The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-13
The Way 40 PIow.

int why - EAoHs
Under the above heading, S. E. Todd.
Gan expert In agricultural mechanics)
writes:
The correct test of good blowing con-
sists in adjusting the pillow and the traces
in such manner that the implement
will glide along smoothly. When the
plowman must exert even a small amount
OF strength TO hold the pillow, he may rest
assured that the implement is not made
according TO the correct mechanical
principles, or that the clevis is not pro-
perry adjusted, or that the traces, or the
draft chain, should be shortened or made
longer, or that something is wrong.
When everything is of the right shape
and adjustment, the pillow will tell that
fact by the manner in which it runs.
Were my eyes b'indfolded, l shsuld
experience little difficulty in finding the
proper adjustment of beam, cievis and
wheel, length of traces and length of
whifi trees, for the reason that the touch
OF the handles will always indicate what
Is right and what is wrong.
When a pillow is received from the
manufacturer, the beam seldom stands
in the true line of draft with the face of
the land side. Sometimes the correct
line OF draft is parallel with the face of
the land side; and in some instances the
proper line of draft will be trihe to the
right or the left of that line Now, let
Ia hitch TO new plow and note some of
the essential requisites. 1t is proposed
to pillow sod ground to a given depth of
seven inches. We want the fUrrOw slices
as straight as line, and the edge of each
one tapping beautifully on the margin
of the previous one. Ia order to have
the furrOw slices turn easily and uniform
ly, the pillow must be adjusted to cut
broader than the depth. There is no in
variable rule for regulating the breadth
of the furrOw slice, when the depth Is
given, tor the reason that some plows are
SO constructed that they never can be
made TO turn satisfactorily, when they
are driven more than four, five, or six
inches deep. Other plOws will turn the
furrow slices beautifully when driven
ten inches deep, provided the slice is not
so wide that the pillow can not break it
allloose from the subsoil.
We secure the VIII fl 4trees to the clevis
The double-tree should not be
over two feet and six inches be-
tween the points where the single
trees are attached for the reason that,
if the double-tree is one inch toe long Tor
1t the OK yoke is too long the draft will
haul the pillow too far "tO land, 50 that
the plowman will be Obliged to exert
more or less strength to counterfeit
that unnatural tendency of the pillow.
If the double tree is too long, let the
single-tEees be placed farther toward the
middle. When two horses or mules are
stsnding side by side. one in the turrow
and the other on the unplowed ground,
80 that thew do not lean against each
other, the distance from the centre of
one back to the other viii represent the
correct length for making the double
VIII faslEse. Next, let traces be adjusted
to such length that when the SINGLE
trees drop suddenly to the ground, they
will not strike the heels of the team
This will always be found a reliable rule
for securing the correct length of traces
Never give traces greater length than
this, ii it lis desirable to have team work
with the greatest possible ease. Suppose,
for example, that the double-tree, or the
ox-yoke is ten feet long, where will the
pillow run Suppose, also, that the draft
chain, or the traces, are twenty feet in
length, why will the team be required t.
exert more strength to draw the pillow
than If the traces were so short that the
VIII fiistrees would just clear their heels
Any intelligent school boy can readily
answer these questions.