The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18

Inc Prov ~ Htiu UN SupTbIhr Alah Wv ttt3
work once performed by tired hands.
The plowman only uses his hands for
holding the reins that guide his horses.
He can lower or elevate the pillow or
throw it ont of the ground by the press.
ure OF the foot These plows make easy
work for the team, and almost entirely
relieve the plowman from physical ex-
ertion.
With such plows we should naturally
expect much better blowing than was
done BY an implement whose body was
wood. which was covered with sticks of
wrought iron. and which was drawn
through the ground by slow-moving
and clumsy oxen. still many old farm
ers who handle these crude implements
in the Eastern States declare that ttcy
did better blowing with them than Is
done at the present time. Many foreign
ers who visited this country pronounce
our blowing very bad. They state that
English. Scotch, Belgium and Holland
farmers would not allow their fields &c
be- plOwed in the manner they Ordin-
arily are in this country, il they ,Ould
have the work done for nothing. Even
Canadian farmers crtiri-e our pillow.
ing. They stat that the owners of
large farms are too intent in getting
over the ground to- allow them To dC
good work 1t is certain that very cx.
crllcnt blowing is done on many Can
adam farms There are no ragged end
t. the plowcd field. a narrow heal
land 10 plowed before or after the re-
mainder Of the field is turned. The fur
rows are stra ght and ut almost equal
widths throughout the entire field. If
the pillow is thrown out by 4 stone. the
team is stopped and backed to the place
where there was IN Oh ira ton.
In the opinion Of many Cd and clos
Observers the manufacture and intro
ducti0n of excellent plows have not re.
suited in improving the quality Of our
! blowing. Perhaps, if we consider III"
matter. we shall not wonder that i'm
proved implements have not improved
the opcrat. on of blowing. Great skill
in any department Of haudcra!t = gen
orally acquired when very poor tools
are employed. The workman knows
that h" must exercise very great care OF
his Job VIII be 4 poor one TIA" per-
! sons who handle the poor >plnn ne
wheels and hand-lOoms in Ind 4 produce
-hawls and other goods un"1HaI"d by
those made in Europe and America by
the use of the b'~t machinery. They
become very drNtcrOu~. They acquire /
Il skill never Gained BY the operator III
any ENGLISH French or American mill. !
Tn ' I've their minds Ia the + work. |
The, do not expect that the poor ma
chimes W II hep them much in produc- |
inc superior cloth They rely Oh them
selves TO produce something truly eX-
rcllcat. They acquire sclf-cOHiidcncc !
4, well rs con,rtnmatr skill. 1t is more
than likely that superior plOwS have re-
su ted in giving rs ircleS' and unskIlI- !
ed plowmrn, who do p.owng int"riorto
that done with mu'h poorer implements
fifty year, ago.
During several wears there has APP
rarcntlv b on decline Of interest in
;hc matter Of good blowing. The sub
icct receives very little attention in the
agricultural paper, OF tn" country.
There ar. no LONGER any competitive
trials Of blows by our agricultural 50
cjetic-. At our state and county fairs
there are no blowing matches. n Wa
common only u few years ago. At one
time the plow.ng-match wa~ lead ng
feature AZ agricultural fairs. In many
cases there were prizes not only for the
be,t plowing. but for the lest plowmen
All pillow leans. At some fair there
wee blowing matches open only to
boy-. Flowing matches are St.ll very
common in European countries an
they attract more attemtion than ever
before \ paper published in Scotland
lately advert Srd over twenty plOwin@-
matches that were to oc"Ir in single
week. The pI0wing-match appears to
br an established in~t,tut, Oh IN Canadl.
In countr!c3 famous for 9pOd farming
an large crops tac interest in III" Ti"S-
ing match increa ;cs year by year. AIc
not tn" superior crops of Great Britain
ami Belgium larg .ly due TO superior
blowing? Has the displacement OF III"
plowing-nIatch at fairs by lh ''purrly
agr cultural hosS-:rot' added to the
weld of oar corn and wheat field?
Have improved p!ow1 improved our
plowing? Chi"a % Times.