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go to the end of it without stopping, unless, indeed, it be a 

 very long, or a very hard one. 



It is the opinion, apparently a good one, of the best 

 farmers of the present day, that no two horses are strong 

 enough to turn such a furrow as is necessary for the proper 

 cultivation of the soil, and they recommend that three or 

 four be used. Assuming this to be the case, it should be 

 remembered that three horses w^orking abreast will pull 

 nearly as much on a plow as will four geared in the ordi- 

 nary way, — that is, the third horse, from being fastened 

 within three or four feet of the plow, would have nearly 

 as much power to draw it as would two horses drawing it 

 from a distance of from fifteen to twenty feet. 



Fig. 41 represents the best form of whififle-tree for three 

 horses plowing abreast. Fig. 42 is an arrangement for the 

 lines for plowing with such a team, which will be found 

 effective for horses w^hich are inclined to pull irregularly, 

 before being sufdciently broken, but as soon as the}^ un- 

 derstand it, the lines marked a and h may be dispensed 

 wit'i. Indeed, intelligent horses will soon learn to work 

 entirely without lines. The writer had a three-horse team 

 which he trained to plow by the word in less than a 

 month, so that they would work perfectly well without 

 lines on the shortest turns. There are few horses which 

 will not become irregular in their working without the 

 assistance of the lines. 



