New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
AGRICULTURE

NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
TRIAL OF IMPLEMENTs-TIRsT DAYS PROcFED-
INGs-IIsT OF IMPLEMENTS ENTkRTD-hEW-
ENGLAND AND IHE WLsT on EXHIBITION.
UTICA, Sept. 10.-To-day the Trial Of implc
rlents began IN The most prominent ag1cu!tm-
asts OF this State and of the Last and West are here
The this year intended 10 be the most thorough
ever held ~ this country. Several appeared Oh The
grounds today with implements which they brought
with thein intending 10 ot ty, ana .A, '"yh AOHie
with them on the evening trains tonight These. OF
manifested no little sErprse when told by Chai
that they stood no chance OF getting any from the
trial before the last OF tho week even though per
mitted 20 enter their np cmenis for competition.
Chairman Gould declares his intention 10 test weigh and
me2sS m%o5 s 'S panI Of oe n several o@cHt not @
tended for competition are entered ioi tila t"' sA-
competio Is go each The following IA liz ~ l' IN
PIGMENTS entered iOr competition Cdsa J. sou li0w lGr
bic land IN stn soils 7 T. HOhrOok, Collins 90 class
9 sod ploy for sandy soils and light loans > BToy,
plow foT subbe land which viii cut funow y inches
aeeb Win tncs IhIes iIoibrdok collins Co clS .
Michigan sod and trench plow. j. IT, Holbrook' Boston
class & a sub-sol low IN connection with an ordinary
ulow k j. Wheduey, Du Pom, IL cias57,a dtcmng
idov opeliIg Drain, A. = RQptt, H2ncI!sa,u. Va va
ING l. Heath Fowlervle \. y. class 9, steel pow for
alluvia aud uncti0us lands Collins Co class
TO- a swing or sde.hill pow, ]. Hobrook,
boston and H. D. Burch shcrburne. Only three
today They were ali sod pows entered respectively by
T. T. HObrook 6On Of eX Gov. HOlDrOOk OF Vermont, who
ia here attending 10 bis son's business 10
Nourse forIncrlyOf Ruggcs Nourse Mason Co, manu-.
fdcturers OF improved agricultural implements Boston,
Mass and Collins Co., New York Tho first oi these s
large frow plow for single team iron beam the share
10 the horizon by change OF wheel and drawing ccvs
this plOw cuts furrOw six inches deep By nine wide,
seven deep and ono vide eight deep and twelve wide,
the plOwmaE pey desire The work done by hl pl0"
IN is various capacities h not such as would attract the
eye OF the skilled Judge Of the powed surface The sec
ond trial to-day is a swiyelpOw iG Nat surfaces Jhe
pefcCting OF this instrument 10 an accomplishment Hch
desired hv farmers II has been greatly YcGed question
how 10 Get rid OF the necessity II the dead" or clear
inc flrows left by throwing the last burrows OF and
from each other also 10 avoid leaving the pOwed
surface a ridge, or "back iurGW, formed ~ throwing
the first frrOws toward each other IN striking out
land r. csc features in the plOwed surface are una
vodable IN using powt with 1nt siIYie nloa,Dol,a l,
the gnl hand Of the pow; The swivel poW permits
the team about TO the right and left, the near
horse walking IN The fu1oW one way ana the o.. h9se @
the other way across the Held thereby thfowHg ,hG u
rows an one y. When the swivel plow va" nrrt lntTO
duced il thought TO be OF use Only as slde. pio%
aud as such has heretofore Deeh useu. In9eeu .o
original style Of the swivel plOw can De ubed Ony on he
hsde now where the slant OF the land hels throw @ the
law gravaton to assist the imperteeton OF ths Iow
OF the sdehill plow The share ara ~ noo % o"iu d po re-
longer nearly perfect c0nVexty IN s2pe a9 I'll a
rom tSe Land" de and lay it ny spngy against us
predecessor The trial Of this po~ 70 day was n no,e
done The team in turning will, after ltte experience
on the part Of the plowman swivel the pow 'Detey ,
necessary 10 swivel the old style Of thoso poTs inc
mold-Doard Drghtens quickly the one on irSi s roo1y
lright when finishing q quarter-acie lot. ,,
The third implement trial to-day was tle lnVfrrdI
sod and subsoi plow for four bOrses, Known as ,le
Michigan Pow" cutting furrow from 10 10 10 incnes
deep bV from 10 10 16 inches wide There are WIee zee
changes possible IN this plOw, stubDle mold TOT
stub6e sod mod-boaId for Tapped or napleo w.
and "A stim pow which, used Ia connection WIN lne
stubbe mold board forms the subol SOD piOW, sos a
stout horses hched TO IT, and when tney mo,eu On
the earth IS inches deep, cano bursting up tunDhng
foot or more over the previous turrow. perfect pnlyer
raton Of the so was eft cted leaving smooth surface
Of fine ground The furroy cut by TINS pow ,cy Wss s
but ye Inches vide, and the competition was ioI tne
large gold Inedtl offered by the Agllcltnral Socitty
for the pow which viii cut the deepest iuilo" OF 'he
latter width. , 49,. -.
Beside the plows in competition to-day wore Two en-
tered for exhibition simply One OF these n, ~ % W. ~
MI william Whiteley of springfield, ONO Ihis piom was
entered for the trial last Nay and the entrance ise
paid vet at the competition now the Judges rule pi
Whiteiey out on the ground that he wishes 10 pt MS
pow against pIows OF any or all the classes oi leVei
SURFACE desIgu