The Raymer enterprise., 1911-09-28
new TWo-WAY PLoW
One Of Recent Additions to I'm.
proved Farm Machinery.
One Of Many Advantages Of ImpIeme Mt
Is That Land 10 Practically as
Level After Flowing az
It Was Before.
BY H. NJ Banner. Colorado Agricultur.
al College

BY H. n. Banner. Colorado Agricultur.
al College
The two-way plow Is one OF the most
recent additions to improved farm
machinery. and there is no question
but that 1t has come to stay. The
sldehill. or reversible plow, has been
In use some time. It has done very
good work In its place. but It Is not
plow for level land. From the time
the early side-hill plow was first In.
troduced. until the present time. there
has been growing demand for a
two-way plow that will turn level land
as we'll as side-hill land.
The side-hill type Of plow has but
single moldboard. which Is reyersI.
BILE: that Is. when one side Is up. the
furrow Is turned to the right. and
when the other side is up. 1t is turned
to the left. With q plow Of this kind
the operator is able to begin plowing
at the lower side and across slope
and turn all burrows down the slope
aiding In the turning Of the land. The
type OF moldboards necessarily used
on the slde-hill plow Is not Of the prop
er shape for turning level land.
The reversible disk plow has been
on the market for some time, and with
this one disk does the work In either
direction. In turning the team around
at the ends, the angle of the disk ls
turned so as to make a right hand
plow cut Of 1t. In going one way, and
left hand plow out Of It In going
the other way. This type Of plow
makes 1t possible to begin plowing
on one side Of the field. finishing all
the work as 1t goes. and keeping all
the plowed land n one body. The
principle Of this type Of disk Is all
right. but for many classes OF work
the disk plow does not do such good
work as the moldboard plow. 1t
must be considered as the best plow
for bard. dry land, but for the average
humid and irrigated sections the
moldboard plow is the best.
At the present time there are sew.
eral companies manufacturing what is
known as the two-way plow, which is
Of the moldboard type. 1t is OF
double plow construction. carrying a
right hand and a left hand plow on
the same frame. only one Of which can
be used at once. With this pillow the
farmer begins on one side OF the field.
using one plow in going across It. and
the other plow In returning. One
horse walks in the furrow in going
one way and the other one walks In
the furrow coming back.
The advantages of the two.way plow
are as follows:
l. The land is practically as level
after plowing as II was before. There
are no dead furrows or back burrows
In the entire field. This is especially
important in connection with the
plowing OF irrigated land. as It saves
a great deal OF labor and expense
which is usually required In leveling
the ridges and filling the back fur.
rows.
2. The operator begins plowing on
one side OF the field and finishes as
he goes, thus keeping all plowed land
In one body. This makes narrowing
easier.
3. 1t is easier on the horses. One
horse does not have to follow the fur.
rows all the time. There Is no extra
travelling across the ends.
4. The horses do not turn on the
plowed ground.
5 There is no chance for poor
crops to be raised In and along dead
burrows.
8. The two.way plow can be used
as complete one-way plow II desired.
Some OF the two-way plows are SUI.
iciently adjustable to be used for
plowlng not only the level land but
also hillsdes.
Three Of the two-way plows have
been successfully tried out on the
Colorado Agricultural college farm.