. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. Fig. 61. Fig. 62. THE DETAILS OF THE SHARE. ing oi d ce the shield, terminating in the point e. and of the part c g e the feather or cutter run- ning off at the point e. The extreme breadth of the share in this plow, measuring from the land- side to the point g of the feather, varies from 6 to 65 inches; and its length in the sole, including the neck, is about 16 inches, the feather being 11 inches The other figures 61 and 62 are trans- verse se
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. Fig. 61. Fig. 62. THE DETAILS OF THE SHARE. ing oi d ce the shield, terminating in the point e. and of the part c g e the feather or cutter run- ning off at the point e. The extreme breadth of the share in this plow, measuring from the land- side to the point g of the feather, varies from 6 to 65 inches; and its length in the sole, including the neck, is about 16 inches, the feather being 11 inches The other figures 61 and 62 are trans- verse sections of the share on the lines g g and h h in the respective figures, exhibiting the struc- ture and relation of the shield and the feather, as well as the position of the cutting edge of the feather in relation to the base-line of the plow represented by the line A'V, fig. 49, Plate V., where, as will be observed, the cutting edge, through its entire length, lies within less than \ of an inch of the base-line. (520.) The share is always formed from a plate forged for the express purpose at the iron-mills, and known in the trade by the term sock-plate. Fig. 63 represents the form in which these plates Fig. A SOCK-PLATE. are manufactured, the thickness being from ^ to | inches; they are afterward cut in two through the line a b, each half being capable of forming a share. To do this, an incision c ^ is made on the short side to a depth of 2 inches, the part acde is afterward folded down to form the sole- flaiige, and the part bfg is, in like manner, folded down to form the land-side flange. The point k is strengthened, when requisite, to receive the proper form of the shield and point, the latter being tipped with steel. The edge h c is extended to the requisite breadth to form tlie feather. In order to cut a sock-plate at the proper angle, so as to secure a minimum expenditure of labor and material, let a central line h h be drawn upon the plate, and bisect this line in
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