, 1860-05-04

! i -E6Hy Steam ploW-.-ElcldsH Rotary
cnHNaior'
since Inc hold'ng o. ING o'a'o ano Na'1ohal
Faars last 1all' 1hefe nave appeared NOW and
then. IN VARIOUS agricultural Journals notices. Of
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| and chea,ncss If Tho machine as we'll as the
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I'D The rorm encom;uma Of tbs spectators at
this trial Mr. Fie'a then ,took Il to lie Wis.
| consin State Fair nj Milwaukee. and subse.
ouent]v back to Beloit. where he has speut the
.r,road;,, t;,ra ;,.narc.r+;ro md ;n,rox;,o;t
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| Nefofe proceeding 70 IN explanation OF tne
| plow, and to a brief report Of d second trial
which took place near Co tage Grove on
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! -Meonesuas a'e'"ooo' ~ WIN oe 4n'e'esu "
the public to know that MIR. Field has been en-
eaccd nine years in " studsing up" a substitute
for the common t,lox. In this time he has
pretty much exhausteda liberal pntrimouy, but
| he believes he has secured that which will add
nillions to the wealth Of the world, and dfn,tn-
| ish the labor and drldgery of. cultivating. the
soil beyond calculation A, somewhat csreful
examination Of the plow at it's recent trial here
/ enables US to say that Mr. Fields Invention is
| quite the most promising machine for rapid md
economical p1owing That has Jet been put to
been almost entirely constructed by Ar. Field
in per son, md hence is still in the rough, lick
ing the finish and exactitude which belong to
the skilled artisan.
| Mr.Field's claim filed In the Pateut ohce, on
which his patent was granted after long and
laborious examination, is in the following
words: -. -. -. -: -.
"What clnim is the combination Of two or
more wheels on one one cra9k, % eecenu1c OF eqaisa;i
in 1s;rs m ti,e .1ie me- wheel within The oiher.
and 50 TINT the spades or forks attached to the
inner wheels shatl pass on ano IN IN .h9sooga me
" d;.nIeena ~ @ ana I1' ru,rer;znr the soil rSer
which ihey pass in tue manner deecsibed.",
1t Is diihcnit to convey to the general reader
| clear conception Of the machine without
diagram. We will first picture common over
shot water wheel without the buckets, or q Sec
ton Of cylinder five and a half feet in diane
ter. Then suppose tue perimeter to be cut into
narrow holes extending nearly across, at right
angles with the radius, or parallel with the axle
sufficiently large for spade to pass in aud
cut freely. Then suppose smaller wheel to
lie set inside this enc, turning on an eccentric
Of the axle on which the cutter one reyoIges,
The effect Of this movement is. to bring the in.
uer wheel. which is armed with the spades, be-
low tile outer, Which is sort of carriage for
the thing. so thut when it is propelled. The
spades on the inner wheel are thrust into the
ground. The depth Of the din Of the spades is
instant1y adjusted By aleyer hnndle on the shaft
of inner Wheel, by setting It more or less &c.
| centric with the ou!er: wheel. The SPADES on
Lie inner wheel project through openings in iLe
l QA3EfiWuGGl or Cf4l1QEf a. Tue D0lE& RESTING
the ground, and are consequently drawn with.
! in the periphery of tho outer wheel or cyliu-
| der, bv:. the eccentric motion mentioned. AZ
Tic spades rise from the ground. By this
drawing in of the spades, The dirt with Which
they are loaded is scraped off against tue sides
Of the openings in the outer wheel. md falls
pulverized to the ground, In other words.
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the {smaller) inner wheel are by its eccentric
position with the outer cylinder, projected
downward through openings in the surface. Of
the latter into the ground, and as the machine
movcs on, the spades take up the entire earth,
to tho depth at which the spades are set, CARR
it around as the spade-wheel reyolyes. md
scsape it of US the shades arc withdrawn into
tue outer cylinder. Afost If the dirt falls con.
siderable distance. and: in FILLING brats ao.;nst
yariouus nar.s Of the machine in sucb , mnnnor
a. to bul1er;ze' il tborouoh,v. The s,,de. ara
set ID such a war that th.v cannot fa;, - RI,
up all the earth 1,ctwcen tthen iro;ecti,a o,,t,
warak from tho shank. they comnresa tho ao;,
in thd shane Of wedre. and hold. it nnt,] n ia
eIevated from ona n 3hree faat ~ r,,;, tha
shades ME drawn within the ne1;nherr If Tho
onter;vbee1 On ral1ow cronnd tha so;1 !, mi.
ver;zdd at once tn the consistency If an ash.
hcap.| On prairie sod The turf ia torn to nieces
md ldft lyinr around loose. Mr. Field hoxn;;n,t
vet arranged for throvino the. sod fran t,,a
machine bottom unwo1ds hn+ that ,v;,, re,,;-o
onlv very simnle nadition tn +ha nlo,r "a at
nrrscnIt constr,cted
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