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mere imitation of the larger plows, which require them. In 

 small plows, the second handle is a useless and very inconven- 

 ient encumbrance ; but at the Fair of the American Institute 

 for 1857 not a single-handled plow was exhibited. 



The small one-horse plow (Fig. 18) should be of the same gen- 

 eral fashion as Fig. 15, but with a single and rather more upright 



Fig. 18. 



Small one-horse Plow. 



handle, from which a brace extends to the outer extremity of 

 the mouldboard. It may often be used in the second plowing 

 of patches in the garden, where a larger plow and double team 

 could not work, but it is chiefly used for furrowing and hilling. 

 The half mouldboard plow (Fig. 19), when properly made, 



Fig. 19. 



Half mouldboard Plow. 



is a rather narrower and fuller-breasted, but lighter plow than 

 Fig. 18, of the same general style, but with the hinder end or 



