The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-07-15

plovs. about ~ per cent stated that
they use horse-drawn gang plows. and
u per cent reported the use ~ tractors
for blowing
i6-lneh svlky Pio~s Popular.
A large majority Of the farmers use
iGinch sulky plows. nearly all 81
them with three horses In the spring
Three acres il an average days work
for this outft. For the comparatively
few farmers using i4inch sulky plows
with three horses IN spring. blowing
about three acres j. an average DAYS
work. While theoretically the iGinch
pillow should cover about II per cent
more ground In the same length Of
time, this apparently has not been
found true IN practice
Four.Aorse Teams Preferred
The greater number OF -four horse
teams and even some horse teams
on l4-inch sulky plows for fall pillow
Ing " accounted for by the fact that
blowing In the fall is usually about one
inch deeper than In the spring. and
also by the fact that the ground IL gen
orally dry aud hard 20 turn. On an
average. outfits ~ the same sire cover
about half acre less per day In the
fall than In the spring. due not only
20 the more difficult conditions men
TONED above. but also 10 the fact that
the time spent In the field IL about two
thirds Of an hour less per day in the
fall.
As Is the cae In spring blowing. the
liinch pillow seems 20 cover practi-
cRlly as much ground per day as the
l6-inch sire. provided both are drawn
by the same number OF horses. The
addition Of the fourth horse increases
the efficiency Of the unit by about 10
per cent and the addition Of the NTH
horse 10 the l6-inch pillow results In
a similar increase. Excepting under
favorable conditions sulky pillow
seems 20 be somewhat 81 an overload
for three horses Of the size and type
used on these farms.
Many Gang Plows Used.
over $50 men reported using horse
drawn gang plows on their farms.
About so per cent Of these plows have
ii-inch bottoms Most ~ the remain.
ing plows have i2.lnch bottoms. Some
plows with l3lnch bottoms were ~
ported. but the number was 50 small
that no figures on their performance
are given. over three fourths % the
men who use gang plows also reported
the use OF sulky plOws.
A comparison OF an average DAYS
work for l6-inch sulky plows and -
inch gang plows shows that 50 far NJ
horse labor II concerned the gang pillow
drawn BY four horses + the most efii.
cient unit In both spring aud fall In
the spring this OUTFIT covers one and a
quarter acres per day per horSe while
both the sulky pillow drawn by three
horses and the gang pillow drawn by five
horses cover one acre per day per
horse. Tire gang pillow drawn by siy
horses covers but nlne-teuths of an
acre per horse.
In the fan four horses with the gang
pillow cover TO- acres per horse. while
three horses on the sulky pillow and
Ave horses on the gang pillow cover 81
acre aud .9l acre per horse. respec-
lively. -Four horses on the sulky pillow
and six horses on the gang pillow cover
~ and rs acre per horse. respectively.
However. the gang IL evidently
heavy load for four horses In the fall.
excepting under favorable conditions.
The 2s-inch gang pillow II a somewhat
heavier load for six horses. the most
popular-slzed team used In the fall.
than II the iGlnch sulky for four
horses. but II lighter load than the
i6-inch sulky for three horses.
A. far as man labor II concerned.
the gang pillow drawn ~ six horses l..
OF course. the most efficient unit both
In the spring and fall. hut when horse
labor as well rs man labor il con
sidered. II II seen that the advantage
OF this largest unit Is somewhat les.
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