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slice 8 inches deep and 16| inches wide. The handles were unusu- 

 ally short and upright; if longer and more nearly horizontal, the 

 plow would hold somewhat more easily. No. 10 cut a slice 9 inches 

 by 18, and did good work, but was rather hard to hold. 



J. Means & Son, Augusta, Nos. 2^ and 3—1. Van Kuran & Co., makers, Boston. 



Rather convex mold-boaids, with scour equally. No. 2| differs 

 only from No. 3 in having a wooden beam instead of one of iron. 

 The iron beam is too short, preventing the steady motion of the 

 plow, and tending to throw it by an irregular motion on the point. 

 The wing forming the rear end of the mold-board spreads too wide, 

 pressing against the sod unnecessarily, and hence, by throwing the 

 plow to the left, rendering it hard to hold. With these exceptions, 

 it appears to be a very good plow, and did good work — the form of 

 the mold-board, aside from the spreading wing, being excellent. 



Holbbook's Universal Plow. 





Framework of the Universal Plow, with mold-board detached. 



