The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-08-29

mitstLe failure Of previous ollempt
q steam blowing il this country, an,
proves that the plane desmpd SUCCESS
fnl in England would noe succeet
here. He shows pretty conc!usively
that somefhing IN the rotary crdel
prnmiscs more success than the plans
heretofore adopted Of dragging gang,
II plows- lie says:
In applying steam to this mode Of
operation, nearly the whole power O
the engine may be expended npon the
labor to be performed. avoiding in 4
great degree the immense amount d
resistsnce offered BY : series OF plow.
when drawn through the tenacious
soil. Ia attaching blades. Of suitabl L
form, 70 = rotating shah, embracing q
proper diameter, and placing them
spirally around the shaft, tile resist.
ance offered is so redu I'd and equal.
lied % hardly to Be compared with
that % b overcome By the drag plows,
even though the depth BE- twice as
great. Blades thus arranged upon a
rotating shat would. in their action
upon the soil, do much towards pro-
Polling the locomotive forward, lust
q the paddle wheels Of Z steamboat
ct upon the water. can zee bnf
one objection to this plan Of pulveris-
ing the soil. and this may prove en-
tirely imaginary, and thatis is. in break
ing up sod or prairie land the sod
will Be torn into shreds and scattered
through the soil, much OF it upon
the surface, and liable to take root
and cause some trouble to subdue il
among summer crops. A certain
iorln and arrangement Of blades nav.
however. he adopted so as probably to
entirely overcome this objection.
The plan here indicated embodies
the Inaiu features Of the machine in
vented by the Agricultural Editor Of
the Louisville Democrat, and describ
ed BY him 10 the Country Gentlema an
two years ago. This machine has the
following leading features: Il Is a
portable engine, not unlike, In form.
. pony locomotive, so constructed
that the wheels on which Il rests NAV
b Disconnected by the Engineer at
pleasure, making ii stationary en-
CINE for removing any Of the various
machinery used ON the farm, or il NAV
Be used - { farmers steam wagon
iorisauliag purposes. The blowing
apparatus IL 10 appendage which may
Be attached and detached in a few
minutes, and when in use, runs not
unlike the steam wheel Of . steam
boat. The whole power Of the engine
i applied directly 70 the blowing cy-
Under, and, while it 90 pulverises The
soil as to make il in the condition Of
. we'll worked garden bed, the reac-
tive force Of this blowing backwards
crowds 70 hard upon the machine for
wards . 20 give the wheels on which
i rests, to Be connected BY gearing to
the blowing cylinder, 70 prevent 1 too
rapid motion Of the machinery for
ward; thus the whole power which
other steam plows require to move
thsm on the field, is saved. A work
ing model not only proved the truth
II this principle, but also, when work
ing IN sod ground, where some Of the
fragments rested on the surface, the
roots Of the grass we're % torn and
shaken clear Of earth, that il all died.
notwithstanding the weather was by
no means dry.
The dsy : not probably Car distant
when sonething ofthis kind will Be in
demand. We have but Just commenc-
ed Improvement in agricultural ma
chinery, or ever in agriculture itself, in
this country. The establishment that
shall succeed in making the best port.
able engine for farmers use, with .
good blowing attachment, will proba.
Ely End work for one thousand handle
for many yesrs to come, Or - many
= some single manufactures require
IL building reapers and mowers.-
Many millions Of acres Of land on the
Western prairies not now improved.
will need them-inT Texas, Kaneas and
on the Mississippi, and other Southern
river bottoms, . we'll - In vast por-
tons Of the older States that are we'll
adapted to steam culture. Hundreds
OF thousands Of horses have been
used up BY the war, and nov i !
0ood time fnr fho ;~ou h-~ "