The Ordway new era., 1911-09-29
NEW TWO-WAY PL0W
One of Recent Additions to I'M
proved Farm Machinery.
One Of Many Advantages Of in,pieme nj
Is That Land 10 Practically as
Level After Flowing as
It Was Before.

BY II. NJ. 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
sidehill. or reversible plow. has been
in use some time. 1t has done very
good work In its place. but 1t 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 q 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
n single moldboard. which Is reversi.
BILE: that Is. when one side Is up. the
furrow ia turned to the right. and
when the other side is up. It is turned
to the left. With a plow OF this kind
the operator is able to begin plowing
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 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 is
turned so as TO make n right hand
p!ow cut of 1t. in going one way. and
left hand plow out OF 1t 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 II 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 rs the best plow
for hard. 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 p!ow. which is
OF the moldboard type. 1t Is Of
double plow construction. carrying n
right hand and n left hand plow on
be used at once. With this plow the
farmer begins on one side OF the field.
using one plow in going across 1t. 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 an follows:
I. The land Is practically as leve!
after plowins as 1t was before. There
are no dead furrows or back burrows
IN the entire field. This Is especially
important in connection with the
p!owing of irrigated land. RS It saves
n grca, deal OF labor and expense.
which Is usually required in level!ns
the ridges and filling the back fur
rows.
.. The operator begins rlowing on
one side OF the field and finishes as
he goes. thus keeping all plowed land
! In one body. This makes narrowing
! easier.
/ g. 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.
. There Is no chance for poor
! crops to be raised in and along dead
! burrows.
6. The two-way plow can be used
as n complete one-way plow II desired
Some of the two-way plows are suf
ficicntly adjustable to be used for
plowing not only the level land, hit
also hillsides.
Three OF the two-way plows have
been successfully tried out on the
Colorado Agricultural college farm.