124 [Assembly 



Ides' Patent Cultivator was offered for trial by S. R. Trac^, 

 of Newark, Wayne county. This implement has been extensively 

 in use for several years ; it has 7 teeth 13 inches long below the 

 beam ; this beam rests on wheels and so arranged as to be raised 

 by levers, elevating the teeth above the surface of the earth, ren- 

 derino- its transportation from place to place as easy as any light 

 two wheeled carriage ; the levers work in notches on cast iron 

 ratchets whereby the teeth are elevated or depressed at the plea- 

 sure of the driver ; at this trial they worked at a depth of 2 J 

 inches, disturbing the whole surface to the width of the frame. 

 The draft was not acertained as no means existed for attaching 

 the dynamometer. The price is ^ 



Root's Cultivator was introduced by Rapalje & Co. This 

 implement has seven teeth with steel edges on a strong cast iron 

 shank twelve inches long ; the wheels are so disposed as not to 

 incline the cutting edge of the teeth to hold firmly to the soil- 

 The consequence was this cultivator did not perform its work 

 well. It was worked by two horses and a (5river ; the draft indi- 

 cated was 325 pounds, and the price Avas stated at §28. 



Killam k Valleau exhibited a Gang Plow which was entered 

 in the class of Cultivators. This implement consists of a frame 

 to which is firmly attached four small plows ; the frame is jointed 

 and so constructed as to allow it to turn in a small compass, this 

 is peculiar and well contrived, It is worked by three horses and 

 a driver ; on trial the furrows were cut 2 J inches deep, and nine 

 inches wide; the draft indicated was 450 pounds. The work 

 performed was good, even and free from balks. 



This implement does not belong properly to the class of Culti- 

 vators, for upon a recently plowed field, the work would proba- 

 bly be ragged and imperfect, not stirred and mixed as by the 

 usually formed cultivator teeth. It was regretted that no such 

 ground could be had for a trial. The implement appeared how- 

 ever to possess so much merit as to need this notice ; the price is 

 $30, 



