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SOUTHERN cultivator 
HILDRETH’S IRON GANG PLOW. 
The above cut represents a Gang Plow, invented by 
G. W, Hildreth, of Lockport, N. Y., who has taken mea- 
sures to secure a patent. 
It is made entirefy of Iron (except the pole to draw by.) 
The main frame is a triangular ellipse in form, for the 
pm’pose of shrinking on a wrought-iron band, to make it 
of any desired strength. 
The forward end of said frame rides on an axletree, 
connected by a king bolt and bolster-plates, allowing it to 
iurn freely upon the axletree. The pole is attached by a 
device, which the driver can easily change to make the 
gang run more or less to land, which pole guides the 
whole gang with precision, by the off- horse walking in 
the furrow, and requires no holding. | 
The wheels are large, and can be easily changed so as 
to carry the plows clear of the ground (in moving from I 
one field to another) and can also be set to run the plows 
any desired depth in the ground, from one to six inches 
deep, cutting and turning the whole surface clean. 
The gang will turn round (without being touched by 
the hand) on a circle of three feet radius, and by lifting 
the rear end by the handle, it will turn at right angles. 
The plows are made strong, and on a sharp angle ; 
the draft is light. They are ground smooth on an emery 
wheel, and do not clog. The plows are locked to the 
frame by a hook, tongue and groove, and one carnage 
bolt. 
This is the best implement in use for covering all kinds 
©fseed sown broad-cast. 
It has been used in almost every variety of soil, and 
luas given universal satisfaction. It is well adapted to the 
soil in the Western States, and the Plantations of the South. 
It works first-rate in muck, clay or gravel. The inven 
tor also enumerates tlie following advantages which it 
possesses ; 
The material of which it is composed being iron, is 
strong and imperishable. 
It requires no holding. 
The facility for elevating the plows above ground, so 
as to take it from one field to another. 
A boy that can drive the off-horse in the furrow, can do 
as good work as the best plowman. 
The draft is easy for two horses or mules. 
It will bed up, or bed down lands, as you prefer. 
It will move more land for the amount of power requir- 
ed, than any other implement in use. 
The shares cut the whole surface of the ground, and 
turn it all over. 
It is nicely adapted to uneven land. 
It is very convenient for carrying off loose stone from the 
field, while plowing. 
It is no deiriment for a boy to ride on the gang while 
plowing. 
It is the best implement in use for planting corn for 
feed. 
Lastly, the ease with which a good team will gang over 
from 4 to 5 acres per day, and the manner in which it 
does its work, completely stirring the whole surface of the 
ground to the required depth. 
Contracts for prospective rights to manufacture can be 
made, and patterns furnished by addressing the subscriber 
at Lockport, Niagara county, N. Y. 
G. W. Hildreth. 
Dr. Wm. McCollum holds the Patent for Georgia, and 
Carmichael &Bean, of this city, are his Agents for the 
sale of the plows. 
