204 Report on Trials of Plows. 



NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Second National Trial of Plows and Other Implements. 1867 



PROGRAMME FOR PLOWS. 



The New York State Agricultural Society respectfully invite the makers of 

 plows in any State of the Union, in Canada, and in Europe, to compete in the 

 following enumeration of classes for the prizes annexed to each class: 



A gold medal is offered by the New York State Agricultural Society for the best 

 plow in each of the following classes: 



Class I. — A sod plow for stiff soils. 



Class II. — A plow for stubble land in stiff soils. 



Class IIL — A sod plow for sandy soils and light loams. 



Class IV. — A plow for stubble land, which will cut a furrow twelve inches 

 deep, with three horses, which will raise the lowest soil to the surface of the 

 furrow. For a plow which will turn a furrow of this kind not less than five 

 inches wide, the Society offers as a prize its large gold medal. 



Class V. — A Michigan sod and trench plow. 



Class YI. — A subsoil plow in connection with an ordinary plow. 



Class YII. — A ditching plow for opening drains. 



Class YIII. — A machine for excavating ditches for under-draining. 



Class IX. — A steel plow for alluvial and unctuous lands. 



Class X. — A swing or side-hill plow. 



Entries. 



§ 1 . Competitors must enter their plows at the Secretary's oflBce, Albany, at 

 least two weeks before the time fixed for the commencement of the trial. This 

 rule will be rigidly enforced, as it will otherwise be impossible to provide lots for 

 the trial. 



§ 2. At the time of making the entry each competitor will be required to file a 

 statement showing, first, the price of the plow ; second, its weight ; third, the 

 rule or the formation of the mould-board ; fourth, a statement of the valuable 

 points claimed by the exhibitor. 



§3. 



§ 4. Each plow will be numbered in the order of its entry. A card showing 

 legibly this number and the number of its class must be aflBxed to each plow. If it 

 is lost or the numbers be obliterated, new cards will be furnished by the Secretary. 

 No judge will make any record respecting any plow unless this card is upon it. 

 Without a strict adherence to this rule it will be impossible for the judges to keep 

 their notes correctly. 



§ 5. Every plow entered will be charged with a fee of twenty dollars. 



§ 6. As soon as the time for making the entries has expired, the Secretnry will 

 cause them to be printed. A complete list of the entries, with the numbers and 

 the statements required to be made, will be placed in the hands of each of the 

 judges. 



Duties of Officers. 



The OflBcers of the Society will, 



§ 1. Stake off a suflBcient number of plots, each containing a quarter of an acre. 

 A space two feet wide will be left between each plot. 



§ 2. The stakes will be 2^ feet long by 21 inches wide. The plots will be num- 

 bered from No. 1 upward. There will be four stakes to each lot, each of the four 



