Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-06-08
FROM ~ n T. farmsr.
a NEW AGRICULTURAL iMpLE.
MENT

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We were invited last week 10 rIdc to nr1chcs
ter and witness the operation Of a new agucutur.
al implement This ts continuation Of the roll.
er anl harrow Excepting that instead of com.
mon harrow ,ccb there are knives like ne CON.
mon cutters Of orr cast iron pioWs With this
tool we were highly pleased More 50 than with
any thing else we have seen N the way ~ uvcn.
uon OF improvement, for years We propose CAV.
ing as good description Of his aswc can
Take common FIELD roller. then take beam
OF hard wood, five VI SIX inches square aud few
inches longer than the roller In ih,s insert the
knives, ohou, SIX inches apart On the beam fix
two handles, to work ike pillow handles Then
at the ends 81 your beam aud on the frame OF Your
roller, make such gearing wall 1T you astcn
the beam to the roller, ia the way ia which the
sleigh shafts are usually fastened to the sleigh -
Let them be fastened IN such position that when
the handles are pressed down. the knives shall
work under within four or five inches Of where
the roller rests upon the ground
With such a tool as this YOU cut the solS with
the knives while the roller holds them from push
ing forward You may pa, the knives in deep,
if you have made them OF good length aud will
press upon the handles and in case the teeth
clog, you have only to lfi The haula. aud YOU
leave the stone, or roots grass that have collect
let the handles come up Suddenly and strike
against the cross bar of your roller frame
With this tool, sward land that h1s Just been
turned with the pillow, and all lumpy grounds may
be thoroughly pulverlzcd much more cheaply than
with any thing else we have seen. And while
we pulverize we may keep all the sods down in
their place and thus make the cultivation more
easy, and benefit the crop This will be especial.
" true on all hard soils where the teeth of the
common harrow will not 90 down. Where
grounds arc cery rocky the tool will not do well
nor will any other one But where the roller can
be drawn with any comfort. the knives may be
used too
One great advantage Of this combination roller
and harrow is, that wherever shall be- used II
will obLge farmers to pu, their grounds into d
much better state than is usual with them These
knives make much more efecual work in loosen.
ing the SOIL than one would have supposed Let
this tool be passed twice over the ground in differ
ent directions and the land will be very mellow
/ We anticipate as an objection, the supposon
that the draft of this will be very heavy. But
while seeing it work in hard soil that had been
plowed for weeks, and raincd upon 50 that com
mon harrow would have made but little impress
sion, we Judged that the two horses carried it as
easy as they would have carried heavy harrow
on soil where the teeth would have settled deep
After thinking much upon the subject, we are in
clined to think that the line of draft is so much
more favorable. and the form and position of the
/ knives so much better than those Of the common
harrow, that team can carry this double too
with as much ease as they Will carry the harrow
alone
! The inventor OF this combination is Mr. Isaac
Clapp, of Dorchester lie would be glad, (shoulC
farmers find his invention prove valuable as h
thinks ii will be, and as we think IL will bel 10 re
ceive some remuneration But be docs not thInl
TO dcbar others from free of his invention by
taking out patent We suggest, therefore, tina
those who shall avail themselves Of his principle
and shall find the tool TO work well, shall be a
generous to him as he is 10 the public, and sem
him two, three or five dollars. as a remuneration
for the good he has done This we know will b
acceptable to him We hope he will take hi
! CLAPP PULVERIZER $50 WE chrislen it) t
the various cattle shows in the autumn, and tina
opportunity will be afforded him to pat it on h
grounds that may be plowcd at the plowinl
matches, and thus give the farmers an opporuni
ty to see it work.
The instrument is simple, but there is some dill
iculty in getting the right hang to it Mr. c
has had 10 vary the hang Of his several times
and has been at considerable expense. This, W
hope, will be returned to him ia premiums or il
gratuities, should the instrument prove as yaua
bic as we anticipate.
"What a thunderin' cruel pavement this is,
muuered a drunken man, 80 keep hoppin' VI
and hiuin' a fellow Sian i'm the fac, ~