CLOD-CRUSHERS. 



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tongue has been fitted, by which it is dragged over 

 the ground without rollmg, gi-inding to powder, in 

 its progress, every clod over which it passes. The 

 greater the diameter of the log, the less will be the lia- 

 bility of its clogging by gathering the clods before it. 

 It may also be made of a half log with the round side 

 downward. Fig. 125 represents a similar implement 



Fig. 125. 



One-horse Clod-crusher. 



for one horse, and is used for working between the 

 rows of corn in cloddy ground. 



The use of these simple implements, by reducing 

 rough fields to a condition as mellow as ashes, has in 

 some instances been the means of doubhng the crop. 

 It is necessary that the soil be dry when they are used, 

 to prevent its packing together. 



CrosskilVs Clod-crusher is a more powerful and 



Fig. 126. 



Cross/' ill's ''lod-rtiislifr 



