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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



SUTTER'S GANG PLOW. 



This is a combination of from two to six, or 

 more, plows, easily managed, and requiring only 

 the attendance required for the single plow. We 

 have never seen the implement itself, but have ex- 

 amined a model with much interest, and at the 

 solicitation of the patentee, we publish the follow- 

 ing description. The celebrity now attached to 

 the steam plow arises from merits which are like- 

 wise due to "Sutter's Plow," and the latter has 

 this advantage, that all farmers have their horses 

 and oxen, and none have steam machines to plow 

 with. The principal merits of the New Gang Plow 

 are, that it will do the work of two to eight single 

 plows, being capable of breaking up from four to 

 twenty acres of land per day, requiring the atten- 

 dance of but one man, saving both time and labor, 

 and at the same time doing very thorough and su- 

 perior work. By a very simple device, the angle 

 of the shares can be instantly regulated by the at- 

 tendant. 



The height of the plow from the shares up to the 

 beams is 21 inches; the length of the shortest 

 "beam is 6 ft. 2 in. ; and every succeeding beam in- 

 creases 16 inches. The plow rests in front on 

 wheels, independent of each other, and capable of 

 turning in every direction, just as the team moves. 

 The wheels are placed in a line, parallel with the 

 line of shares. On the top of the plow is a long 

 seat for the driver, running parallel with the same, 

 near which the mechanism is attached to work the 

 shares, so as to lead the same in and out of the 

 ground, and to regulate the position of the shares 

 to cut the required depth of furrows. In case 

 there should be some hard places in the field, the 

 driver has only to move a little backwards on the 

 seat, which will increase the pressure on the 

 shares, forcing the same through the hard places, 

 and gain thereby the required depth without al- 

 tering the position of the shares. 



Every description of shares can be used and ap- 

 plied to this Gang Plow, the same as in single 



plows. The usual pressure of the single plow to- 

 wards the land side is by this combination quite 

 prevented, as the shares for single plows stand a 

 few inches towards the land side, to keep them in 

 the furrows, which naturally causes a great pres- 

 suj-e and an unevenness of the ground, whUe the 

 shares in Sutter's Gang Plow stand straight to the 

 plow, saving thereby much of the draught power. 



The teams may consist of from two to ten 

 horses, or from two to six yoke of oxen, according 

 to the size of the plow. 



The plow has been proved in several cases, and 

 its work was of the most satisfactory character. 

 Joseph Sutter. 



112 Pleasant Street, Boston. 



For the New England Farmer, 

 BIBD MUSIC. 



Now lav'rocks wake the merry morn, 



Aloft on dewy wing ; 

 The merle, in his noontide bower, 



Makes woodland echoes ring ; 

 The mavis wild, wi' many a. note, 



Sings dowsy day to rest ; 

 In love and freedom they rejoice, 



Wi' care nor thrall opprest. — Burns. 



Who has not felt a thrill of pleasure and delight 

 while listening, on a warm spring morning, to the 

 notes of the newly arrived bluebird, robin, or 

 song-sparrow ? Although these birds are inferior 

 in power of song to many of the birds which visit 

 us later in the season, yet as their music is the 

 first which greets our ears after the silence of win- 

 ter, it has a peculiar charm. During the winter 

 the shrill cry of the blue jay, the caw of the crow, 

 and the soft whistle of the chickadee, are pleasant 

 to hear ; but on the arrival of the spring birds the 

 voices of the crow and jay seem harsh and discor- 

 dant, and the little chickadee's tune sounds faint 

 and monotonous. The flute-like notes of the blue- 

 bird and robin, and the clear twinkling sound of 

 the sparrow's song, also lose much of their attrac- 

 tiveness when the wood thrushes, blackbirds, ori- 

 oles, or golden robins, bobolinks, and warblers 

 make their appearance. 



