The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-08


.lonc with great difficulty. and III
some sections ii could not be done at
all with the old style pGoWS. except
under favorable conditions. The new
kind II steel was like oil upon the
troubled waters. and proved itself
worth millions annually i" the farm
crS of the West. Its inventor was con-
tent with Il royalty Of about ) cents
on a pillow. YET this amounted t" Il
sum that would have made Jethr"
Wood one Of the wealthieSt men OF
his day.
sulky and Gang Plows.
Although >ulky riding plowS are
now emincutly practical implements
and are in general Use Throughout; the
West. brief period IF thirty or forty
wears would cover their development.
Twenty to thirty years Of ihlS time
were taken up by the invention amt
manufacture of various styles OF tine
old two-wheel Sulky. The three-WheeI
blows. now so popular. having been
made practical for general introduce
ton within the past ten to twenty
years.
So many patents were granted DUR
inr the reign Of the old sulky that
they present the aspect OF a patAleSS
wilderness. one tha: it Is unnecessary
to explore. 1t may be in order. how
ever. to notice briefly few OF the
pioneer patents on wheel ploWS or
those IN sulkieS which became popu-
lar. The first patent that appears III
;ni< class was granted to II. Brown
March 9th. 1911. and covers an ar
arrangement of pillow bases III gang.
The next iSSue,l TO +. GollthWalt.NoN.
26th. 1851. shows L p'ow with tW"
wheels supporting The forward en-"
Of the beam. the pillow being conStFuc-
tel substantially like wood beam
walking-plow. \ paten; was issued
TO {. r. Brinckerhotf. October lIth;
1853, on Il plow which was almost the
same in general form, though differ
mo in details Of construction and adj
ius:mcnt. Several patents were
granted on gangs prior to that OF NJ.
Turlev. Dec. 9th. 1856, which shows
4 Sullly with one base. During the
wears following. patents were issued
at frequent intervals to inventors IN
various parts Of the country, covering
the arrangement and adjustment OF
Su:ky and gang plows.
One Of the first sulky plows to be
made practical for introduction into
general Use WAS the Davenport. based
on pateAts issued 10 F. S. Davenport
Feb. 9th. 1861. for a gang ploW. Rob-
ert Newton. Of .JersevviI!e. ILL.,. IN
1864 converted one Of Davenport :
gangs into a three-horse pillow. with
ono-<iXtcem:h-inch base. 4 three-horso
cvrner and roIlin" coulter. and used
!; successfully. making many improve
ments which were found necessary
such a. to change the position Of the
lancuc. putin" it between the laod
and horses. Mr.. Newton met with
many diScoura@ements, but perSever~
p,l and waS abe to sell tWentv-SlN
sul!Iv plow~ in 1865 in :he State OF
Illinois. From this small beginning
he saw the trade grow until III one
wear $4,000 plows Of this type were
sold bv one house. he having captured
in thc meantime 81 nut of lOI field
trial awards. Bv 1868 there were
several practical >ulkies in the field.
an! an important trial was held at
Dp> M,inr< in that year. Many 9TH
or trials were held in 'he wears fol-
lnwing. and at st. Louis in 1873. there
were sixteen Sulky plowS entered IN
cnmnetition. more than had ever be-
fore been brought ingethcr.
january 10Th. 1873. 4 patent was
GRANTED to Ciilpin Moore on a sulEN
i;a, br.amr widely k"nwn aS manu-
f'yrl;lrrl =; Moline BIZ Deere 4 ca.
May 2nd., 1876. 4 patcnt waS granted
". l.. CaSaday. reiSSuel N"v. 13. 1877.
on the famous Casaday sulky. made by