' ' The sluggard will not plow by reason of cold; therefore he 

 shall beg in harvest and have nothing,'' — Proverbs. 



CHAPTER V 



HOW TO MAKE PLOWSHARES 



'HERE are two kinds of shares: lip shares 



and bar shares, and they must be treated 



differently. We will first treat of bar 



shares. The first thing to do when a 



plow is brought for a new lay is to look 



over the condition of the landside. By 



landside is meant the bar to which the share is welded. 



Now if this bar is worn down so that you think it too 



weak to stand for a new share, then make a new one. 



HOW TO MAKE A LANDSIDE 



For a 14-inch plow take 2^ x ^, or 2^ x y\. For a 

 16-inch plow, use 2^ X y\, or 3 x ^^ common iron. 

 Cut the iron diagonally at the point. This will prepare 

 a point on each side of the cut; that is, you had better 

 cut out two landsides at a time. But if you do not 

 want to do that, then cat the iron off square. Next 

 take a piece of common iron Z'^V\> ^3 inches long for a 

 shin; cut this diagonally, and it will make shins for 

 two. Some plow factories use steel for shins, but that 



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