26 ON PLOWING. 



fore, apply these principles on their own farms, and we 

 will guarantee that they will save more than the 

 whole amount of all their taxes (excepting the Grocer's 

 tax for that which is not bread) in the nrst year of their 

 application. 



In the selection of plows, from the numerous approv- 

 ed patterns before the public, it will not do to rely en- 

 tirely upon artificates. If you do, like to the medicines 

 in use, perfection will be found in every shop. Some 

 plows may be admirably adapted to turn a proper fur- 

 row, where the land is level and free of stones and oth- 

 er obstructions, that would not answer at all in rough 

 and hard soils; others are specially designed to set the 

 furrows on edge, turning but half over. Which of these 

 is best, will depend upon the character of the soil, and 

 the use for v^^hich it is intended. The Scotch farmers, 

 who are not a whit behind even the shrewdest yankees 

 in their agricultural improvements, prefer the plow that 

 cuts a narrow furrow and sets it on edge. The cast iron 

 plows that were introduced a few years since, from the 

 upper part of the state of New York, broke the ground 

 in pieces and left the furrows in most irregular condi- 

 tion; performing the double operation of a plow and 

 harrow. The peculiarities of the plows now most pop- 

 ular are, that they cut wide furrows and lay them flat, 

 leaving the surface when passed over with a roller, al- 

 most as smooth as before it was turned. 



Among the valuable plows that have been offered to 

 the public within a few years, those constructed by Mr. 

 Pike, of Danvers, are entitled to a respectful notice. 

 Rarely, if ever, have we seen better work than these 

 plows turned out, when directed by the skillful hand of 

 Mr. Tapley. If our recollection is right, the mould- 

 boards and the cutters upon these plows were particular- 

 ly well adapted to the purpose. We have the testimo- 

 ny of Mr. Colman, whose authority on matters connect- 

 ed with agriculture is second to that of no man among 

 us, that " the best working plow he ever saw was made 

 by Mr. Pike, of Danvers." It is to be hoped that a man 

 who succeeded so well in his first attempts in the con- 



