1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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THE UNIVERSAL PLOW. 



The number of plows necessary to perform all 

 the various kinds of work required of that imple- 

 ment, involves an expense which but few of our far- 

 mers are able to bear. For this reason, land is fre- 

 quently imperfectly broken up, for want of the 

 proper implement, and consequently, the labor of 

 cultivation is increased, and the crops suffer from 

 being grown on land which has not been prepared 

 in such a manner as to suit the habits of the plant. 



To obviate the difficulties alluded to, by bringing 

 all the various forms of plow within the means of 

 every farmer, the Universal Plow has been in- 

 vented. The implement embraces various forms 

 and sizes of mould-board, — twelve in number, — 

 each nicely fitting one common standard and frame- 

 work, — thus adapting the plow to a wide variety of 

 soils and modes of culture. Each mould-board is 

 constructed to perform its respective work in a 

 thorough and finished style. The advantages which 



such an implement presents, combining in itself 

 the various mould-boards needed for all soils and 

 modes of culture, are too obvious to need more 

 than passing mention. 



The Universal Plow embraces the following 

 kinds and sizes of mould-board ; viz., 



For plowing intervale, and other smooth grass 

 lands, five sizes, turning flat furrows from 5 to 10 

 inches deep, and 10 to 16 inches wide. 



For plowing upland, stony land, and grass lands 

 of rough surface, four sizes, turning flat furrows 

 from 3 to 9 inches deep, and 10 to 15 inches wide. 



One size for plowing clayey and stifi" soil, turn- 

 ing a lapped furrow, 5 to 7 inches deep, and 9 to 

 11 inches wide. 



Two sizes for plowing stubble and old ground, 

 pulverizing the soil to the depth of from 6 to 12 

 inches. Also by attaching the skim plow on the 

 same beam, with the stubble mould-board, two sizes 

 of Double or Sod and Subsoil j^low, can by obtained. 



UlSriVEilSAL PLO"W, "WITH MOULD-BOARD DETACHED. 



This cut shows the appearance of the standard [board to them. This connection is very simple, and 

 and beam, and the manner of fitting the mould- 1 the various changes can be easily and quickly made. 



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-LrjJTIVEIlSAL PLOW, INTERVALS. 



This is a side view of the plow, rigged with one 

 of the intervale mould-boards, wheel and cutter, 

 for plowing flat furrows in smooth grass lands. 



We shall give in a future number a large cut, 

 showing in one group, the plow with a mould-board 



attached, and the difierent patterns of mould-boards 

 which have been adapted to this plan. In the mean- 

 time, our readers can gain any information they de- 

 sire in regard to this improvement by calling at the 

 Warehouse of Nourse, Mason & Co., QuincyHall. 



