it also possesses the advap
tage of expanding or contracting the mould
board, and in place of the sheath over the
bar of'the Lupton plough, the bar of this
| one is case-hardened, as is also t.,e land
side of the mcuid-board.
Your committee, in ATTENDING to Their
duty in the. ploughing field, took every me-
|thsd which they could devise, TO ascertain
correctly the depth of the burrows made
by the ploughs, the perfectness with which
they turned over the sod, and, as well az
they could, the lightness Of their draft
The average depth of Burwell's plough 4.
No. I, was 1913 inches, and, as we before
remarked, il ploughed with Is burrows.
20 feet in width, and turned its sod COM
plete. This plough was drawn by three
strong horses, and appeared to work the
horses hard.
The average depth of Lupton's ploucl,,
No. 2, was Sd inches, and it ploucbed 3
burrows in 90 feet width. This plough was
worked by two heavy horses, but the cou,.
ter not being used, its work did not shew
as well as some of the others there was
roughnesS in the appearance OF the work
which, although no essential disadvantage
/ to n ccrfainIv raodo o d;nn-o-a. .