The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-04-04

lpgelesTed ths simpls squase harrow d
- eruteh, % lbfrr-eoFa~red Linz, far ii
sang sAe iAilfF, tie lssm dsaws Is psia.
elPsi lessh A ran lhe seil. Per akksss
he preferred : sgssrs hsnpp ssfh 81.
teen lefih-- made ia Ne staple 81 shsse,
Ito any one u eOnpllealed ivns.
!" The rsllsr i - instrument nors r..
efnsly hroaghl irlo uss here. ne ksd
ssen large ard small ones: some & Isel
ioRg. . leet diameter, and isinl ii ths
middle % laci.iiaie tanning ii lie corners
q heldss Some epst over SO declare. bhl
they are MT . gslod ~ those akas eosl
bul 5. They rpser roo broad spgGste
and make 100 litile impression On me sod.
A roller may be made % smslI = 10
cause too much labor in drawiars snns
are made .. logs, only one faOl ii diane.
TER these are kulll tho Low and canngs be
well drawn over Loose stones or eFen aver
earth. 4 roller should he 4 fset o. Al
feeilong and 30 q feei IN diameter. Ons
horse will draw such i one with he dr.
yer on Il, and il may Be made for s dill
lars. Two plank wheels are irst made,
then naFros strips ofpIank are spiked %,
and tlnn lron hoops are drove On % keep
ne planks tighl. Planks viii lasllongrr
than log
'.Dy. rolling well ne make The surface
better for both The scylhe and Tor The
horse rake; We beat down The surface
only. and lea,e The soil under Il n light
- ever ; but harrow, viii, long teeth.
leaves All the earth heavy except little
maller 81 the surface. The roller often
sinks small stones and saves picking.
The horse rake il an important t0Gl,
muchlahor may b saved by. lis use; when
made 10 llle simplest form ii Is sold Tor lour
dollars, and this is the best form FOR use.
One man will rake an acre IN half an hour,
yet with hand rake he will be half 4 day.
lie said q man bought one o[ him last
summer in West Cambridge. Blu, on con-
dilion thai he should himself 20 outthere
and rake an acre IN, hall an honr; he ' ent
and rsked en- acre perfectly. clean within
The half hour, and 10 the, Satisfaction 81
The purchaser.
Forks he would name. Dy making
them Of goud steel the tines arc now on
" one fourth a. large as formerly; con-
sequenlly they enter the manure readily
and il is easily thrown OF again. 50 that
man may I'll 4 cart with one half the Ia
Dor that was required with the old clum-
81 lines. nl
" Iron shOvtis loo are substituted for
The old wooden shovel, shnd with iron,
aid they enter into the soil as much more
easily than The wooden ones as The cast
iron plonghs do more easily than the
wooden mould-bosrds. lie could 20 no
father for his half hour had elapsed"
Mr.. Dodge observed that the previous
speaker seemed TO be ia favor Of using
horses 10 narrowing, rolling, DC, but he
should suppose il would be hard work,
and that il was more appropriate 10 use
oxen: this was his custom. lie thought
we should be slow 10 substitute the horse
for OK labor. He should hardly argue
" tn Mr.. Buckmins,er that the roller he
had described could be drawn with ease
BY single horse. lie thought il was an
important question how far we should 60
in adopting The many and expensive I'M
plemenrs used in modern English hus-
handry. lie was not in favor Of pro-
fuse expenditure in tools; nor did be think
il good policy to be nigartliy in this re.
spect. Our climate was rugged and la
Dor high, aud We must bring in the lid Of
improved implements 10 save labor and
time.
Having purchased good implements,
the next hing. vas io use them well.
They should be cleaned after use, and
then properly housed. lie spike OF The
good effects which the temperance relor-
nation had produced in the care OF tools;
fermerly, when under the influence Of
s,rong drink, the hired men broke and
injured many more than the sober men
oi The present lime. otter eleren o'clock,
harrows, plaws, &C., were apt t. come
IN contact with stumps and rocks !; but
suck accidents were comparatively rare
| now. ..
lie thought he had seen roller made
OF solid wood, II foo, in diameter and 6
feet long. that he should prefer 10 the
one described by the previous speaker.
lie spoke OF the value of the " scruifle
hoe" which he had never used until e
las, summer, as being very eAcetlentin-
slrumen. in the narsery. and for other
purposes, especially in roo, crops.
! he editor of this paper said he had
used the scrutiler, or Dutch hoe, for many
years, and considered it indispensable in
the cultivation OF root crops and for gar
den purposes: that he could weed one
acre Of ground in the. same time that four
men would require to so over the same
gaan oil land with hoes, and the work
would be done much better: the handle OF
the instrument should he so long that the
operator may stand erect: the work may
than he ,o,annliehpd with a "a The