5,2 FARM APPLiAHCES. 



corn and potato land while the crop is young and small. 

 For this purpose, a harrow should be light, broad, have 

 a large number of fine teeth sloping backward, and should 

 be so arranged that it will draw level and not lift at the 

 front. The owner and inventor of this harrow claims 

 that he has secured all these. The special point of this 

 harrow is the hitching device. This consists of a hooked 

 bar which works in two stirrups, one to draw by and the 

 other to permit the draw-bar or chain to rise and fall, as 

 the harrow passes over the ground that is not quite level. 

 This is an important end to secure. The harrow is not 

 patented, and any farmer is free to make one. 



LAND-MARKERS. 



Figure 56 represents a one-horse land-marker, such as 

 is used among the gravel and cobblestone soils of some 



Fig. 56. LAND-MAKKEB COMPLETE. 



sections, where it does good service. The lumber should 

 be of well seasoned oak ; the long rails, two by three 

 stuff in pairs; the cross-bar and end pieces the same ; the 

 cross bars, in which the teeth are set, three by three 

 inches square ; the thills one and a half by two inches at 



