Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-29

A party of local business men made
an. automobile trip yesterday to the
pineapple plantation OF the Hawaii
Preserving Company al Wahiawa for
The purpose OF testing and inspecting
the new engine pillow which the conf
pany has purchased Of the John Deere
Plow Works, Moline, ILL.,
The pillow, after thorough test I'M
der various conditions, was deemed a
decided success.
Much attention has, in recent years,
been given TO the evolving of a sue
cessiul traction engine and so-calied
engine gang piow TO be used in break
ing up and piowing the great wheat
fields Of Canada and the United
States.
A great international contest is held
each summer in Winnipeg, Canada,
during the industrial exposition, for
the purpose Of comparing the merits
OF the various engines and plows.
Scores are kept at this exposition for
the economy of fuel, developed horse
power at the brake-power at plow-
ing, etc., while the plOws are tested
for capacity of work, light draft, etc.
Such competitions naturally incite
every manufacturer OF plows.
In yesterdays demonstration the
planters and representative business
men of this island were given an op.
portunity of witnessing traction en-
gines pulling a John Deere disc gang
pillow on the plantation OF the Hawaii
Preserving Company, where the
ground was being prepared for pine
apples. w. L. Clifford, manager of this
company, recently came from Califor-
MIA, where these plows have been in
troduced with remarkable success,
and consented to a demonstration be-
ing made on his lands. Mr.. Clifford
expressed his approval of the pillow by
purchasing 1t, as 1t prepared the seed
bed better than was possible with any
type OF pillow formerly used, it is said.
One engine only is required for this
plpv. and but two men-an engineer
and one plowman. The six discs are
scraped to prevent the accumulation
that necessarily gathers on the mould
board pillow In such soil. These discs
in revolving turn under the trash and
cut up the soil into ten-inch strips and
further pulyerize 1t by the action of
the discs. A feature of the demon
stration was q l1arrow-and-land-pa packer
following the pillow, which finished the
preparation of the soil thereby IN one
operation. For this innovation credit
is due Messrs. Thot and KIeghorn,
who are in charge of the plantation
and are constantly alert for improve
ments. Their contrlyance worked out
beautifully.
Flowing was done from - to 14l
inches in depth and the method fol-
lowed was that most commonly en-
ployed On the states: that of making
so-called back-furrow and ultimately
blowing around this back-fnrroW until
the outer extremities of the field are
reached. The engine, thereby, is not
required to travel over the plowed
ground and practically the entire field
can be plowed without raising the
plows except at the first few burrows.
The Theo. H. Davies Company are
the general agents for the famous
John Deere line of plows. The inn
plement department is part Of the
hardware department of which George
II. Angus is manager. Mr.. Angus, who
was host at this unique gathering, has
also reorganized the imprement de-
partment and placed Joe Hedemann
in a position where he can give spe-
cial attention to the departments bust
ness and to be prepared to serve the
planters with the best that the trade
can provide and such other assistance
in this line as an expert is capable of.
w. L. Paul, who was sent from San
Francisco to demonstrate the new
plow, is the representative for the
John Deere Pillow Company for that
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