The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-11-28
new TW0-WAY PL0W
One of Recent Additions to I'm
proved Farm Machinery.
One Of Many Advantages Of lmpIeme nj
10 That Land 10 Practically as
Level After Flowing as
II Was Before.

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. 1t has done very
good work in its place, but it Is not
q 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 well as sidehill land.
The side-hill type of plow has but
a single moldboard, which is reversi-
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 a slope
and turn all burrows down the slope
aiding in the turning of the land. The
type of moldboards necessarily used
on the side-hill pillow Is 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 right hand
pillow cut of 1t, in going one way. and
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
tho plowed land IN 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. 1t
must be considered as the best pillow
for hard. dry land, but for the average
humid and irrigated sections the
moldboard pillow is tho best.
At the present time there are sew
eral companies manufacturing what is
known as the two-way plow, which IL
of the moldboard type. 1t Is Of
double pillow construction. carrying 6
right hand and a left hand pillow on
the same frame, only one of which car
be used at once. With this pillow the
farmer begins on one side of the field
using one pillow In going across it. and
the other pillow in returning. One
horse walks in the furrow In going
one way and the other one walks ir
the furrow coming back
The advantages of the two-way pillow
are as follows
I. The land is practically as leve
after blowing as it was before. There
are no dead burrows or back burrows
in tho entire field. This is especially
important In connection with the
blowing of irrigated land, as 1t saves
z great deal of labor and expense
which is usually required In levelinl
the ridges and filling the back fur
rows.
2. The operator begins blowing OF
one side Of the field and finishes al
he goes, thus keeping all plowed lane
in one body. This makes narrowing
easier.
3. 1t is easier on the horses. On,
horse does not have to follow the fur
rows all the time There is no extr;
travelling across the ends
4. The horses do not turn on tn,
plowed ground.
8. There is no chance for poo
crops to be raised in and along dea,
burrows.
8. The two-way pillow can be use,
as complete one-way plow II desired
Some Of the two-way plows are sui
ficiently adjustable to be used 70
blowing not only the level land. bu
also hillsides.
Three of the two-way plows hav
been successfully tried out on tn
Colorado Agricultural college farm.