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Ploughs and Ploughing. 



of ploughing which might be very successfully adopted in many 

 cases, and would certainly help to cheapen the cost of produc- 

 tion. One of the best and most modern forms of double-furrow 

 ploughs for three-horse work is illustrated in Fig. 7 — combining 

 lightness, strength, and simplicity with efficient work. 



At the same time, there is a great deal to be said in favour of 

 sticking to the old system of pair-horse work. If a double- 

 furrow plough is adopted, requiring three horses to pull it, it 

 means that another man's pair must be broken up to get the 

 third horse, and this is an innovation which the men in some 

 districts would never agree to. If, on the other hand, it is 

 arranged that one man shall handle three horses, then it 

 means that all our other implements will have to be on a 



Fig. 7. — Double-furrow Chilled Steel Plough. 



three-horse scale— harrows, rollers, mowers, &c, &c. It is 

 doubtful if this would be any benefit in the long run, while it 

 certainly would involve a tremendous expense and upset on 

 a farm. It could not be applied in the case of carting, for 

 while one man can handle two horses with two carts, or a two- 

 horse waggon, three horses are out of the question. If ploughing 

 were the only or the principal kind of field work done on a 

 farm — as is the case in some districts in America — then a 

 double-furrow plough with three horses would be an undoubted 

 benefit ; but the difficulty of getting a three-horse system to fit 

 in all the year round, at all sorts of work, must be considered by 

 anyone who thinks of adopting this innovation. 



It has been said that no one plough can do all the different 

 kinds of ploughing required by a farmer — not merely on 

 different kinds of soil but on the same kinds of soil on the 

 same farm at different times. The implement which does 



