The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-11-02
REV TW0-WAY PLOW
One Of Recent Additions TO I'm
proved Farm Machinery.
Ore CO Nary Advantages of implement;
Is That Lard is Practically as
Level After PloSins as
u Was Before.

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al College
TIE two-vsy plow is cne Of the most
recent additions 70 improved farm
machinery. ard there is no question
but that il has come 10 stay. The
sidshiu. OF reversible plov. has been
In use some time. ], has done very
coed wurk in its place. but it is not
pow FOR level land. Prom the time
The early side-hll plo~ vas first in
uodUced. until the present time. there
has been . growing demand for a
two-Eay plow that viii turn level Land
as vel as side-hll land
Tie side-hiu type O. plow has bat
q single noidbczrd. which Is reversi-
BE. that is. Ehen one side is up. the
furroE is turned 10 the right. and
when the other side Is ID. il IS turned
70 the left With a plow o. this kind
the operator is able 10 begin p.oEinE
st TIE lower side and across a s,ops
and turn al furrows down the slope
aiding in the turning Of the land The
type o. uoldboards necessarily used
On tie side-hill ploE IS not Of the prop
e. shape for turning level land
Tie reversible disk plov mas been
CT the market fo- some tine. and with
this one disk does the work In either
direction In turning the team around
Al the ends. the angle Of the disk is
turned so as TO make a right hand
plow cut q Il. in going one way. and
a left hand ploE out OF Il in going
the cher way This type OF ploE
makes Il possible TO begin plowing
O. one side q the field. finishing all
TIE work as 81 goes. and keeping all
tie ploTsd land II one body The
principle q this type Of disk is all
right. but for many classes OF work
the disk plow does rot do such good
soTk as the moldbozrC plow. Il
must be considered as the best ploW
for hard. dry land, but for the average
humid and irrigated sections the
noldboard plo'E l. She best
Al the p-ezent time there are sew
srzl oonT anies manufacturing what is
known as the tvo-vRy plox, which is
o. TIE EIoidboard type. Il is Of
double rlow construction. carrying a
hight hs'' g left hand ploE on
the sane ---.- l,'g one Of which can
be used al once With this plov the
farmer begins on one side OF she field.
using one plow in going across q. and
the other ploE in returning. OSe
horse walks in the furroE in going
one way and the other one walks In
the furrov coming back
The advantages Of the tvoway ploE
are as follows:
/ The land is practically as level
after ploving as Il vas before. There
are no dead furroEs or back burrows
In the entire field. This is especially
Important in connection with the
blowing Of irrigated land. as II saves
4 great deal Of labor and expense.
which is usually required in leveling
The ridges and filing the back fur
rows
2. The OPERATOR begins plowing on
one side OF the field and finishes as
be goes. thus keeping all plowed land
In one body. This makes narrowing
easier.
, Il 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.
I. The horses do not turn on the
plowed ground
There is no chance for poor
crops 70 be raised in and along dead
burrows
s. The two-way plov can be used
as a complete one-way plow II desired.
Some OF the two-Eay plows are suf-
hoiently adjustable TO be used for
plowing not only the level land. but
also hillsides
Three Of the twO-way plows have
been successfully tried out on the
Colorado Agricultural college farm.