CONTENTS. V 



Potter's do. Wier's Single-tree The Dynamometer Self- 

 registering do. Waterman's do. D^-namometer for Rotary 

 Motion 93-108 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 ArrLiCATiON of Labor. Power of Horses Of Men Best Way 



to Apply Strength 108-113 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Models of Machines. Common Blunders Works of Creation 



Free from Mistakes 113-115 



CHAPTER X. 

 Construction and Use of Farm Implements and Machines 

 Implements of Tillage. Importance of Simplicity 

 Plows RudeSpceimens Cast-iron and Steel do. Charac- 

 ter of a Good Plow Tlie Cutting Edge Mould-board 

 Easy Running PIoavs Crested Furrow Slices Lapping and 

 Flat Furrows How to Plow Well Fast and Slow Plowing 

 The Double Michigan The Subsoil Plow The Paring 

 Plow Gang Plow Ditching Plow Mole Plow Coulters 

 Weed Hook and Cliain Pulverizers Harrows Ged- 

 des' Harrows Scotch do. Morgan Harrow Norwegian 

 do. Shares' do. Cultivators Holbrook'sAlden's Gar- 

 rett's Horse-hoe Two-horse Cultivators Sulky do. Com- 

 stock's Spader Clod Crushers Roller 115-152 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Sowing Machines- Wheat Drills Biekford and HuflFnian's do. 

 Seymour's Broadcast Sower Corn Planters True's Po- 

 tato Planter Hand Drills .153-157 



CHAPTER XII. 

 Machines for Haying and Harvesting. Mowing and Reap- 

 ing Machines Cutter-bar Combined Machines Self 

 Rakers Johnson's do. Marsh's and Kirby's do. Dropper 

 Binders Marsh's Harvester Durability and Selection of 

 Machines Hay Tedders Bullard's do. American do. 

 Horse Rakes Revolving do. Sulky Revolvers- Warner's 

 do. Spring Tooth Rakes HoUingsworth's do. Hay 

 Sweep Horse Forks Cladding's do. Palmer's, Myers' 

 Beardsley's, Raymond's Harpoon Forks Hay Carriers 

 Hicks' do. Building Stacks Pahner's Hay Stacker Ray- 

 mond's Hay Stacker Dederick's Hay Press Beater do. 

 Hay Loaders 158-186 



CHAPTER XIIL 

 Thrashing, Grinding, and Preparing Products. Value of 

 Thrashing Machines Endless Chain Power How to 

 Measure Power of Churning by Tread Power Pitt's Ele- 



