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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



BUCKEYE BOTATING HAHHOW. 



The above is a representation of the "Buckeye 

 Rotating Harrow," recently patented by Wm. 

 DeWitt and O. D. Barrett, of Cleveland, Ohio. 

 The toothed frame is made of suitable sized tim- 

 ber, halved together, and fastened by the teeth, 

 which have shoulders that come against the low- 

 er side of the timbers and nuts on the upper side. 

 The centre-piece, 1, is made fast to the toothed 

 frame by means of the cast plate, 3. The thim- 

 ble, 2, has a flange on its lower end, by which it 

 is firmly bolted to the draft bar, 4. The weighted 

 arm is held on either side of the draft-bar, and 

 at right-angles to it by means of a hook, as re- 

 presented. A weight of twenty-five or thirty 

 pounds is placed in the box on the weighted arm. 

 This weight causes the teeth under it to sink 

 deeper into the ground than the rest. As the 

 harrow is drawn forward, they meet with more 

 resistance, and consequently cause it to rotate 

 horizontally, pulverizing the ground completely, 

 requiring less force to draw it than it would, did 

 it not rotate. 



The advantages the patentees claim for this 

 harrow, are as follows : 



1st. It will do twice as much as the common 

 harrow in pulverizing the soil, without any extra 

 labor for the team. 



2d. It is the strongest harrow built, and does 

 not cost so much as the common jointed harrow. 



'Sd. It is adapted to all kinds of soil, and can 

 be operated like the common harrow, by taking 

 off" the weight. This is of advantage only in ref- 

 erence to newly turned up sod, requiring to be 

 harrowed with the furrows. 



4th. By the rotating motion, the teeth are 

 made to move in every conceivable direction. 

 Consequently, they sharpen themselves. 



5th. This harrow leaves the ground smooth 

 and even, as it is impossible to clog it, conse- 

 quently stones, roots, vines, or other things, can- 

 not be dragged along by it, to leave the ground 

 in furrows, as it frequently is by the common har- 

 row. 



Messrs. Nourse, Mason & Co., of Quincy Hall, 

 are making a few of these harrows for trial by 

 our New England farmers. 



For further information, address the General 

 Agents, Robinson & Co., 21 Bank Street, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Working and Thinking. — It is a no less fa- 

 tal error to despise labor when regulated by in- 

 tellect, than to value it for its own sake. AVe are 

 always in these days trying to separate the two ; 

 we want one man to be always thinking, and 



