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THE CULTIVATOR. 
March, 
Buggies, Nourse , Mason Sf Co.’s Plow for Lapped Furrows—Furrows 7 by 10. 
plan of stubble plow. No. 37. There is a larger size, 
No. 38, adapted to deeper work than the plow here rep¬ 
resented. The surface-line, Fig. 7, shows the position 
of this plow in a seven inch furrow. The handles are 
of good length, though shorter than those of the No. 
72 plow; the beam is high and arching j it is mounted 
with a short draft-rod and a dial-clevis, adapted to give 
the plow a wide range, both in landing and earthing. 
The perpendicular height from the base-line to the under 
side of the beam, immediately forward of the standard, 
is seventeen inches, which enables the plow to make its 
way among rank stubble, corn-stalks, &c., without 
choking. The fin-cutter is an excellent point in this 
plow. By making an easy, clean cut 
from the land, the furrow is not en¬ 
cumbered with clods of earth rolling 
down from the land-side, as they are 
apt to do where the furrow is torn 
from the land by the breast of the 
plow. The fin-cutter also lightens 
the draught of the plow. Fig. 8 
shows the form of the mould-board, 
the position of the beam over it, and 
the position of the land-side. 
Fig. 9 is a pretty good representa¬ 
tion of the work of this plow in stub¬ 
ble or old land. It is noticeable that 
the furrows are nicely laid for the re¬ 
ception of the seed-grain; that the 
furrow-slice is all taken up and forced 
over to an inverted position and there 
it stays; and that the furrow channel 
is entirely cleaned out for the reception of the next 
furrow. It is impossible, however, to represent these 
practical matters exactly, on paper; we can only repre¬ 
sent them generally. 
Fig. 10 represents the work of an approved sward 
plow, in stubble furrows. It is not broad and full 
enough at the heel to clean out the furrow-channel. 
Then, too, after the furrow-slice has reached the per¬ 
pendicular position, there is not force enough In the 
mould-board to compel the slice to go over to its proper 
place, and as there is not cohesion enough in the slice 
to hold it together, a portion rolls one way, and a por¬ 
tion the other. The centre of the furrow on top is 
therefore the highest, the furrow-channel Is half filled 
up, and the work generally will not compare with that 
done by the stubble plow No. 37. The stubble plow 
No. 37, would not make nice work in sward-furrows; it 
would break them too much. 
Fig. 11 represents an elevation and Fig. 12 a plan ol 
the new sward plow tor moist adhesive soils. There Is 
another size, for furrows nine inches deep, of the same 
general form and proportions with the one here repre¬ 
sented. The handles, Fig. 11, are long and raking, the 
beam is high, giving a space of seventeen inches forward 
of the coulter, and the plow is mounted with a Scotch 
clevis, the adjustment for earthing being represented in 
Fig. 11, and that for landing in Fig. 12. The general 
