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plows do not break nor crumble the soil much, and may hence be 

 best adapted to light soils, rather than stiff clays. 



J. W. Hanson, Portland— No. 2i, 3 J, 4 and 9. 



These plows, in common with nearly all the others, are of good 

 material and well made. No. 4 cut a slice in sod ground, when 

 quite dry, 9i inches deep and 19 inches wide — after the sod was 

 softened by rain, the slice was 9| inches by 20. The sod was not 

 always handsomely laid; the mold-board is too concave, and the 

 plow is quite hard to hold, and apparently hard to draw. No. 3| 

 cuts a slice 9| by 20 inches. The earth is more pulverized than 

 by most of the others. 



Justin S. Doe, Boston — Union Plow. 

 This plow shows great ingenuity in construction, being intended 

 for both hill-side and level land. It carries two mold-boards, which 

 come alternately into use, as the implement passes and repasses. 

 The point and forward part are reversed as in the common side-hill 

 plow, and by a quick movement of a single second or two^ one mold- 

 board is thrown up out of the way, and replaced by the other. This 

 change enables the plow to do better work than could be accom- 

 plished by the same mold-board for both sides, and it performed far 

 better than any other side-hill plow on the ground, doing very fair 

 work on level sod, cutting a slice about 6^- by 13 inches, and laying 

 it over well and quite flat. On a side-hill of moderate slope, it cut 

 7| inches deep and 14 inches wide, doing good work. Its arrange- 

 ment admits of the application of stubble furrow-boards to the same 

 beam and skeleton, as used for sod-boards ; also, by the removal of 

 one bolt, and the left hand furrow-board, a subsoil furrow-board can 

 be applied in its place, which makes it a tolerably good subsoil plow. 

 It leaves no centre or dead furrow. It holds very easily. The only 

 objection to this plow is its complexity, and consequent cost — cost 

 of original purchase, and greater cost to keep all parts in repair. 

 Price, including all extras, $22.50. 



Kendall & Whitney, Portland — Lion Plow, Nos. 60, 61 and 10. 



These plows were distinguished for their rather convex mold- 

 boards. They did not bury the grass perfectly at the corner of the 

 sod — otherwise they performed fair work. No. 61 cut a furrow 



