Ploughs for Special Uses. 



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styles, and different manufacturers competing for pref- 

 erence, it is a natural question to ask which is the best. 

 There is no complete answer that can be given to this 

 inquiry-. Nearly all of the leading st\-les are of prac- 

 tical use, and each has its own peculiar and individual 



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merits. In cenain soils and for certain purposes, one 

 kind of a plough will often be found to do the work 

 and answer the purpose in view better than another, 

 while, under different conditions, the latter might be 

 decidedly the more ser\'iceabie of the two. 



All the different makes now in favor are good, and 

 some are known to be specially adapted to certain 

 kinds of work. For example, a mould board that lifts 

 and turns the slice ver}- gradually will operate easily, 

 and turn the bottom-side uppermost with the least pos- 

 sible disturbance of the earth : — a shorter mould board 



