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FARMERS BULLETIN 820. 



with a blacksmith's forge, or they can be made at any black- 

 smith shop at a cost which should not exceed $2.50. Preferably 

 they should be of strap iron, about one-fourth of an inch thick and 

 2 inches wide; however, old pieces of iron or steel which may be 

 found on the farm will serve the purpose. 



When these soles are to be placed on .machines that have shoes of 

 the type used on the Deering mower, the forward 8 inches of the 

 sole for the inner shoe should be tapered gradually to a blunt point 

 and bent in such a manner that it will hook into the slot in the shoe. 

 (Fig. 6, C.} When the soles are to be placed on mowers having 

 shoes of the type used on McCormick machines, the forward 8 inches 

 of the sole for the inner shoe should be tapered gradually to about 1 

 inch in width, bent forward so that it will fit against that portion 

 of the shoe where it is to be bolted, and have a hole of the proper 



FIG. 7. Shoe sole to be used on the outer shoe of the mower, so that a high stubble 

 may be left when cutting sweet clover : A, End view of the back part of the sole ; 

 B, side view of the sole, showing general shape ; C, forward end of the sole to be used 

 on certain Deering machines ; D, end view of the front part of sole shown in B. 



size bored for the bolt three- fourths of an inch from the end. (Fig. 

 6, B and D.) The bottom of the sole should be rounded, so as to 

 run smoothly on the ground when the cutter bar is raised to cut at 

 different heights. The back portion of the sole should be upright 

 and should have holes bored in it, so that it may be set for the 

 cutter bar to rest at different heights from the ground. Preferably 

 the lower hole of the upright should be located so that when the 

 bolt in the shoe is run through it the cutter bar will be 6 inches from 

 the ground. It should be long enough to permit four or five holes, 

 1 inch apart, to be bored above the lower one. (Fig. 6, A.) 



With some makes of machines it is not advisable to raise the cutter 

 bar higher than 10 inches from the ground, but when this is true 

 the cutter bar may be tipped upward, so that a 12-inch stubble is left. 



