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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



OXEN. 



A correspondent writes us: "I have no dif- 

 ficulty in breaking oxen. I pair them at two 

 or three years old, before they become obsti- 

 nate, and when two men can manage them. 



I then put them in a cart with two old yoke, 

 work them awhile, turn them out, and take 

 them up now and then. When worked in this 

 way, they never forget it, and you have no 

 further trouble with them." 



HARROW 



This harrow is very durable when made of 

 good timber, 4£ inches by 3j inches in thick- 

 ness, and will do good service in any kind of 

 land. It is intended to carry nineteen teeth, 

 as will be seen by reference to the engraving. 

 The two long pieces should be seven feet three 

 inches, and the cross piece five feet seven and 

 a half inches. The two mortises where the 

 cross piece joins the long timbers should be 

 nine inches from their end. Figures 1, 2, 3, 

 4, 5 and 6, in the engraving, show where the 

 six first teeth are to be placed. By dividing 

 the space between 1 and 6 into four equal dis- 

 tances, you will have the places for the rest of 

 the teeth on that side, and by doing the same 

 between 2 and 3, you will have the places for 

 those on the other. Then get the centre be- 

 tween B and C for tooth No. 7, and divide the 

 spaces between B and 7, and C and 7 into two 



equal distances each, and you have the places 

 for all the teeth on the cross timber. Have 

 the chain put on as shown in the drawing, 

 with the ring in the centre. By hitching a 

 harrow in this way, it will run perfectly level, 

 and thereby enable all its parts to do equal 

 work. Put on eight bands where the division 

 marks are seen in the engraving, to prevent 

 the possibility of splitting. 



JWr. Editor, — Above I send you a 

 drawing of a harrow which I have used 

 since 1839, and which I think an excel- 

 lent planned one, — being very simple, 

 cheap and durable. I should have sent 

 it to you long before now, had I not 

 thought it would have been presumption 

 on my part to suggest the use of such 

 an implement to the farmers who read 

 your paper. But I have travelled over 



