, 1891-04-18

HN"NA'AN w ApN q SOAACll1uCO OAldA.
The fact is that Minor Horton holds the
field up to the present time.
FOwlers steamplough, introduced here some
twenty years ago, deserves also to be mentioned;
it came we'll supported, but the undertaking.
appears to have been too great for our smaller
space of operation.
The improvements in our plough therefore
that we should claim must be:
First, light but strong construction particu,
larly adapted for our ST fest kind Of soil.
Second, easy Of draft with-relfect work.
Third, not liable to get out Of order.
Fourth, easy to repair when needed, and
FIFTH, easy to change into the various forms
of implements, required for a given purpose.
The principal and most noteworthy features
IN the construction of the new plough before
You Is, that forged IRON takes the place of
wood, and forged steel that OF cast iron,
thereby giving them more lightness, tirmuess
aud durability IN comparison with the old
constructions
The ploughs are manufactured by a Ger
man firm named Rudolph Sack, was introduc-
ed in this island on one estate about three
years ago, has since been tried on several
other estates and, is at present, in this Island,
imported III a sufficiently large supply by Il
well known mercantile house.
l will now explain them in their different
parts,
1hey are wheeled HlOughS.
AS in the earlier history of tie plough, the
wheels were adopted to give the plough sup
port and, later on again discarded as not
necessary, so has now, this front car on
wheels again been adopted, in IN improved
form, and applied in such a way as to give the
plough perfect trmness of working when
properly adjusted the ploug h can, by the aid
of this front car, go through the soil with
scarcely any support from the plo ugh.
man.
The beams, with handles, are put together
OF two bars OF IRON IN such a manner that it
is nearly unbeatable.
To this is attached, with clamps. the skim
coulter and ordinary ~coulters, and, with two
bolts the main plough-body this is made Of
steel plates, fastened to a cast steel frame
with small screws, and SO are the left and
right SHADES, all made of steel. A small
coulter, placed in front of the skimcoulter,
will improve the work of the plough very
much, thereby forming a double acting plough,
the front one takes off one third or one half Of
the turrow, the main plough.body thereby
being relieved Of this much resistance and it
is able to leave the mould in a perfectly
broken condition.
Next is the transport car, q very useful ap-
plance, whereby the plough can, by itself, be
moved to the field of operation.
The plough can easily be changed into an
effective grubber, by exchan ging the plough
body for this ninetined apparatus, and into an
, excellent subsoil plough by making use of this
subsoil iron in the same manner.
There are many more useful appliances for
this plough too numerous to mention. l
will only refer the planters to the illustrated
catalogue of Rudolf Sacks universal steel
ploughs
The dragshoe can lie made to take the
place of the front car when it suits the kind
OF ploughing to be done.
The sidehill plough is, as the name indi-
Gates, intended for operation on hill sides, it
IS, In its present form, q splendid plough, and
can, with good results, also be used on level
land.
The vineyard plough is a small implement,
can be drawn by one animal, and is particular
ly adapted for wedding the cane banks and
moulding the cane stools.
A highly useful addition to any agricultur-
al implement, is the elastic draft Continuance
fixing it between the implement and the team
it insures security by its elastic property on
the Indicator, which can be taken off and
replaced at pleasure, can be read of, in Kilo.
grams, the resistance to overcome,
A still more complete power indicator, is
the self registering Dynamometer; it will be
particularly useful at trials where the quail
ties of different implements is particularly
wQntnd known with roUor ri RI 0ovuo r,oo1