118 MECIIANTCS. 



times the price of the best cast-iron plow, and ten times 

 that of the most finished steel plow. And yet it is ap- 

 plicable only to land free from stone. 



The object of these remarks is to caution farmers againlst 

 investing money in Fig. 116. 



newly invented con- 

 trivances of high 

 promise at first, 

 which are liable to 

 the objection point- 

 ed out ; and also in- ^^oo^oo now. 

 ventors and manufacturers themselves against engaging in 

 enterprises having at hand golden promises, but with 

 failure in the distance. 



PLOWS. 



The simplest plow, used probably in the earlier ages of 

 the world, and found at the present day only among de- 

 graded nations, is the crooked limb of a tree, with a pro- 

 jecting point for tearing the surface of the earth. The 

 above figure represents an improvement on the first rude 

 implement, and is found at tlie present day in Northern 



Fig. 117. 



Moorish Plow. 



India. Fig. 116 shows the Kooloo plow, consisting wholly 

 of wood, except the iron point. Fig. 117 exhibits the 

 implement now used in Morocco, Avhich resembles the 

 India plows, with the addition of a rude piece of tim- 

 ber as a mould-board. Both these perform very imperfect 



