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economise the water and fuel to the extent of at least 30 per cent, as 

 compared with single-cylinder engines. This is very important, for, in 

 many districts, the carting of the fuel and water is, in addition to the 

 actual cost of the former, a very serious item in the expense of working 

 land by steam power. 



Fig. 298. Fowler's Patent Turning Harrow. 



As an improvement upon the balance plough, Messrs. Fowler have intro- 

 duced what they call the anti-balance implement (fig. 296), the advantages 

 of which we lack space to describe. It can be made with three to eight 



Fig. 299. Fowler's Steam Drill. 



mould-boards at each end, and these can be fitted with digging-breasts 

 if desired. An anti-balance disc plough is also made. 



The most useful implement connected with steam tillage is the 

 cultivator, represented in fig. 297. It is extremely well adapted to 

 breaking up land without inverting it, so that the couch is kept near 

 the surface, and with a reasonable amount of stirring can be killed. 



