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furrow wheel or the front and rear furrow wheels are 

 steered by a connection to the plow clevis. A tongue 

 may be used with this type of plow to keep the team 

 straight and to hold the plow back from off the horses' 

 heels while being transported. 



The higher class sulky plows are guided with an ad- 

 justable tongue, the tongue being connected to the front 

 and rear furrow wheels. 



Sulky plows are usually fitted with a 14-, 16-, or i8-inch 

 plow bottom, the i6-inch being the common size. 



94. Gang plows^Nearly every sulky plow upon the 

 market has its mate among the gang plows, which, as 

 stated before, do not differ greatly from it, only in that 

 they have two or more plow bottoms instead of one. 

 Gang plows usually have a hand lever to assist the foot 

 Jiit in raising and lowering the plow. The common sizes 

 of gang-plow bottoms are 12- and 14-inch. 



FIG. 40 TYPES OF PLOW BOTTOMS. NO. I IS THE STUBBLE OR OLD GROUND 



BOTTOM. NO. 7 IS THE BREAKER BOTTOM FOR TOUGH NATIVE 



SODS. NOS. 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6 ARE INTERMEDIATE 



TYPES FOR GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWS 



