. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . 302 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER. Fig. 159—Allens Potato-Digger. it a great saver of labor. The figure nearly explains its construction. Itweighs less than a hundred pounds, and is easily drawn by two should be a driver, as the plowman needs his attention to keep itin the center of the rows. It throws a double furrow, like a shovelplow, and turns the potatoes out of the ground, throwing them on thesurface with great rapidity. A very small portion remain covered, butthey are easily raked out.
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . 302 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER. Fig. 159—Allens Potato-Digger. it a great saver of labor. The figure nearly explains its construction. Itweighs less than a hundred pounds, and is easily drawn by two should be a driver, as the plowman needs his attention to keep itin the center of the rows. It throws a double furrow, like a shovelplow, and turns the potatoes out of the ground, throwing them on thesurface with great rapidity. A very small portion remain covered, butthey are easily raked out. Our trial was made on heavy and unfavorablesoil, where we think it saved at least three-fourths of the labor of hand-digging. On lighter soil, we have no doubt that its operation would bestill more advantageous and perfect. It works best, of course, in clean,well cultivated land, but the standard being high, it is Tiot easily cloggedwith weeds or potato vines. Its depth may be accurately gauged, so asto run just beneath the potatoes. LABOR BY HORSE PO\VIi:R. The performance of all the hard labor of the farm by horse
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