. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. w I "ii 504 The Canadian Farmer's II'. Kill ».1 h< ' â ! I'' Official authorities certify that it does the work of from twenty- five to thirty me
. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. w I "ii 504 The Canadian Farmer's II'. Kill ».1 h< ' â ! I'' Official authorities certify that it does the work of from twenty- five to thirty men per day, and saves fifty per cent, of the former cost of CARTER S OPEN DITCHER, ROAD GRADER AND SUBSOILER. This machine is quite simple. The main fixture is that of a plough driven and used in the ordinary manner. Attached to this is a large wheel, which lies on its side, and revolves as the plough cuts a furrow, takes the earth from the plough, and, carry- ing it round the flange of the wheel, drops it in the middle of the road, a distance of seven feet from where it originally lay. Thus the machine cuts a ditch on each side of the road to any required depth, and throws the earth into the middle, not in large quantities, but equally distributed across and along the road. In this operation the two machines, which are usually employed on such work, are combined in one, and the work done in the same time as an ordinary plough would take to cut a ditch. It is an excellent niachine upon the farm for making open ditches, and may, indeed, be used in some cases for subsoiling. It is supposed to effectually gi-ade from three-quarters to one mile of road per day, and the same amount of open Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Whitcombe, Charles Edward. Toronto : J. Adam
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