1863. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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When power is applied, the machine is drawn 

 forward, and the spokes of the perpendicular wheel 

 penetrate the soil and set the horizontal shaft re- 

 volving. The result is, — 



1. The plough lifts and displaces the soil in the 

 centre between the rows of plants, to any depth 

 desired, not exceeding six or eight inches. 



2. The spokes of the perpendicular wheel pen- 

 etrate the soil on each side of the furrow made by 

 by the plough, and lift that up, also, so that a 

 space equal to the whole width of the machine is 

 actually displaced, — and then, as the machine ad- 

 vances, the arms of the horizontal shaft throw up 

 and strike the particles of soil, dashing the lumps 

 to pieces, if there are any, and shaking the fine 

 earth out from among the roots of witch or other 

 grasses ! The result of these combined motions 

 ia wonderful. 



than to draw the common cultivator. This ma- 

 chine is moved upon icJieels, while the cultivator is 

 moved by a dead pull or drag. 



We have witnessed the operations of this ma- 

 chine at three different times : Once upon a deep, 

 mellow loam — once upon a tough inverted sward, 

 free of stones, and once upon a. pasture sward, 

 full of cobbles and fast stones, and in each place 

 it was a * wonder-working machine." 



There is still another place for it, where we 

 think it would perform a most admirable work — 



! and that is on sod land, plouglied for kiying down 

 to grass. What an admirable bed it must pre- 



I pare for seeds as small as are most of our grass 

 seeds. And so on sward turned over for planting 

 with corn or potatoes. On such land the harrow 



I pulverizes to a certain extent, but it cannot leave 



1 the surface in anything like the condition in which 



1. The soil is made loose. 



2. It is made fine, or pulverized. 



it is left by the Rotary Spader. 



From what we have seen of this new civilizer. 



3. Much of the grass roots and weeds are ' it seems to us that it is destined to take a leading 

 thrown up by the teeth on the shaft, and left on : place in labor-saving machinery— that just so far 

 the surface. i as it will facilitate the operations of his fields over 



4. The land is left flat, or level. ' present practices, it will pid money iu the farmer's 



5. By changing the perpendicular wheels to the j^ocket, and, indirectly, increase the means of edu- 

 inside of the shaft — which can be done in three cation and all the opportunities of securing more 

 minutes — the soil is thrown into hills. ' of the comforts and excellences of life. 



We saw the operation of this machine on a field ' I^'"- ^- Coley, of Claremont, X. II., is the in- 

 that was in sward in the spring, and which was ; mentor of the Horse Hoe. The proprietors are J. 

 ploughed only six or seven inches deep. It was ' ^- Ul'llAM & Co., of the same place, to wiiom any 



planted with corn, and the hills laid in squares. ' inquiries may be addressed. 



The machine was run through both ways. Over Medicine to Houses. — "I consider the usa- 

 a portion of the field, the work was left flat, and al method of giving medicine to liorses l)y drench- 

 then the wheels changed so as to throw up hills, i"g. *is it is called, liighly objectionable. In this 

 , , ., u- u i u ,u r» process the horse's head is raised and niKl up, a 



and wherever the machine had been there was, lit- ,',,•. , i- . i- ,u u; n .,i 



, ' bottle introduced into his mouth, his tongue pulled 



erally, no work lejt for the hoe! Ihe surface was ^^^^ ^^j {],(, i^uij poured down. In his struggle 

 left mellow and even, the grass torn up, and just some of the medicine is quite likely to l)e drawn 

 enough of the damp, light soil thrown in among into his wind-pipe and lungs, and inflammation 

 the stalks of corn to give the whole work the most ?"^ ^^^^''1 '"^^^^^^^ sometimes follow. A better way 

 .„ , , i. • , , . , IS to nnx the medicine with meal, or rv bran ; 



beautiful and fimshed appearance. Any boy, or ^^^^^ j^ j,^^^ j^^^u^^ ^,^^,1 „^,^ jj^^ ,^,,^,^.3 ^^[,^^,^ ^^A 



girl, old enough to go along and pull an occasion- pj^ce a ball as tar back in his mouth as j^ssihle, 

 al weed from among the spears of corn, would then release his tongue ; he will almost certainly 



have finished the work of the field ! This was ac- 

 complished on sward land, in shallow ploughing, 

 and without disturbing the sod in any objectiona- 

 ble degree. 



swallow the ball. Or, the dose may be mixed with 

 meal and honey, or any other substance that will 

 form a kind of jelly, ])laced u])on a small wooden 

 blade made of a shingle, and tiirust into the back 

 part of his mouth, when he will very easily swal- 



As to draft, we did not see that it was harder , low iC— Patent Office Agricultural liepoit 



