The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-10-07
NEW TWO-WAY PLOW
One Of Recent Additions to I'm
proved Farm Machinery.
One Of Many Advantages of implement
Is That Land Is Practically as
Level After Flowing as
II Was Before.
BY H. NJ. Banner. Colorado Agricuitur-
ColieRA

BY H. NJ Banner. Colorado Agricultur-
al College
The two-way pillow is one of the most
recent additions to improved farm
machinery, and there is no question
but that 1t has come to stay. The
sidehill, or reversible pillow, has been
In use some time. It has done very
pillow for level land From the time
the early side-hill pillow was first in
troduced, until the present time. there
has been a growing demand for a
two-way pillow that will turn level land
as we'll as side-hill land.
The side-hill type of pillow 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 a pillow of this kind
the operator is able to begin blowing
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 sidc-hill pillow 10 not of the prop
er shape for turning level land.
The reversible disk pillow 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 is
turned SO as to make q right hand
pillow cut of 1t, in going one way, and
a left hand pillow out of 1t in going
the other way. This type of pillow
makes 1t possible to begin blowing
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 pillow does not do such good
work as the moldboard plow II
must be considered as the best pillow
for hard, dry land, but for the average
humid and irrigated sections the
moldboard pillow is the best.
At the present time there are sew
eral companies manufacturing what II
known as the two-way pillow. which 1;
of the moldboard type. 1t is O
double pillow construction, carrying {
right hand and left hand pillow or
the same frame, only one of which car
be used at once. With this pillow thu
farmer begins on one side of the field
using one pillow in going across 1t. ant
horse walks in the furrow In goinI
one way and the other one walks Il
the furrow coming back.
The advantages of the two-way plo,
are as follows:
l. The land is practically as levs
after blowing as It was before. Their
are no dead burrows or back furrow
In the entire field. This is especially
important in connection with tn
blowing Of irrigated land, as it save
great deal of labor and expense
which is usually required in levelin
the ridges and filing the back full
rows.
2. The operator begins blowing o.
one side of the field and finishes a
he goes, thus keeping all plowed Ian
In one body. This makes harrowin
easier.
8. 1t is easier on the horses On
horse does not have to follow the ful
rows all the time. There is no extr
travelling across the ends.
A. The horses do not turn on tn
plowed ground.
g. There is no chance for poo
crops to be raised in and along dea
burrows.
g. The two-way plow can be use
as a complete one-way plow If desired
Some of the two-way plows are su
ficiently adjustable to be used fc
blowing not only the level land, bu
also hillsides.
Three Of the two-way plows hav
been successfully tried out on til
Colorado Agricultural college farm