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Report on Trials of Plows. 



geratetl. It may be that worse land to plow can be found, but 

 none of the judges has ever seen worse. 



The plow entered by Collins & Co., Hartford, Conn., was a steel 

 plow known as C 3. Weight, 95 pounds. Price, $25. 



The plow entered by F. F. Holbrook was a cast iron plow, 

 known as Plow No. 69. Weight, 139 pounds. Price, $24. 



This plow is furnished with two mould-boards (as is the case 

 with all Mr. Holbrook's plows), one of which is used for sod, the 

 other for stubble plowing; one of them may be detached and be 

 replaced by the other in a very short time by any plowman. 



The judgment on each point was as follows: 



First — Pulverizing power: Unanimously decided in favor of 

 Holbrook's. 



Second — Non liability to choke in stubble: Unanimously 

 decided in ftivor of Holbrook's. 



TJdrd — Lightness of draught in connection with pulverizing 

 power: The following tables show the results for 



Holbrook's iVb. 69: 



Collins & Go.'s C 3. 



