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erally preferred for stony lands, but the steel plow is better adapted to soils that are of a 

 sticky character, like certain clays, or soft, mucky soils, that adhere to the share in turning a 

 furrow, and with care, will prove the most durable for general use, even on stony fields. The 

 &quot; chilled &quot; plows, which are produced by pouring a fine quality of iron over an iron chill or 

 mould, giving them a hard temper and rendering them very durable, are also very good for 

 all uses. 



IKON BEAM PLOW. 



OSBORNE PLOW SULKY. 



The sulky and gang plows, so extensively used on large farms in the Western States, and 

 to a certain extent in New England, are admirably adapted to perform the most perfect work 

 with facility and rapidity. The ease vrith which the operator performs his task with one of 

 these plows, as well as the amount of work accomplished per day, forms a peculiarly-striking 

 contrast with the excessive labor and rude implements with which our forefathers tilled the 

 soil, and are an index of our nation s progress in the art of agriculture since that time. 



Every farmer should 

 have farm-implements adapt 

 ed to the different uses of 

 his avocation, and among 

 none of such implements is 

 this adaptation more essen 

 tial than in the choice of 

 plows, since the yield of 

 crops will depend largely 

 upon the manner and thor 

 oughness with which the 

 plowing is performed. If 

 the plow is a poor one, not 

 adapted to the kind of work 

 to be accomplished, the plow 

 ing will be very poorly done. 

 It should be of the proper 

 form and good material, the best being the cheapest in the end, since it will perform better 

 work, and last longer than a cheaper implement that will soon wear out or break. Besides, 

 a plow that is perfectly adapted to the purpose desired will not only perform better work, 

 but that work can be accomplished with less labor and expense than with a poor plow or one 

 ill adapted to the kind of work for which it is used. It is therefore necessary that the farmer 

 have good plows, and those of different styles for the various uses in tillage. Some farmers, 



FUSED FOOT, STEEL POINT. 



