Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-06-04
For the Free Press.

Mr.. EDToR
have of late made some inquiries concerning
PLowS for the purpose of satisfying myself as to the
relative merits OF various patterns Nv present pur-
pose Is not To 60 into detail of the merits Of the many
Flows which at different times have been in use or
are in use now. | only wish TO give the result of my
Investigations, and that in few words as possible
y good pow should be easy to hold easy to draw.
and should leave the soil in the best possible condition
Tor subsequent tlage. \ pillow that runs steady will
always hold easy. That slcadincss of motion may be
obtained, 1t is needtu that the line Of draft and the
line OF resistance be parallel and in the same pcrpcn
dcuIar. 1t is paren, at first sight that pows CON
strucIed after the common patterns are not on this
principle for the land side deviatcs considerably from
parallel with the beam, being inclined at the point
landwards This running 10 land" of the land side
rs countcracted in measure by the draft being i'm
contrary direction This must cause great unsteadi
ness OF motion, unless the resistance is perfectly uni
form But whether the motion be unsteady or moi
there is great loss OF power in overcoming this fem
dency OF the pillow to run to land How this waste of
power occurs can be readily in the disadvantage
under which horse works when hanessed alone IN
double wagon, A skewing sidelong, crab-like mo-
ton Is given TO Wagon drawn thus and TO n plow
constructed IN the manner mentioned This family
construction Is the result of the erroneous notion that
II is necessary tor the Landslide to be perpendicular IN
'e plane OF the base OF the pow, and consequently the
beam Is directly over the base of the land s;da orJ
would throw the plow out of the furrow nj once an
not the point incline so much to land But in tho
pillow made IN this way there is another f,nI, H.,
BEAM the line OF draft Is not only not parallel to- but
1t is not IN the same perpendicular with the line of
resistance Hence the draft is on one side of ms ,ylI
MS "A "A A
Who could expect plow built in this way IN m,
easily or true These errors have been remrded os
perhaps as possible in the so-caled Centre Dratt
flow oil frouty n Mcars, The Landslide of the Cen
tre-Datt" Plow forms an acute angle with the nlan
OF the base and the line Of draft is thus thrown directly
over the Inc OF resistance well as brought into the
same parallel
IL Is the common opinion that If pillow merely sinh
verts the sod, enough is done But this is not enoucb
The sod needs TO be broken as well as turned over
lhe harrow will loosen the surface after blowing bnt
II any pillow viii disintegrate the 1hole thickness oC
the turrow-sce and still leave the slice in the rich,
position without too great expense OF motive power
hli pillow should have the preference will give th,
conclusion OF the whole matter" in the words of
thinking farmer to whom applied for information
on this subject " The Centre Draft Plow undcr-
stand To be properly named from the power of draft
beng applied to the centre OF resistance for the mr.
pose of making the pillow run steady at the desired
depth and width, without inclination angular TO tho