

THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



particular angle by means of the 

 crank "whicli stands up on the left 

 hand side of fig. 2 ; this is attached 

 by chains to the jointed irons on 

 which the levers and hoes are sus- 

 pended. There is also a swing 

 steerage to guide it exactly, as shown 

 in fig. 1. One of these which I saw 

 intended for seven rows, weighed 

 750 lbs., and cost £15. There are 

 other sizes up to eleven rows, cost- 

 ing £20, ($100.) It is said that a 

 horse, a man, and boy can hoe ten 

 acres per day at a cost of Gd. to Is. 

 English per acre. The cutting 



Fig. 2 



blades are made of steel, and attached by screw bolts and nuts to the stalks that connect 

 them with the levers. The whole affair is simple, and easily arranged by any workman. 

 The Patent Draff, Harroiv, and Scarifier. — Here is an implement which our farmers 

 may compare with their cultivators in use for preparing land for wheat and other crops. 

 It strikes me as a most efiective contrivance, and considering its weight and power, easily 

 drawn. It moves on four wheels, as will be seen from the cut ; and instead of handles 

 like a plow, as ours generally have, it is controlled as to depth of tillage by a lever, seen 

 on the top. The manufacturer says : " The principal novelty in this mvention is the 



GARRETT S HORSE-HOE. END VIEW. 



PATENT DRAG, HARROW, AND SCARIFIER. Fig. 3. 



frame at the top, suspended about six inches above the lower frame, parallel with which, 

 by means of a lever, it is moved backwards and forwards. This simple and easy move- 

 ment regulates the depth of the tines or prongs in the soil ; and as the implement does 

 not require lifting, (the frame of which is at all times the same height from the ground,) 

 all that is necessary to alter the depth of penetration is, a slight movement of the lever 

 above referred to, which changes the inclination of the tines. It will be found to answer 

 all the purposes of harrowing weeds and rubbish from the most foul lands ; most efliciont 

 for opening, raising, and pulverising the soil ; and as blades of different Avidths are made 

 to fit the tines, it may be used with great advantage as a skim to take off the couch, <fec. 



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