Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-11
THE FARM AND HOME.
VALUABLE POINTS ON THE
MATTER OF FLOWING.
One OF the Easiest Parts of Farm Work y
The Desirable size Making Conn
post Farm Notes and
Home Hints.
Points ON Flowing.

| Hoints ON IIOwtnE'
Here are few points which il vel
carried out make OF plowlng one OF
the easiest as we'll as pleasantes
parts OF farm work, The first thing
must be good team -one that car
be made TO work right together, and
not be half length apart; team quick
and easy to the bit and that when
you strike stoae do not either sci
back in the collar or lunge ahead. bur
steadily hold onto their pull ON your
| pillow, such II team Us this cun be
driven rs straight rs line can be
drawn, Next to perfect team comes
Il good pillow, and in this day one can
| not well go amiss for the skill OF
manufacturers has given Us "a first.
class pillow select of whom you may.
10 many and perhaps most farmers
the team and plow in perfection
/ would seem to DO all that was re.
quired. and 10 take the field and 20
ahead is ali right and Il tine piece 81
OF blowing would be easily done But
there are several things yet that III
not needed woula spoil the whole OF
the first two points. The manner OF
hltching to pillow and how you han.
die II are OF far more Importance than
all other things combined. A short
time since ! saw farmer blowing
and 10 watch his motions one would
think he was training for wrestling
match by the positions he took with
legs and arms Becoming somewhat
interested | went into his field to sec
where the trouble lay says a writcr
IN the Country Gentleman lie had
plow that was made 10 cut a lurrow
Of from Ii to IL inches and was
using set OF viii iletrees that mad IN
eyener feet 2 inches long. Iii.
team drawing irom center were
calling for that pillow 10 tuko a fur.
row al least "a inches wide. ana ID
avoid this he was running the plow
rooted on To the landscape 10 keep IL
somewhere near its width Of furrOw
Besides his team we're as near tho
plow as possible aud not hit the
whltfetrees with their heels ana 10
get the depth he wanted he had
hitched his team next To tho too
notch Of the pillow clevi4. which put
his pIow on the point al tho first
move.
Here were two mistakes that II
would make such differ.
ence that this man could step III b.
hind the same pillow and team ana
hardly realize he was doing any work
except TO walk along ana start IN Il,
tho end Of his furrow Ills opinion On
blowing was that IL was tho hardest
work on the farm. 10 convince him
70 tho contrary sawed his oyener
down 70 ~ inches ia length. ana NJ
nut ms traces or tugs two holes max
ng from to > inchcs In length.
This gave Us Il chance ID put fhe
HhlH!etrces into tine hole III the nfow
,Iev.s that drew from near the lower
.ide OF the beam ana stu ret tho
lapth wanted. The shorter cycuer lgf.
rs pIow TO set level to the ground
md the draft az pillow cleyis leYelrI
in tho other direction. Tho took
i establishment on the mans ia.o
when he cut his next furrow showed
Of what no thought about
little study on the matter Or how -
itch TO pillow.
Here Is Il good outline FOR rcttfng
eady to plow Measure your plow
rom the rear Of mold. board 10 Ina
,idth OF and-side-this gives width
| burrows it cuts; use On evencr
vice the length OF this measure. Set !
ne wheel in notch that gives the :
epth you want Let your team out
harness 50 their draft brings tho
heel Just fairly solid to Tho SOIL and
GU are in shape provided you have !
good team TO do good work easily
ever attempt TO lag out lana 10 y
low without measuring il oil first. I
nd set stakes to line your Grst Il
lrrows. Make yourself believe II
osslblo that straight furrow 0r
raight row Of corn or potatoes Kill :.
row a better crop and you will soon !
ecom9 an expert piowman.
ould not piow land and 20
'ound u especially to turn 10 2
II and with my team Cwhen "
e soil IS Just turned up light and
~ tread II all down so hard that Il G
never narrowed sufficiently to make q
mellow like the rest OF the geld
ever quit a piece until you have nut g
9 earth furrow up in the dead fur. n
". in starting back furrow the
81 two burrows should be cut only II
out one-half The depth that YOU in. n
nd to pillow. This does away with Il
lving % ridge across the field, do
same with the two sod burrows
d your dead furrow docs not leovo Z,
ditch in the field and when seeded =,
wn you will have a smooth. even
RACE for moving machine or
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The Desirable Size. OF
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