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Four or six or even eight horses are used 

 with this arrangement. The team next to 

 the plow is hitched as to a wagon. On the 

 end of the tongue a hook is attached, to 

 which the next team is hitched; more teams 

 may be used by continuing the tandem ar- 

 rangement forward with chains for the draft. 

 A large plow, one that will cut off and turn 

 a furrow from 20 to 24 inches wide, works 

 best. 



The large wheel of the truck is intended 

 to run in the furrow and to be held right up 

 to the land. The distance the clevis or 

 clamp on the axle is placed from the inner 

 side of the rim of the wheel determines the 

 width of the furrow, and this width should 

 be the width the plow is intended to cut off. 

 The clamp, being set to the right of the 

 point where the back team is pulling will 

 cause a side draft, but this is overcome by 

 the next forward team, which is hitched to 

 the hook on the end of the tongue. This 

 team is driven a little farther away from 

 the furrow than the one hitched to the truck. 

 A very strong tongue of sound timber is 

 needed. 



The depth of the furrow is adjusted by 



