Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-12-09
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How CAN rHF DRAFT roRcr or FLOWS
sE MEASURED The pocticAl sentiments Of
plowmen, the old and the new. are express
ed in the following couplets -
He, who by the plough would thrive.
Himself, must either hold, or drive"
Those who BY the ploe would live.
Thought, to it. form and force, must give.
The draft force, or the strength OF team
required TO draw a ploN. disk harrow, NOW
er. tedder. &c, j. ascertained by an in
strument called Dyaarsop.oter-a measure
Of power. strength, and force. Il is so ar
ranged that the power applied moves
strong spring and at the same time an index
hand over graduated scale, in which IL
marked in pounds the force e1erted.
Il Is well known to plowmen that with
rlovs Of equal size cutting the same width
and depth Of furrow, some make a great
deal harder work for the team than Others,
and are NOR, laborious and difficult TO hold
How much harder. or whether the defect
was in beam. mould board, land side, point
cutter wheel, OF in the general whole they
could not tell The resistance vas over
come by adding more team. A. most farmer.
had two, often three yoke Of heavy oxen.
Nov, when so many rlow with a single
horse, or al best. with a Light span. an easy
gong pillow has become a necessity.
Il !. a necessity which knows no law"
and in obedience 10 it, demands a great
deal ofhrs,-class inventive genius is now
directed TO the production Of plows Of easy
drah. light, strong, durable. and requiring
but llttle effort 10 hold Through a long
road q careful thought and experiment,
piows are now constructed which accom-
pllsh the true ends Of blowing. pulverizing
power with easy draft
Few are prepared for the results which
dynamomsier tests have developed in re-
gard TO the weight OF the pillow. A pillow is
a. much harder 70 haul. as it is heavier TO
handle, the mere force necessary TO move it
is to the weight, as three TO four. Weight
is one Of the points Of superiority which
steel plows have over every possible form
Of iron plows.
Weight and structure are the chief fac
tors to be overcome by draft force. Dyn-
amometer tests show that with a pillow in
empty furrow, or on the surface OF leuel
ground, the draf, is three fourths Of the
weight; that is TO say. that pillow of 800
pounds weight, requires force Of 225 to
move it On an up grade, say Of foo, in
l0o.-the force is increased Ito, or from
22j, 10 pa pounds II the grade is sharp
er, say foot in 30-ihe draft is increased
l-3, or from pa, to 800 pounds.
The weight is a constant element in the
draft, requiring the same force 10 move the
weight when in cut, as when out This is
reighty matter to be well weighed BY every
plowman.
At trial made with 10 plows, each Of
difereni make. with the sane ~idih and
depth Of furrow repeated in different solls.
the difference vas - per cent. The Plov
of lishtes, draft required a force Of sol
pounds, that Of the heaviest. AL pounds
At another irial with "a plo~.. the drAh.
or resistance ranged from - pounds. %
<s3 pounds. difference q - pr cen;
Al thIrd trial. there rAs discr.Rcs q 20
per cent or from 100 pounds. 10 ss3 poah4s
Al fourth tral. depth q farrO- - aches,
the hardest sosas Plo~ Esqasrsd arsh
fores q 80 pounds. he sssisss- gainx. go
pounds. Al e trisl - ns-ing Hssshins.
each q the lssess. aaa most approved pat
tern. and .hsFe a1shiar -as lar.is.g 10 "a.
.-rs aosarsey. shs lighse.i rsnnias @o-er,
IN cut. reg4F-a ass pssaa. - assf fsrus,
,hs hssgisss. ~ poaals. the aszsssnes o,
g. gosnAs. h~sas sasicasai 10 rss4ifs a.
extra horse.
The-s dya3monsssr tsst. are de-.zusd q
prusses farmers To BE- prossessd thereby
lss th~m REFUSE 30 parchsse plS~s or NOE
srs. ~hich have 10 comparative dynam0ns
Ter tests u drsh. By - dong vast desl
o. man and ieAm-killiRs labor. And 0f '-rool
hog" plo-inx. can he saved.
Within . shArp-shoossr. range Of Out
table. ~e witnessed plo~ing performance
The plow ~as one Of the ungsinly sort
constructed violaiive Of ali dynamic Law
point. tsrn-sp aose, ssd blunt; the genera
whole, rusty. rickety. and rheumatic the
plowman q, an obtuse angle, advantageous,
10 exercise muscular skill; it vas "hart
up or 'hard down." as the plow's sheet
was on, or OF; it was in, and out-oftenel
out, than in; when the seWyying was con
cluded. the 'balks" formed the rule, ths
inverted sod, the exception.
The ascrobstic feat" was eye-witnesset
..scot-free."
CAN ONE CLAIM TO BE GOOD PRoyIDER
WHO GETS WOOD As IT 10 WANTED? Said
smart business man, with money to let
.never lend your name to one Who wears
dirty shirt over Sunday, or who never has
years wood-pile 1t his door.