New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-04
EOULER'S STEANPLOW.

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SIR: IL Tmr TRinuSl Of The Eth inst. il wen a
full and detailed account II This Lew y-intioinced
implement II, plan # working, and the cost PER acre
Of rowinv land under it, operation. together with al
alu.ion 10 ts comparative advantages over OF under
Fnwke.'s lat. invention II al implement for tie
same object. hope every If the readers OF THr
TRnUSE, either a.ricultury inclined or inierested,
will lay by the article for reference, the time may
come when "A re-perusal Of it may be important. A
remark or two Oh tie practical benefits Of this
" Fowler" plan nay not, pcrhnIs lie inopportnne
ina.much Il. the introduction oi such machine II
successful in is operations, viii entirely revolution
ue the cultivation of sois where pracIiced on
wide scale.
have ~ my elbow a diagram sud draft Of this
. Fowler" plow, with It's necessary machinery, at
work in the field, as given in The Amer.can Ayr
cuiprisf Of December, lsGi, which, with the aocu-
rate description in TuE TR'BusE Of tie E,h inst,
give. .'o1d idea OF both III, machine and ia opera
ton. The account Of the worsmg Of the plow ia
The 1rr.cvituria a. well az in IHE TRIBUNE, is
-uiHcisutly -ocolpred, aud directed III the main 10
comIaIi-0n- wi'h other inSen Ions Of the hind more
tat 10 he broad question oi In utility or dyanage
as % practical implement for the general disintegra-
lior OF The soil.
f. will Dee , widen; 10 every practical farmer who
sees the ,ian ~ reads nc description Of the E" Fow-
ler plJw. that il CEN only be- Prttabiy worked, II
worked AZ all in large fields, say fifty more,
composed OF Uniform sol-, level IL surface, and free
from stones oil any c.Itlucnblc -iLe, atunps trees,
II, Il roots H. short The field nuet be- "A large one,
AID the JOB ldcrtahcn commemorate ia extent.
The ylows arr in gdHgs Of four or more III number.
lie driving seau power II stationary Tor The tine,
win stationary anchor movable rollcrb Tor the pIo-
llttt.. IL. nm
work but all noynllc a. tho work progresses. ard
- la, Well adapted to their purposes. Thus then,
hc machine and its Appliances appear to he II sue
cors lar ~ the Jdct i concerned oi the Invention
Of a steam plow. Bat this n not all. comparison
of the cot 4 powiug hy this machine l. instituted
H. THy IRIHust, az drawn BY Committee OF Judges
of III, Royal Agricultural Society loi England, over
that Of ow,ns ia the ordinary way by horeos, thus:
Co.t Of plov pes hy tho Lshi land Heavy land
Cos, Of sa % an .clc BY hoi.ci 100 500
An advantage in favor OF the mnchine Of about one
fourth. or . per cent That h. to ray, the thou,nrd
ar five tho, saHd-l re- iarmers whore SOLE IN hr fields
are uuiiorm ia quality, level, and free FROM impcd
uontr, rave largely by the nSo oi The maohlne-
provided tvhioh j. not rtsied, by the vHyl he ihv,
inI AID water for his engine at hand, instoud o.
having 10 huu them a mile more, ss would be The
ci,e ~ nn,tecn cares out OF twenty, where It e;il
be- med at al.
But he sin,-rnent IL not lair one both sides
Ii mhy b. lar Is the machine j. concerned, iu III
Gland for Of u. oignnl cosi working expenses
know nothing; bu, do know somewhat Of the co-
of plowing by borree. Tne machine blowing i,
stated ~ DIT ircie depth That il the Gtsfdg'
ueutb Of rDod powlrg ~ hor-, or On teams IN iii.
country, nltuolg some Il lis ARE plowed deeper ol
shalo@er nccoi ding 10 he qualify Of the soil, am
the crops which are 10 be -own upon thenl. for H.
ln,traion Of tho cost Of horseploW ing VIII STATE
my own pr 'ice, w!ich II common with the iarnen
OF Western New-iork, anil, / presume, with H.,
great majority Of firmera ia the Northern ana Md
die > aies where the lands aro in good condition
sud the fields contain ten or more acre each. l have
four hor-as, each little o.er sixteen hands high
heavy bodied and well-propoi,ohod dfait aninalt
worth say 500 each. 1hese lorres make two team
Nilh man and Ilow 10 each; ud from about On,
-Gtl of li-t September until the 2Jth IL November
hey plowcd one hundred and Fifty acrce, q IN Az
erige o. eight inches deep. \ hundred acres oi i
wa bbi-land and tie ofheI fifty acres ton 81
M .adow sward which had been regularly moved
for hay, aud paetorod tor ,he ast tan yerrs. There
Yef several days Of bad Ves,bes, ~ which the