PLOUGH TRIAL AT AMHERST. 



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TRIAL OF PLOUGHS. 



Among the incidents worthy of mention, in this connection, 

 is the trial of ploughs which took place on the grounds of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst in May last, 

 under the auspices of the New England Agricultural Society. 

 The occasion excited very general interest among the manufac- 

 turers of that class of implements and among the farmers of 

 that part of the State. Twenty-nine ploughs were entered for 

 the trial, which lasted four days. The list of entries included 

 nearly every variety of pattern, except the steam plough, now 

 in use. No similar trial has called forth so much competition- 



TELEGRAPH, Ko. 3. 



The favorite Telegraph plough, made and entered by the 

 Ames Plow Company of Boston, started off in class 3, and 

 did such work as to secure the award of the medal by the com- 

 mittee. This plough has a wide range of adaptation. As a 

 greensward plough it is claimed to be an improvement upon 

 the Deep Tiller 73r}, especially in the form of the standard and 

 the mouldboard, and in securing the beam to the plough by a 

 clasp instead of a bolt. The Telegraph No. 3 is a large imple- 

 ment designed for a three or four horse plough, and as such it 

 is one of the best of its class. The No. 2 is a more recent con- 

 struction of Mr. Knox, made on the same principles, but smaller 

 and designed to be worked by a yoke of oxen or two horses. 

 With these ploughs a furrow of 12 to 14 inches wide and 6 to 8 

 inches deep may be laid smooth and level. 



The Deep Tiller was also entered by the same firm and did 

 admirable work, receiving an award in its class. It turns a 

 good furrow from 5 to 8 inches deep and from 11 to 14 inches 

 wide with one yoke of oxen or a span of horses. "With a 



