CHAPTER XV 



Setting the Share on the Plow 



KNOWING how to drive the team properly and 

 make the hitch correctly are two points that deter- 

 mine good plowmanship. The other one is to know that 

 your plow bottom is in the right condition. The share is 

 the vital part in this work. If the operator is positive the 

 share has the correct shape for land suck and penetration, 

 he has little to worry about in making the plow work 

 successfully. A plow bottom operating correctly cuts 

 all the furrows the same width, the same depth, and 

 runs level. If the plow is not doing this naturally, some- 

 thing is wrong. The first thing to investigate is the 

 share. 



If the bottom has a tendency to rise when the hitch 

 is made where it always has been in the past for plow- 

 ing that depth, the plow share is worn rounding on the 

 under side, giving the share a sled runner effect. The 

 tendency is to work out of the ground instead of into it. 

 Sharpening the point is necessary to rectify this trouble. 



If the furrow bottom is uneven and full of gouged 

 places, the plow bottom is running on its point. If the 

 hitch is the same as it has been in the past for plowing 

 at this depth, the trouble is that the point of the share 

 is bent downward too much, causing it to move forward 

 with a jumping motion. This can only be rectified by 

 putting a gradual slope on the point. 



