THE YOUNG FARMER'S MANUAL. 

 FlG. 145. 



HERALD AXD TOMPKIXS' PATENT IROX HARROW. 



iron it is less liable to clog than harrows having wooden frames ; 

 it is more substantial than wooden-frame harrows ; the teeth can 

 be taken out, and sharpened, and replaced, much more readily ; 

 and it is a neat, farmer-like implement. 



HABROWING. 



490. Sod ground should always be harrowed the same way 

 that it was plowed, so as not to tear up any sods, unless the 

 coulter harrow is used, when the harrow may be run directly 

 across the furrows, or diagonally. In harrowing stubble that has 

 just been plowed, harrow across the middle furrows the first time, 

 in order to level the ridges, and fill up the middle furrows before 

 the grain is sowed or drilled in. Some farmers never harrow 

 their land before sowing, be it ever so uneven and rough. But 

 I never feel that grain is well put in if the soil is not harrowed 



