The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-23


county farmer.
inquiries at the State fair yesterday.
Every farmer wanted to see the Hancock
Rotary Plow which. with Its discs OF steel,
plows twenty inches In width. using only
two horses, and Is the most wonderful In
vention of the age in plows. With two or
three horses. sixteen to thirty inches may
be plowed, making thirty-two to sixty
inches each round Of the field. doing
better aud moro work thar any pillow in
existence. No other sulky pillow can COM
pete with it.
The field trial given with this plow yes
terday was seen by more than Q thousand
farmers. and they were all enthusiastic in
It's praise. The draft is not more than one
half of that of other plows cutting the
same amour of ground.
Don't mind what 1 soy about this plow."
said Mr.. Hancock. the inventor. as the field
was being broken NJ. Look ut the plow.
IL will speak for ITSELF"
Farmers who had seen the plow work be-
fore yesterdays trial were not surprised.
but all the newcomers were. All arc
now ready to saw that lit will pillow in very
wet land and scour better. or In very dry
land will do better work, than any other
plow.v Those who have seen IL tested In
heavy clay soil will testify that it does
beautiful work
lafh Yesterdays exhibit the trial was made
in the field next to the fair grounds Oh the
south. Ii was sandy loan and not as diff
cult ground as Mr.. Hancock would have
liked. several persons, one after another,
modnted tho plow seat and drove about
the field. One of these was ID. w. Har.
court, of New Augusta, this county.
Nh. Harcourt said: II have . plow OF this
kind at home. 1t beats any pillow ever
saw. have seen it plow clover sod that
had not been broken for two years. 1t par
TALLY pulverizes the ground at the same
time. as on see."
Abel Mitchell. Bridgeton. Parke county
It's a great plow. l like the way 1t works
y. z. Rifner, Mount Summit. Henry coun-
ty-Don't think any pillow In this kind of
ground would turn up SO much ground, and
do il half so easily.
j. NJ. Armstrong, College Corner. o.
Does the work. sure as you live.
J. NJ. Troutman, MilIedgeville-Its q
dandy. | am q blacksmith and wagon
maker. If it comes into use in my neigh
borhood I'll be shut out of many o job of
Sharpening.
does the work well. This rotary turns
twenty-five inches and the Solid Comfort
sniky only sixteen inches. and this cuts
deeper.
Daniel Fisher-McCordsville-The Han
cock rotary plow has my hearty lnGOrse-
meut.
ly. and leaves the soil as good as though
liz had been gone over once by the harrow.
William Smith. McCordsvilie-lt does the
work admirably.
Ashley {. Johnson. Lafayette am m
mensely pleased with it.
w. J.. BraJtain. Nashville Different
from any other plow, and I'll say better.
Peter Stuck. Southport. Marion county
have one of the first made here. 1t works
well. Ii rolls right over stones. and roots
that 1t doesn't cut it goes over. If 1t gets
a nick 1t sharpens itself. It's q wonderful
j. M. Zion, Clark's Hill. Tippecsnoe
county-lt more than pIOws. 1t pulverizes
the ground and leaves IL as good as if gone
over once by the harrow.
Andrew McCoil, Epsom. Davies county
Beats any pillow / ever saw.
a. III. Virgins, Gre.ntield-An entirely
new idea. bnt does the work.
4. /. Grinley. Newport. Vermillion coun-
ty-It looks like perfection. Caps any
W. A. Evans. Lett'a Corner. Decatur
county- No other pillow l ever saw can CON-
pete with 1t.
j L. Daugherty. Danville-Knocks the
spots ont of any pillow ! eve saw.
n. Winchester. Danvllle-lts q grand
thing for the farmer.
.jabez Rhodes, Knightstown-Works mag
niticently; leaves the ground nice and pull
verified.
Does the work easily.
Albert Bell. Lawrence-The greatest
pillow | ever saw.
G. j. Murphy, Glenwood, Fayette county
"A grand success.
A.. HI. .Harcourt. New Augusta have
one. You can pillow four acres O day IN the
fall and five acres b day with 1t in the
j. P. Brewer, Darwin, Carroll county
That's u fine Job of plowlng. / like the
plow.
Elyin Rees. Thorntown-It certainly
would be q blessing To the farmer.
j. IL. Hodapp. SEYMOUR want tho
agency of that pl0w IN my county. 1t will
be in great demand.
C.. III. Brook bank, Connersvllle-Witbout
a doubt the best plow | ever saw. | think
ST all buy several of them and work them
together with a traction engine
j. L. Sellers, Oaklandon-lt's the pillow of
plows.
attach several of them to . traction engine:
the best pillow | ever saw.
Henry Lonman. Southport-Does perfect
work.
Merritt Hill. May wood-The most satis-
factory blowing l ever saw.
w. Fl. Castor. Nohlesyille-I have . thou-
sand acres and will have to try this plow.
1t does great work.
VIM. Adams, Jetfcrsonvilie-That's tho
best blowing / ever saw. This rotary plow
will do some things no other piow will. it
will never get afoul of q stump and goes
right over stones and heavy roots.
+. NJ. Rondebush, Noblcsviile-That pillow
does fine work.
j.. L. Clark, Morgantown-The most
satisfactory trial ! ever saw.
Samuel Hull. Liberty-Brsaks the ground