The Sidney herald., 1958-07-30
Modern Farm Equipment
Advantage to Farmers

The Schneider Sales of Drummer,
Ontario. the Eastern Canada Dis
tribufor for the Graham Plow Co.
Inc. with their many years of sx-
psrisncs in this business pass on
TO the farmers of this area some OF
the advantages that the Graham
Plow has for modern farming.
The GRAHAM CHISEL PLOW,
invented back in 1884, has been
doing a big job in soil conserva-
ton ever since, and today, with so
many years of experience built
into 1t, it rates second to none
where chisel plows are concerned.
1t is the Original Chisel Plow,
sometimes copies in appearance
but never equalled in perfor-
nance. To date. we have not had
ONE %" x /" shank break here
in Eastern Canada.
PLOWS with a mechanical lift.
The first reason is that if a lift
were to be designed to give the
long life, trouble free service your
GRAHAM PLOW will give you,
the cost of such a lift would be
out of all reason. Secondly, when
you need a mechanical lift most,
you quite often cannot use it. For
example, you must be in a for
ward motion, so if your tractor
slides into a fence corner, you get
stuck in a wet hole or caught on
a large root or shelf rock, your
mechanical lift is of no use to you.
If a lift is wanted rather than the
standard heavy duty levers, we
have a remote control hydraulic
lift that is in a class by itself for
simplicity and long life.
Our bolted frame is the strong
est frame possible. Also, it allows
the farmer to change any part
without the added cost of cutting
and welding. If an all welded
frame was best, surely all mould
board frames would be welded in
stead of bolted. But no matter how
good the GRAHAM PLOW is de-
signed and built. it is only as good
in the field as the man who oper-
ates it.
When we purchased our first
GRAHAM PLOW, the agent said,
sock her in and watch the crops
you get" Well, we found out it
would 60 into any type of soil no
matter how hard, but we could
not pull it. So shanks were re-
moved until we could handle it.
This proved a very costly opera
ton and also resulted in a poor
grain yield the following year.
With the result we have made a
cross country survey of how TO
get the most from the GRAHAM
PLOW.
All the successful users agree on
the following: Where wheat has
been put in on sod, the results
one hundred percent better
when the work was started right
after the hay wa taken off rather
starting in late in August or
September. In working sod it is
very important not to run too deep
the first couple of times. If large
pieces of sod are being torn free,
this would indicate you are going
too deep. The idea is Just to cut
It up, not tear it loose. About the
third or fourth time over, SWEEPS
should be used to give a thorough
of all roots.
Your last time over should be
your deep tillage. A guide for
depth is THIS: If a farmer has
been blowing at 6" deep with his
nouldboard pillow his pillow sole
pack will be anywhere up to 2A"
below this. So if his last time over
S 81 deep, this will crack the pillow
'ole pack and so allow moisture
o penetrate deep into the sub soil.
Always figure on your deep till
'ge from 2" to 3" deeper than
What the land had been previous
y plowed with a mouldboard
blow.
After harvest, cultivation is
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