, 1874-02-06
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS IN ENGLAND
AND AMERICA.
70 tte Editor af The Chicago Tribune:


SIN II +" Atidd1omnn !" will refer to the " Re-
ports upon Trlals of Flows" printed by tho
Royal Agricultural Society of England, ho will
find tho statements i'll my letter OF tho goth ult.
to bo correct.
1t is quito evident that hIr. " "NIidlleman
never was present at ono OF thcao tria1s, neither
has 1io sccn q modern English plow ut work. or
lie would not havo diserotlitcd my assertions.
Many of your Ioadcra are well acquainted with
tho perfect form and working Of these plows,
md know TINT tlloy cut md turn the soil with
tho lcaHt possible resistance. But tho form OF
tho American plow cn,lses it to lift the Garth
with nuch m extreme wcdging pressure upon
tho aharo md tu17,-furrow that it requires great
effort on the part Of the p1owan to guido it and
1nalo it coar itB work; whi1o it ia not uncoln-
mon to SEQ the English plowman walking BY the
aido Of hH horses, as tho r1ow glitles steadily
along, maintaining tho Same width and depth OF
furrow tho whole length of The field, and that
without being held by tho plowman.
AIr. " 11iddlcman" may 1ayo heard somo
ono say that the English farmer gots his general
supply Of implements from this country md
Bupposo it suits hiB business to believe It. aud
tell his custonora such Ia the caao. But can
aesurc your readers TINT this is decided mig
take; for to sond tho c1asH of implements and
glaul would 10 useless. I have for fifteen years
Gcon manufacturer and dealer in agricultural
machinery in TINT country 1nd, although did
business in orory county, and nearly oyery town
from America, TINT could tiul anything Of Il sale,
wcro Woods reapors and mowers, mud these have
very limited patronage compared with what nro
manufactured i'll England. It il well known
that no country in tho world IL III 30 high stato
Of cultivation rs England, aud any ono invosti-
eating tho matter wifi find that hor agricultural
implements and machinery keep full pace there
with.
I do not mnko these remarks with bigotea
ilea that thoro III nothing here equal to tho Old
Country; for am we'll awaro that VIC l,avo many
clasuoB OF machinery hero fur Ill advance Of En-
gInud. But, now that oslr farmers aro looking
after their interests, and uniting into powerful
bodies to transact their own business, thinls it
high time for ni Of them to know TINT tho plows
mud other implements they have been Obliged to
tse nro not 80 1ienr perfection as represented ;
md, to illustrate the Hubjcct, must tell them
wlat great progreHs has been mado in 4 country
agricultural implements Inns becn tho rulo wlilo
hero they hive been ground down by Il rtiuous
| monopoly.
| Whit Is tormod cultiyator in England is MI
| implement varying FROM 3 10 feet in width,
Which has about tho same effect OH tho soil es
| the American llow. In fact, it leaves moro
| regular surface aud bottor seod-baa than any
| pl0wing 7 have. seen hore. It is light
| Ill utanBnE. anu Gnu Ch6la4 pG Hlhun JOE
tho attendant to ride OIL the implement. This
would ho q very important machino for our
Western farmers for, IT tic class Of work per-
formed by their plows Is good enough, why not
hnyo an article TINT will execute three times tho
quantity Of work III tho day9 Alany will say tho
Implements hero alluded to will not work in this
soil. My reply is, I am no novice in tho trade,
and bayo seon enough to ltnow they will worl;
better than unything have seeu hero in general
| ueo. ~,
Relative to Tic trials ut Vienna, believe tho
| New York papors stated at tho ti,ue TINT the
English plows took the first prize. Thoroforo
think Iii. "Miadlcman must hayo been nisin-
formed. trust ho will not be discouraged, but
SEQ 1t to his interest to onlBt lnto tho advance.
guard, whose motto ig, " 1.-Two and let livo.'
Union is strength, and they aro already some
hundreds Of thousands strong. With proper
mon for their leaders, ho need not fcar any oil
tho troubles lo has referred to. Many aro look
ing for tho time (Which may not bo far distant
when mid1leluon will be left fur IN tho rear, aH
thing only belonging to tho dark days Of tht
past. ]. 3.
CHICAGO, Feb ), 1874.