Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 335 

 Home-Made Subsoil Plow.— (Fig. 3.) The standard is a 



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end, and then drawn to a flattened point, so as to admit a 

 half-inch rivet to go through near the point, then up through 

 a steel plate (mold-board) about half an inch thick, and 

 riveted down. The steel plate is made sharp in front and 

 somewhat pointed, in shape and width about like a man's two 

 hands when placed upon the table with the palms down and 

 thumbs out of sight, showing a little of each wrist. A mortice 

 in the beam admits the standard, and another an iron rod for 

 brace. The beam is about 5^ feet long, with a wooden roller 

 in front to gauge the depth. One strong horse will draw this 

 tool in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and stir up the 

 soil three or four inches below the line of the surface plow- 

 ing.— IV. J. Noble, in American Gardening, r68. 



