vo. 15. 



THE FARMERS CABINET. 



237 



Cultivator, or Horsc-Hoe. 



In the eighth number of the Farmers' 

 Cabinet, we cave a brief account of the Cul- 

 tivator, an implement now coming into general 

 use, and recoiinnendcd in tiie highest terms 

 by all persons who have adoi)ted it in their 

 practice. In tlio article referred to, which 

 we copied from the Cultivator, it was stated 

 that a Mr. Bement, an intelligent farmer at 

 Albany, was engaged in making some addi- 

 tional improvements, by which the manufac- 

 ture ot these implements would be simplified, 

 and rendered more generally useful in the 

 culture of roots. From the same source we 

 copy the following statement. 



Fig. 64. 



Above is a figure or drawing of Bement''s 

 Cultivator, or Horse Hoe. It has been much 

 improved of late in manufacture as well as 

 by the addition of new fashioned points or 

 shares, which render it a very useful imple- 

 ment on the farm, and will be found particu- 

 larly useful in the beet culture, which is now 

 very justly engaging the attention of some 

 of our enterprising agriculturists. With the 

 aid of the Horse Hoe and Drill Barrow, the 

 cultivation of the beet may be made as easy 

 as that of corn or potatoes. 



The Horse Hoe is useful for stirring the 

 soil in the intervals between rowed crops, 

 especially corn, potatoes, turneps, beets and 

 beans. 



Respecting the construction of Horse Hoes, 



it may be observed, that soils of different 

 textures will rcquiresharesof differentforms, 

 according to the hardness or tenacity. The 

 number of hoes in hard soils retjuire to be 

 diminished ; in a hard clay soil, one of the 

 triangular hoes in the centre, (C,) and four 

 of the coulters in the wings, will olten be all 

 that can be made to enter the soil. 



In using this implement, the operator should 

 always consider whether he will produce 

 more benefit by merely cutting over or rooting 

 up the weeds, or by stirring the soil; because 

 the hoe suited for the one purpose is by no 

 means well adapted for the others. In the 

 former case, fiat or triangular shares are to be 

 used ; in the latter, coulters are much more 

 efficient, as they will enter the soil and stir it 

 to considerable depth, tims greatly benefiting 

 tiie plants by admitting air, heat, dews and 

 rain, and by rendering it more permeable by 

 the roots. 



It should be introduced between the rows 

 or drills as soon as the plants appear above 

 ground, and the operation should be repeated 

 at intervals till the crop is thouroughly 

 cleaned. 



The clevis on the point of the beam is so 

 constructed, that the draught may be regu- 

 lated so as to keep the wheel firm on the 

 ground, thereby steadying the machine, and 

 the depth is regulated by the wheel, and may 

 be varied from two to six inches. The tri- 

 angular hoes (C,) cut the bottom of the space 

 between the drills completely, and should 

 circumstances require, the hoes may be re- 

 placed by the coulters, which will open and 

 pulverize the soil as well as rake out the 

 weeds. The wings expand so that it may be 

 regulated to any required width from sixteen 

 to thirty inches. 



When the earth is required to be taken 

 from the plants, as is the case with ruta baga 

 when quite small, the half shares (D,) are 

 to be used, turning the mould boards to the 

 centre, and the double ones substituted when 

 the earth is to be replaced. 



The coulters (G,) are useful for scarifying 

 old meadows that have become turf-bound. 

 The double mould board shares are also useful 

 for covering peas and oats instead of the 

 plough or harrow. 



They are for sale at the Agricultural 

 Warehouse of Wm. Thorburn, 317 North 

 Market-street, Albany. Price $15, including 

 Ihiec triangular, three double mould board, 

 three half mould board shares and five coul- 

 ters, and carefully packed in a box for trans- 

 portation. 



The following is the first part of a com- 

 munication, received, we think, from Law- 

 renceville, N. J. The latter part was so 

 damaged after it came ioto our hands ae to 



