, 1859-03-30

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Ihe double Michigan Flow " wns patented
IN 1916, nearly thirteen years sincc. Conside-
rable effort has been made from time to time to
introduce it into common use. but until tbc .,-
luu'u VI Ae3o "l'noue tlucn SUCCESS. At lie ot~
Louis Fair and at the State Fair ut Centralia, it
vns nut in compctition with the common steel
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l''o" lor u't A'''uS u "orA' o' Aessrs. Deere q
Co., Of Moline. At St. Louis it took the first
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Gu oa' 4'' '"e 4o"o"'os 'ei3 aeereoson oaesea
b. the committee"
.tAmonC those in competition wns a tDouble
Michigan Plow," made by John Deere, Moline,
Rock Island County, which performed yery gu.
pcrior work: Your committee was very much
pleased with it, but did not think it was the
design Of the society to place such plows in
competition With common old ground plows. :"
Well, If this don't beat INV other mode Of
re,son;n1 t.nt h,u If 1a,o f,,is, u,dor ,,r ~
49,. mtss
tcc' lug eol''lttee can taxe the nrst seat IN
front, and keep their hats on.
Mr.. Deere entered This as nm MD cround n1ov
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"uo II II nlleo tne requirements OF IN OLD gfonna
plow and did superior work, why should it not
have takcn 4hn fret ,re,o;rrs Tho onswer
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"oo'e IS 1oe'cul one' A!i snosc WIZ a''enoeo
the plowing match and paid any attention to the
work done. must concede that this nlow WINS far
ahead of ail others in its work, at the same time
it did not appcar to require more nowrr to draw
it than the others plowing the SAME Depth The
Socictr's Dynauometer was on the ground, but
the committee sagelv decided not to use it Us br
the rules Of the plowing match, "thc third
furrow was to be the test" Test Of what: Of
ease Of drauglt, Of depth, width and straight
ness Of furrow, of complete pulyerizution and
1t is not our purpose to review that commit
tee further, but to call the attention Of farmers
to the use Of this rlow for breaking Of prairie
for
SOD coRS.
The great objection to this pillow heretofore
has been the amount of team required TO more
it, and in addition to this is its cost over the
1t has been supposed, and, in fact, held BY
all, that it must be used only for deep powinGs;
but what VIC now propose Is to place # in con1ts cont
petition with the common breukiny plow, run?
ming ut about the same depth 1t is u well
known principle in prairie breaking. to cut the
turf thin, just below the crown Of the roots.
This has bcen found difficult undertaking, Is
the p!ow il often thrown out By the tufts Of
grass, red root: willows and other obstruc-
uons. III this plow the top or sod Piow Is mar
rover by some 1our inches Than the lower one.
Now suppose "e place thus top. ploW SO as TO
slave on about TN inch OF sod and curl 1t orcr so
thai lts outer edge VIII rest IN the precedlngtur-
row by placing the larger plow so Us to cut
Inches deeper, It vii! turn the earth directly
over this scroll Of prairie sod. Nor can the
s'ua!l pow dodge out, us it is held to its place
hy the larEer one. The tops Of the red roots arc
sheared oil at the point where they send out
their anvil shoots by the small pillow, ut tho same
time the iarge p'ow takes them below the swell
OF fliG root where they are easily cut off, and 1t
Is seldom that they arc capable Of resisting so
as to throw the pillow out Of the ground.
We have now furrow four inches deep, one
lneh deeper than IS usual, but this fnrrow does
no1 iay mai on the bottom OF the preceding, but
y foeu up 80 Us to ALLOW the ar tree access to
H. ne outer cdse IS 50 deeply buried tnat It
cannot sehd up lis new shoots of grass which Is
a1"ays 1ound On early breaking, done IN the
u;aai u; ~Iy. IL %'ll DC seen 1llat VIZ nave TWO
sl!ges hela toSe1ief at thc base ~ one current
wloth OF four, inches. Alter this double
1nff9" nag iald IN the snow and
VIM 1e" Gays, the upper one
becomes dfF ana frsablc, and IS easily narrowed
to pieces. when the surface Of the field will MS
simulate to oia ground and can be worked OF
ana planted IN the usual way. The crop should
or shovel ploE, md IS easily kept free Of weeds
and grass Not 80 Of sod corn fields worked in
the usual way. There can be no donbt that tue
extra crop over the usual ono. will pay the en-
tirc expense and Leave the land at least two dol-
lars IN acre IN bcifer condition than By tlle use
oi1hc cnm'non rlow. The extra inch in depth
%ill require more team OF course. but no more
VIC apprclirnd than if p!owcd to the same depth
with the common breaker. We nre now breaking
up forty acres with this plow for corn. 1t is
nearly in its nntiye state, having been only
slightly fed over last year, and We hope to de-