New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-01
TIL L Elk HIBITION
CRYSTAL PALACE.
PLOWs AND CULTIYATORs.

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than hundred patterns on sale in bis ware
house aud the variety shown in the Exhibition is very
large and it as though there we're no Limit 70 the
inventive genius Of applied TO the construction
alteration and adaptation Of the form Of iron to all
shapes, sizes and kinds Of pows possible to conceive
thus lessenng the labor Of preparing the ground, or
cutvang every variety of crops grown between trop
cal Florida and the barley fields Of Lake superior
a good many will visit the Exhibition who will look
with delight upon the Improved Plow as the greatest
promoter Of civilization because il cheapens human
food lessons manual labor, makes the cultiyator indie
pendent Of the landlord and generally adds to the COM
fort Of the human family.
Many will remember, as We do, the time when W,
followed the old Carey Plow, with it's clumsy
wrought iron share wooden Landslide and standard and
wooden mold board, plated over with piece Of tin
fheetron old plate, requiring the strength of
man hold it by the two pins in It's upright handles aud
at least double the strength OF team required
the same work Then there was the old Bar share
Pow- fiat bar forming the Landslide. with a thick
clamp of iron like the half of lance-head for the point
in III top Of which the coulter clumsy locked aud
of course wooden modbOard without any preensions
to making fl with the iron part
The Chinese pOw is similar, and the effect is similar
TO what it would be if should hold sharp pointed
shovel back up with the handle at angle of 45 and
should then be drawn forward with the point in the
ground.
The plcws in Continental Europe have undergone
but little change for centuries. The ancient Roman
pillow is still in general use in France. IL has beam
share and handle The share is a triangular shaped
piece of wood with an iron point and sometimes q cOu-
ter. There is mold board and the point is shaped like
] the head Of a lance The first step toward improve
meIt ID this rude imp cement was the addition Of mold
board to turn the earth over This made al wood
and maintained its place until very recently. The iron
plow is modern invention and the first of these we're
| very rude compared with some now in ths exhibition.
No pillow can be adapted 10 all kinds Of work and NJ
good iarmer will attempt TO do all with one, or with
those of the shape. Some land should be pOwed
na some in ridges, some stirred some with the urrow
! all one way, and some both ways Some prefer plOg
which turns TO the Tigh to the left and for sue
ctsslul side bill ploEing, is wanted which can be
changed to Ilow back and forth, such have
described and urged farmers who cultivate uneven sur
faces to give thoir attention to when they visit the TX
hibition. Agoin, pillow is wanted, and may be seen
here with a double mold board to open trenches for
water burrows TO ." bed up for cotton or sugar
cane where Of this description is used that opens
urrow two TO four feet wide.
one of the most useful and least known is the sub
soil plOw which we have noticed The use Of this is to
follow the turning pOW, entering 'he bottom OF the FUR
Tow and performing one OF the most useful operations
upon the farm stirring and oosenng up the sub soil
An these of all sizes from few pounds weight -
load for one yoke Of oxen, without entering the earth
can now be had at prices extraordinarily low, when com
pared with those made 10y hand for skill science and
macl merry have been applied to the manufacture Of
these implements, within few years past TO an extent
but little thought Of by those who use them
The shovel plow still in almost universal use through
out the coton-CrOwng States, Is still more rude IN its
construction. Ii is usually made Of roughly hewn
stick for BEAM about two inches square and three ieet
Olg about midway of which another stick about 10 inch
Is long framed in, upon The end OF which piece OF
iron much resembling shaTp-p0nted shovel, is fast
ened by one or two short bolts. Two rough han
oles pinned to the side of the beam and supported al the
proper angle by wooden support. with clevis or
niece of bark Whe loop of hide at the forward
end Of the beam complete the tool by which more than
hslfthc cotton fcldsOi Amercaare plOged The whole
nay weigh fifteen pOundstherOn part nom two TO four
and its shape may be imagined by putting your two
hands together edgewise lnte curved, with the backs
up The action as it is drawn forward roofing through
lie loose soil is 70 sir the surface about two inches
deem il does not turn over though there is an impe
me,t called turning shovel, made with sort Of twist
10 the share. which has the effect 10 give the dirt Slight
roll Ike a small mold board.
There is another modification OF this tool called
bultonaue the share being OF the shape OF that ar
Gle and fixed upon the same kind OF a stock as the
shovel This is slight advance upon the form of the
first pillow Of which have any account rs represent
ed On ancient coins and monuments IL probable was
little else than crooked stick, atterward improved by
sharpening with iron The implement now III use IN
Hndosson is little better than the original aud even
ia this country some OF these above described as no~
Ia use are bat slightly IN advance OF the ndOO arl
Gle. which consists of a slight beam narrow share
AID corresponding stick with handle TO guide it.
While rejoicing the show of these tools, in
Il Exhibition, and the perfection of their hnish IL viii
be- profitable 20 all thinking minds Co take rcTrOspcc-
TIVE view OF the history ot the caSf iron pillow, and the
slow steps with which has made It's advance
toward perfection which certainly does though
/ il had teen nearly reached
The first patent Of which We have any word, was
granted IN l72o, 70 Joseph Fojambe, Of Rotterdam.
ENGLAND and for many years afterward all similar pl0ws
bore the name OF that place. IL was great Improve
meut upon those previously IN use; the noidboafd and
landslide we're wood. sheatLed with iron plates, the
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