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frameless. with the wheel brackets bolted directly to the 



plow beam. Such plows will often do very satisfactory 

 work, bu..are not quite so handy. Frame olows are gen- 

 erally high-lift plows in that the plow may be lifted sev- 

 eral inches above the plane of the carriage. A high-lift 

 plow offers an advantage for cleaning and transporting 

 from field to field. 



With the cheaper plows there is no attempt to qtride 

 or steer the plow other thai} let it follow the team. Such 

 plows may be classed as tojgjiueless. A tongueless plow 

 may, however, be provided with a hand lever either to 

 shift the hitch or guide the front furrow wheel. Such a 

 "plow may be called a hand-guided plow, and the lever for 

 guiding or adjusting is called the landing- lever. 



There is still another type of frameless plow, wh ch is 

 guided by the hitch. ^In the hitch-guided plow the front 



FIG. 39 THE MODERN GANG PLOW 



