Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-21

MICHIGAN DOUBLE PLow. As every
thing connected with the thorough pulveri-
cation of the earth is interesting and i'm
portant to the cul,vator of the soil, we copy
the following notice Of double pillow, in
vented in the State of Michigan, and man
ufactured by Messrs Prouty and Mears, of
Boston. 1t has been subjected TO the test
of thorough trial by the Plymouth Co.
Mass Ag. Society. One of the commit
tee, to Judge Of the merits of this double
Plow, thus speaks Of it:
Without knowing the opinion Of the
Committees, my own impression os the best
performance in the field, was a lot in the
extreme eastern part of the field, ploughed
by a span of horses, attached to a Michigan
sod and subsoil or double pillow, and guided
by the plouchman himself Rarely is seen
work more thoroughly or expeditiously done.
This pillow may be commended to the no
tce of all those farmers, who are DESTROYS
of pulverising their soil thoroughly, in the
least time"
The following is from the Transactions
Of the Agricultural Societies of Massachu-
sets for lsil,"-part Of report from the
Essex Co. Society:
ION the day of our blowing match, one
Of these plows was operated on the field, and
attracted much attention. Having seen
similar plows operated at Dedham, a.
Taunton, at Amherst, and at other places,
uniformly with appreciation, and having
heard soma query expressed as to the power
of team necessary for their movement, |
determined 10 give them such trial as TO
satisfy myself, at least, Of their yalue Ac-
cordingly wrote to Mr.. Proutv, the pro-
prietor (and manufacturer of this pow
for NeD England, to send me two OF the
best structure, so guaged as to turn furrow
slice ten inches wide and eight inches deep,
the sod three inches apart, and the under
soil five inches. This was done aud on
Tuesday last they were put in operation,
with team of two pair Of cattle, in pres
ence Of several persons, who had strong
impressions against the utility Of the pillow.
Ii was tried in every form thought desirable
TO test II merits"
"The work was continued till each gen.
tleman present had an opportunity to hold
till he was satisfied. The result was that
each and all expressed their opinion, that
the pillow was decided improvement on
any plows they had ever seen, and that it
woild be found Of great value for many
uses on the farm. William r. Putnam,
who assisted in operating the pillow, says
My impression when first saw the pillow
was, tina, it might pulverive the soil we'll,
but that it would require more power to
operate 1t than common pillow. But in
the practical operation of il | was disap-
pointed 1t appeared to work as easy for
the team, as the common pillow, and easier
for the holder. could not at first see how
it was possible for it TO move as easily as
the common pillow. But | think | now
understand how the extra power required
to draw the small pillow is counterbalanced
by the ease with which the furtow slice is
inverted after it is split in two parts. We
know that two boards will bend much cas-
Ter, and supper, less weight than plank
OF the same thickness from the same log.
May not the same principle be applied to
turning the furrow slice 7 think that any
one who witnesses the operation of this
pIow, will notice that it rolls the ,furrow slice
over much easier, than does the common
ploW"