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phere, and it does all that a cultivator can do, without the objection- 

 able effects of that implement; and lastly, it does all that a roller can 

 do in the way of pulverizing cloddy soil, without the objectionable 

 effects of that implement in packing the soil so closely that the air 

 cannot penetrate it." 



Q. You make a distinction between what you would call leveling 

 the soil and smoothing it, do you not? 



A. Yes. For instance, the Acme harrow levels and pulverizes the 

 soil, while the Chain harrow smooths the surface. 



Q. When you say that you harrow your manure after spreading it 

 on the land (which I believe is an excellent plan, and one that was 

 entirely new to me), what harrow do you use for that purpose? 



A. I would by all means use the Acme or a similar harrow, as for 

 that purpose we require to mix in part with the soil. The great ad- 

 vantage of the Acme harrow for working up the manure, would be 

 that you can regulate the depth of the teeth at will. 



(Mr. H.) In my experience among our market gardeners, where the 

 pulverization of the soil is as perfect as we can get it for the reception 

 of small seeds, I have used for the past two years a smoothing harrow 

 known as the Disc harrow, which consists of some sixty sharp discs 

 placed on revolving shafts, so as to cut the soil to a depth of three 

 inches by one inch in width, which fines and levels the ground as 

 completely as can be done with a steel rake in the hands of an expert 

 workman, but whether such an implement would answer the purpose 

 as well for the requirements of a farm as the Chain or Acme harrow 

 I am not able to say. 



THE DISC HARROW. 



(Mr. C.) One great advantage of the Acme harrow over all others 

 is the disposition of the teeth, which are so placed that on sod that 

 has been plowed it cuts and pulverizes it, without dragging it to the 

 surface. The present season I turned down a piece of sod on which 

 I sowed mangels and planted potatoes. The thoroughness of the 

 cultivation by the use of this implement was such, that I was enabled 

 to work the land up in ridges which is my usual practice with such 

 crops as easily as if it had been stubble land. 



Q. What do you deem a proper day's work for plowing for a man 

 and team? 



