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steam cultivation, and the best machinery and implements lor CHAP, 

 steam ploughing are apparently those manufactured by Messrs. 

 John Fowler & Co. (Leeds), Limited (Figs. 131 to 1 34, 141 and 

 153), whose extensive and long-continued demonstrations at 



Fig. 153. — Steam-ploughing and subsoil packing the land at Vereeniging ; 

 double engine system. (Courtesy of Messrs. John Fowler & Co.) 



Vereeniging have proved beyond doubt the efficiency of this 

 form of power for maize-growing in South Africa. This firm 

 is now putting on the market a direct-traction oil-tractor (Fig. 

 132), the "Fowler," which, if it proves adapted to South 

 African conditions, is likely to greatly reduce the cost of 

 machine ploughing. 



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