The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-05-30
Agricultural Implements.

A recent number of Hearth and Homo
thus speaks of new style of plows and
harrows.
The " Committee on Implements at
most agricultural fairs pass judgment
upon new inventions and appliances from
their appearance only. Should the God
frey Revolving Mold-board Plow come be-
fore such committee, it would probably
be passed by without notice, or condemn
cd at once as impraeticablo. In fact,
there was hardly ever more unpromis-
ing looking implement than this plow.-
So far as beam. standard, share, and han
dies 90, this is Just like any other plow,
and it is only when we come to the mold
board that we find any difference. The
mold-board is, as the name indicates, re-
yolving. There is Il very short stationary
mold-board, but the main portion of it
consists of disk attached to the beam
in such manner, that it can readily
revolve. As the furrow-slice is lifted
by the share, it comes in contact with the
disk, which revolves, and by its motion
breaks the soil and scatters it. One of
our staff, who employs Scotch workmen
only, took this pillow to his farm with ma
ny misgivings. His men had been ac-
customed to the long Scotch plow, and
he feared that an implement SO different
from those to which they had been accus-
toned would meet with little favor
The plow was tried in different kinds of
land, and the verdict came back that it
was " the best plow ever put into the
ground" A skim-plow or jointer may be
attached if weeds or long manure are to
be plowed under. 1t seems to work with
as much case to the team as any other
plow. In alluvial soil, it so thoroughly
crumbles, pulverises, and scatters the soil, +,
that its work appears more like that Of a
spade than like that left by an ordinary
plow. Having described this strange
pillow, will now try to give our readers
some idea of the
NISHwITZ HARROW.
In noticing the Godfrey Revolving
Moldboard Plow, we alluded to the unpre-
possessing appearance of the implement.
The same remarks apply with more force
to the Nishwitz Harrow, for more un-
couth looking implement never made its
appearance. AS with the plow, all unfa-
vorable impressions, that the form of the
harrow might give, disappear when its op-
Grafton is witnessed Instead of the
teeth of the ordinary harrow, or the small
plows of Shares harrow, the Nishwitz
has in their place series Of revolving
iron or steel disks, which are slightly
dishing toward the front. The beams Of
the harrow may be set at different an
giles, and the revolving teeth may be set
in any desired position, according to the
character Of the soil. In passing over the
soil, the teeth turn and throw up and
crumble it, in the most complete and sat
isfactory manner Unlike the ordinary
harrow, this implement does not compact
the soil, but leaves it exceedingly light
and mellow On light soils this is an OBJ
lection, which can be obviated by the use
Of the roller. In covering grain, this
harrow has been found to work admirably,
and in the preparation Of land, where a
heavy sod has been turned under, it is
found to thoroughly pulverize the soil
without disturbing the sod. In preparing
ordinary stubble for turnips, two Or three
times going over with this harrow will
make it as fine as seed bed 1t is not
one of the least recommendations of this
implement that it requires loading to the
amount of the weight of an ordinary
man. This will commend it to farm Ia
borers to whom narrowing is not, as a
general thing, an attractive employment.