, 1872-07-27


manufactured by Messrs. John Fowler &
Co., of Leeds-of which the one, we in
tend here to describe belonging to Messrs.
Mac William and ]. Farrelly, is a sample
for agricultural purposes in England and
on the continent IN Europe, attracted the
attention q few years ago Of some enter
prising planters 10 South America, who
very justly considered that if such a sys-
tenn were successful in England, where
there is an abundance of labour, it must be
still more advantageous for a sugar estate
where laD0ur is scarce and inferior. The
first essays, however, where not very sue
c~essful it soon became evident that the
implements in use in England and on the
Continent Of Europe were unsuited to the
requirements of a c~ane-piece. To any
body who knows any thing at all about
q cane field this will not appear surprising,
as the difference between the cultivation
Of the cereals and the canes is obvious.
The distance between the row of canes
varies considerably in different countries
and in different pieces of the canes !; with
US, according to our present system of
planting, which has been found the only
successful one, it may be set down at S
feet, the plants being placed about 9 or
4 feet apart. To open up the ground for
this description of planting, a very power
full plough is required, together with en-
gines and tackle in proportion. These re-
quirements have for some time been sup
piled by Messrs. Fowler & Co., with very
satisfactory results in many Of the other
Westindia islands, especially in Trinidad
Cuba and Antigua, the entire machinery
having been remodeled for that particular
description of work. The whole machi-
nely, such as it last Saturday week pro-
ceeded through an " immense -
the curious" with flying %colors, and sue
as it has now been most successfully work
ing at Lower Love, consists of two engines
of IA horse power each, and weighing
each 10 tons, supplied with winding gear
beneath the boilers. They are worked
on opposite headlands at the ends of the
field to be ploughed, each alternately draw
ing the plough towards itself, the engine
not in work paying out the rope, and at
the same time moving forward in position
for the return of the implement plough or
cuItivator). The plough is n OF re-
CURED to turn round at the end of
the Journey, as the one set of sha res there
are 4 shares or ploughs to each hand or set,
turning a furrow of 8 inches width, 10 to
10 inches depth-a total width of SO inches
for one turn) upon which the %ploughman
and an assisting boy are sitting, is in opera
ton during the journey in one diTecrron~
and upon arriving at the end they have on
ly to change their seats to be ready for the
return journey for the other set. The form
of the beam to which the shares are attach
ed keeps the idle set of shares at a certain
elevation above ground while the other set
is at work. This plough is admirably adap-
ted by its size and strength to the heavy
work it has to perform, and has given the
greatest satisfaction.
Another very ingenious implement has
come out along with the plough, which can
be used, and has already been successfully
tried, for breaking up the land, and at the
same time, when not used as a grubber
there car be attached to the same frame
two ridging (or ''banking") ploughs, which
will make two banks each journey. This
is called by the %patentees a turning cult
%vator," and is especially adapted for being
worked by the same double engine system
which is used for the plough we have des-