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AMERICAN AGRICULTQRIST. 
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DOUBLE-FURROW IRON PLOW. — Draion ana Enyvunea for the American Agriculturist. 
Norman horses, 25 of them being his own 
property, of these he sold 15 for $33,150 ; one 
4-year-ol(l stallion having been sold for $3,130. 
Double Furrow Plows. 
The double furrow plow is an important 
labor-saving implement. Frequently, by its 
aid, two furrows can be turned with the same 
team and driver, that one could be with the 
ordinary plow. In no case is it necessary to 
use more than one extra horse. A three-horse 
team with one driver and a double furrow 
plow, will do the work of four horses and two 
drivers using single plows. The above en- 
gravmg shows a three-horse team as it might 
have l>een seen plowing, the past season, at 
Beacon Stock Farm. The plow is one of 
Gray's double furrow iron plows, and weighs 
500 lbs. Everything about it is of iron, and 
the wheels serve to guide the plow, steady the 
draft, and facilitate turning at the headlands. 
One of the wheels travels in the last furrow 
made, snugly up against the land, and thus 
compels the plow to take an exact course, and 
in fact gauges the nest furrows. The plow 
travels steadily, needing no touch of the dri- 
ver's hands except when going about at the 
headlands, and turns a most perfect furrpw, 
seven inches deep, and nine inches wide, or 
wider and deeper, or otherwise, as desired. 
Tlicre can be no crooked furrows, no baulks, 
and no ground imturned, and if the first bacli 
furrow is laid out properly, the whole field 
will be perfectly well plowed. In Mr. 
Crozier's plan of starting the furrows in stub- 
ble land, there is no strip of unplowed land 
left beneath the back furrow, as is usually 
done, nor is there a ridge left to show the back 
furrow. He first plows a furrow perfectly 
straight, by the use of the marking stakes. 
The plow is t'uen run beneath this furrow-slice, 
v/hich is turned back into its former place, 
with the earth which was beneath it now 
above it, and both together froming a ridge of 
perfectly mellow earth, as deep as the rest of 
the plowed ground will be. The other fur- 
rows are then turned each way towards this 
one, leaving the " land " without any ridge in 
the center of it, and every portion of it per- 
fectly well plowed. This is a small thing com- 
parative!}', but one well worth remembering 
and jjracticing. This plow is made near Glas- 
gow, Scotland, and was imported by Mr. 
Crozier, at a cost of about $100. Being entirely 
of iron, it is almost indestructible, and although 
its weight is considerable, yet its draft is very 
light ; three horses working it with ease, and 
plowing two acres in nine hours. The Ameri- 
can plowman, however, would rather ride 
with his plow than walk behind it, and to suit 
his inclinations, a variety of double plows and 
gang plows with a seat for the driver, are 
made both at the East and the West. The lauds 
at the West arc peculiarly fitted for the use of 
these double and gang plows, which are made 
for breaking prairie and plowing sod or stub- 
ble. Gangs of four or five plows are in use ia 
the easily turned soils of California, and 
double furrow plows at least, would be found 
of great utility upon prairie farms. The 
prime necessity for Western farmers, is cheaper 
production, and a plow that will turn two to 
four acres a day, or do double the work of a 
common plow, with but one additional horse, 
will reduce the cost of plowing almost one^ 
half. One of the best of our double furrow 
plows that we have seen, is illustrated on page 
13. This has some ver}' good points. It is 
made so that the draft is directly from the 
axle. There is no crank in the axle, but one 
of the wheels being made to run upon the top 
of the last furrow, the plow is kept level, and 
the bottoms of the furrows ai-e perfectly even. 
The plow is light, of light draft, and is made 
for plowing sod or stnblile. It is made by 
Carr & Hobson, 50 Beckman street, N"ew York. 
