American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-10-05
NEW TWo-WAY PLOW
One of Recent Additions to I'M
proved Farm Machinery.


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Il College,
The two-way pillow II one OF the most
recent additions to improved farm
machinery. and there II no question
but that It has come to stay. The
sidehill, or reversible pillow. has been
n use some time. II has done very
good work In It's place, but it Ii not
: pillow for level land. From the time
the carly side-hill pillow was flrst In
troduced, until the present time. there
has been 4 growing demand for q
two-way plow that will turn level land
~ well az side-hill land.
The side-hin type Of plow has but
. single moldboard, which is reversi-
Bile; that 10, when one side IL up, the
furrow 10 turned to the right, and
when the other side Is up. 1t is turned
to the left. With . pillow OF this kind
he operator II able to begin blowing
ct the lower side and across q 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
or 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 70 as to make a right hand
pillow cut Of 1t, In going one way, and
q left hand pillow out Of 1t in going
the other way. This type Of pillow
makes It possible to begin blowing
on n side Of the field, finishing all
the work as 1t goes, and keeping all
the 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 pillow. 1t
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 Is
known as the two-way pillow, which is
Of the m~oldboard type. 1t is of
double pillow 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 n pillow in going across 1t. and
the other pillow in returning. One
horse walks in the furrow in going
n way and the other one walks in
the furrow coming back.
1Nh~ oIvon<o-~ - A. 49, - |
are as follows:
l. The land Is practically as level
after blowing as it was before. There
are no dead burrows or back burrows
in the entire field. This is especially
important In connection with the
blowing Of irrigated land, as 1t saves
a great deal of labor and expense,
which Is usually required in leveling
the ridges and filing the back fur
rows.
2. The operator begins blowing on
n side of the field and finishes as
he goes, thus keeping all plowed land
In n body. This makes narrowing
easier.
3. 1t is easier on the horses. One
horse does not have to follow the fur
all the time. There is no extra
travelling GRO the ends.
4. The horses do not turn on the
plowed ground.
5. There is no chance for poor
to be raised in and along dead
burrows.
9. The two-way pillow can be used
as a complete one-way pillow If desired.
Some of the two-way plows are suf-
hcfently adjustable to be Used for
blowing not only the level land. but
also hillsides.
Three of the two-way plows have