Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . An Adjustable Smoothing Mold-board plows are made in sizes ranging from 6 inches to 18 12 and 14-inch sizes usually prevail. Where larger plows are neededgang plows are substituted. A gang plow of two 12-inch bottoms will turn25 to 2G inches of soil at one passage of the plow and generally requires fourgood horses. It is essential to have the center of draft fall directly back ofthe center of the team, otherwise there will be a side draft that will increase. Spr
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . An Adjustable Smoothing Mold-board plows are made in sizes ranging from 6 inches to 18 12 and 14-inch sizes usually prevail. Where larger plows are neededgang plows are substituted. A gang plow of two 12-inch bottoms will turn25 to 2G inches of soil at one passage of the plow and generally requires fourgood horses. It is essential to have the center of draft fall directly back ofthe center of the team, otherwise there will be a side draft that will increase. Spring-Toothed Harrow. 1 Courtesy of The International Harvester Company, Chicago, 111. 718 SUCCESSFUL FARMING the draft of the plow. This necessitates adjusting the team, and if fivehorses are used better results will be secured by placing two in the lead andthree in the rear, rather than five abreast. Next in importance to the plow comes the harrow. The leading formsof harrows are the smoothing harrow, the spring-toothed harrow and the diskharrow. There are a number of forms and many makes of each. The steel-frame smoothing harrow, made in moderate sized sections, with levers toadjust the angle of the teeth, is most efficient. The teeth should be sharp
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