. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . 297 ^ ning down to a depth ofthree feet, is shown in Instead of ares,small unciirved stems areused for raising and de-pressing the beam andhandles. A slot is madein the movable beam, andthree holes for dififerent Fig. , in the handles. The rest is similar to fig. 147. [Note.—Pratts Ditching Machine, described in a former number ofthe Register, although working well when new and in perfect order, hasbeen found on account of its great weight and complex form, and conse-quent liability t
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . 297 ^ ning down to a depth ofthree feet, is shown in Instead of ares,small unciirved stems areused for raising and de-pressing the beam andhandles. A slot is madein the movable beam, andthree holes for dififerent Fig. , in the handles. The rest is similar to fig. 147. [Note.—Pratts Ditching Machine, described in a former number ofthe Register, although working well when new and in perfect order, hasbeen found on account of its great weight and complex form, and conse-quent liability to derangement and breakage, to be of little or nopracticable value for general purposes.] IMPLEMENTS FOR SURFACE TILLAGE. Satre & Remingtons Cultivator.—Among the man) cultivators wehave used, we have been especially pleased with those manufactured bySayre & Remington, Utica. They all have steel teeth, in which strengthand lightness are well combined. Several diflerent forms are made, one. Fig. 149—Satrb &. Remingtons the best of which is represented by fig. 149. By means of the forwardwluel A, and the central wheel E, the de[)th may be regulated with perfectaccuracy ; the sliding bars F control the width; while by reversing tlieblades, it maj* be made to throw the earth to or from the rows at teeth continue sharp until worn out. For corn-fields and nurseryrows, we have found this implement to do twice the work of a light plow, j/jThis cultivator is also used for drilling and covering in planting potatoes.
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