New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-05-11
THE GREAT PLOW TRIAL.

rnE OFFICIAL REPORT or TUE H., y' II0T tTyr
rprs.rs nv nm LORING, TIE HON' IL
sTOCKBRDGE AND OIH|''''
Froa oar Special EePo Tel" AMHERST Mass. May s. 1893.
Tho eorr dovs' trial Of plows held here under
nv - tbc New-Encand Agricultural SOCIETY,"
o go Coscd and tho favored exhibitors WIN sl''r
media, m their pockets and sunshine ID thcir I''' nav
enc ON thcir way rejoicing While u',r 'SS
et,r,te connections appear rather SAD anu
al,sl "a though pale melancholy had
-gcd tbct1 for her own. But amid these cohHlculs
sncs of manufacturers and inventors the multIluao
I'm whose interest the test was instituted tne "iS
~ ,vorl farmers throughout the country, nave reason
only for gl.dBr>s, because Their Wtl4I l5
came from men who looked through Iracuccd eyes; %
Who for years have known their dearest ac"o" oN 'N0
The trial commenced Tuesday morning ana vas nGi3
on the spacious gr01Ps attachea 20 tIe fpion mad
more ST nroinc1t bad forwarded their handsome mpe-
ments which, highly polished and odoiouS VI N"''S'
now giscued lu the sun a.. ..,o.,
An0gg the many persons who witnessed the proceed
iugs we're DR. George b. Lorng' INC non, Si ill - -
Flint, the weknOWn asuenltoT9 a1toI, .I Anu I, g
Biss of Vermont, Mr. j. r. Goodae OF NewliQnpSmie,
Mr. Obadiah Brown OF hno1e SSu i o. aud ny mere
Others who take especial interest ~ these matters nc
inlplcneuts were Cutcicd in eight different classes ~
each Of which silver medal was the premium Cou''ou
i0G Closs1A sod.pow for stG soils The competitors
were the Ames Co.'S "No "a caststeel pow with wheel
and cuttero TIE Amcs Co.'s "cast.steel pow, kn0Ys
Pois e no IL" Bccier & Tayor's No o. Meals
couical, No. 81 and c. W, SyEess victory No. J."
flass2-A pow for S!ubble land In stiff soils. In this
there wiro fcur titfes "Mead's copcu No 5i" Morse
Co.'S iron beam" the Ames COS " no -. az Ano 6n
patent" tle Collins Co.'s &C No. s., and "Meads con-
Class ga sod.plow for sandy soils and light loans, in
which there five entries The Collins Co.'S " Il No
ia" MeaG's cpuca No 90" the Ames Co.'S 'I3A from
the Amcs d. N 9. No 81; KnoSs patent steel" and
the Anes DPS telegraph, No. s."
class 80 pillow for stubble land, which Will cut q
raise the lowest soil TO th6 surface Il the furrow. For
pillow which will urrOw OF this kind not less than
large silver medal" IN This class The following impIe
ments were entered: Belcher & Tayors "a No; o. tIe
No 10 steel Kuoxs patent" Morse Co.'s "Iron Beam"
|IySSS was for a Michigan Sod and French Pillow for
which only the Aucs Co.'s No. 81 doubleIlow, knox's
patent. with wheel aud cutter, was entered"
class subsO pOw, in connection with an ordinary
gss IA steel plow for aguvial and uuctuous lands
The following were entered: the Amcs Co.'S " NO 81
KnOxs patent tile Collins Co.'S c. Mo- g." and the Col
Class S-A swing or side-hil plow; two entries, the
Ames Co.'S A. No steel side-hl, knoNs patent ana
The implements were ali tested in the soils required
ard the following Is the Official
REPORT OF TIE JUDGES.
The committee appointed to award premiums Of the
New England Agricultural Society. for plows put upon
The entries in class No "a sod pillow for stiff soils, were
seven n number ana We're OF aaFspe cs o o
and The Collins Co. worked with great precision and
high rank in tbs class. The plows of Beleher
& Taylor evidently require IN the Judgment
Of the Committee u light soil for good working
The piow by G. W. Sykes Of suield, Conn. Wc
tory No l. Sod Swivel powl, attracted great attention
become most valuable implement, and should be en-
would award to the Morse IrOnbeam plow the socieys
Medal. To C. W. sykes, Victory No .sOQ SWlNe pow
Tho enifies IN t1ass @ IL pow for stubbe land in s
sCisJ were five IN number and were OF good quality
working Of two Of these pows One, the Morse pillow en-
tiTey convex the other Meads conieal plow, ehfSiy
mo land
award award to the Collins cos. 3, the socetys
ety,s diploma, TO tho Ames Plow Co. the same
light loamj were five in number and in this class tho
competition was entirely between the Collins Co.'S pillow
Telegraph s. The Committee Would award 10 Aines POw
Co.'s Telegraph the S0cetys medal to Collins Co.'S i,
The entries IN Glass deep tllers) we're five in mum
Der. OF these the Ames Pow Co.'S No. N, Ames Plow
Co.'S steel plow 10 and Collins Co.'S Deep Filler were
the strong competitors. The Committee award to
Co.'S Deep Iiiiei'' the Society diploma.
The entries IN class were one in number remark
Ames Plow Co.'S No. double pow the s0ciey's medal
posed In this class was "aEyial and uncutous tn
land provided filed with undecayedso of last years
the Ames Pow Co.'S. 81 improved evidently performed
che best work The COMMITTEE e. would award to The
Collins Co.'S u, the Society diploma.
double swivel pillow OF the Ames Plow Co. attracted
much attention. and is most valuable pillow. The Vic
and deserves the same favorable notice given to il in
class No The Committee would award 10 Ames Plow
Co.'S steel side-h pillow, single swivel No. ], the SO
eietys MEDAL to c. W. Sykes Victory pow the Society
4 fuller report upon the weight and draught Of the
plOws, and the iron used in their construction will be
made at future tine.
J d1Sd HaET MOOD yqsETH J d h1AT
Last evening the people convened to listen ad,
dress by Dr. lOring the President OF the NewEngland
Agricultural Society. His subject plOWs and plOw-
commenced
the exhibition which had been held Of great i'm
pOrtance 10 the farmer for the pow lies at the fOun-
cal manner the principles of It's construction and
agemen and the number of persons present was good
times the pillow had been Of the chief objects Of at
tentiOn among cultivatOrs, and 1t probable that
implement than any other with which the husbandman
is familiar, and whenit remembered thatthe pOwwas
end and shOd with shoe Of ron and then contrast this
with what had been today the advancement truly
any country was Indicated by the Improvement in pows
That saying good deal for the plow but It should
forgotten that the customs Of the country which
lot cast required that labor should be utilized
greatest extent. and that IN consequence men
when they come TO till the soil Although In the
Of years the plow had been so much improved,
object OF the pillow TO accomplish, by the aid Of ami
NAL power, precisely what the most skllfa man could
turned their attention almost entirely to producing pows
Tor SPECIFIC pnlPos ana mus tngy n9o rnc RiOS
implement which would answer FOR all times and circun
5aT be Sd dSTn to O aid Gfhe the
Of this endi know pillow IN Essex County almost the
precise model OF what saw on the ground today,
tructed entirely Of wood, which 30 years ago took
number OF premiums Of It's being handled by
slllful man. Since that time the speaker added the
business had gone on until now ali the diversity of curves
lines and angles, has been invented In order 10 enable
should be the object Of these improvements in the
plOw especially for the reason that farmers
often obliged to employ much unskiled labor The