The Meeker herald., 1910-03-26
IMPLEMENTS THAT ARE GOOD
THE CORRUGATED ROLLER


Much of our crop land will need
rolling III the very near future. There
Is no type of roller more generally
suited fpr this kind of work than the
corrugated roller. 1t is practically
new type and is not so well known as
1t Y4ould be. For crushing clods and
pWgerizing plowed field, 1t hardly
tfs,tsn equal. 1t does not tend to
push c'ods down into the loose earth
without crushing them like the
smooth faced roller.
Again, it leaves the ground surface
rouHh or corrugated, which prevents
the fsoil from blowing to any great
extent. The smooth faced roller
LEAVES the surface in a good condition
to 1iow. The smooth surface Is also
favorable to the greatest amount of
-vapbration. The corrugated roller
Very good implement for break
"a gusts or packed surfaces. This
kHment is usually made of cast
I, and, on account of It's great
weight, is expensive.
Tie Farm Mechanics Department
Of tue Colorado Agricultural College,
made corrugated roller last year
out II cement, which answered the
purpose just rs well as a cast iron
one, and showed no signs Of wear at
the end of the season. The cement
roller cost less than one-third that OF
the cast-iron one of the same weight.
THE Two-wAY PLOw.
Tits type of pillow has recently been
thoroughly tried out on the Colorado
Agricultural College farm; the results
havefbeen very satisfactory. The
two-way pillow has not been generally
used in fact there onlya few COM
panics manufacturing 1t at present.
Bysusing this type Of pillow all the
plow4d land is kept An one body. A
right hand pillow is used in going
across the field in one direction, the
pillow Us turned squarely around at the
end. 4nd left hand pillow is used In
comibs back, allfurrows being turned
In oH3 direction. Thus 1t will be seen
that Go plows, right hand and
left u e are both carried on the same
fratSe, only one Of which is used at
oncV. Other advantages of this pillow
ars:
b II leaves 70 back burrows or dead
burrows in the field; thus the ground
is practically as level after blowing
rs 1t WAS before. The horses do not
have to walk on the plowed ground
at the corners and ends. No time is
lost at the ends.
One horse does not have to walk In
the fuirow all the time. All the
plowed land is always in one body.
HARROW ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.
The harrow attachment is made to
be used In connection with the nlow,
usually of sulky or gang type. By
its use the ground is narrowed or
pulverixed as fast as it is plowed.
The farmer knows that there is no
time when plowed ground will pull
verize better than Immediately after
it has been turned. At this time no
moisture has escaped, and by harrow
ing at once, the ground is not only
better pulverized, but is placed in
condition to conserve the moisture
better.
by using this attachment in con-
nection with the pillow two field
operations are performed at once.
The field Is narrowed as fast as it Is
plowed and the crop can be planted
at once.
BY narrowing Mt this time less horse
power IL required to put the ground
in good condition. Ordinarily less
than one-half of the energy of one
horse is required to pull the harrow
attachment.-H. NJ. Banner, Colorado
Agricultural College, Fort Collins.