. The great American book of biography . A COLONIAL SlINNING-WHEEJ, 464 OTHER GREAT COLONIAL PLOW WITH WOODEN MOLD-BOARD. inventors, notably President Jefferson, who experimented with various forms,and made a mathematical investigation of the shape of the mould-board, todetermine the form best suited for the work. He was the first to discover theimportance of straight lines from the sole to the top of the share and mould-board. Colonel Randolph, Jeffersonsson-in-law, the best farmer in Virginia,invented a side-hill plow. Smith was thefirst to hitch two plows together ; andAllen, by
. The great American book of biography . A COLONIAL SlINNING-WHEEJ, 464 OTHER GREAT COLONIAL PLOW WITH WOODEN MOLD-BOARD. inventors, notably President Jefferson, who experimented with various forms,and made a mathematical investigation of the shape of the mould-board, todetermine the form best suited for the work. He was the first to discover theimportance of straight lines from the sole to the top of the share and mould-board. Colonel Randolph, Jeffersonsson-in-law, the best farmer in Virginia,invented a side-hill plow. Smith was thefirst to hitch two plows together ; andAllen, by combining a number of smallplow-points in one implement, led the wayto the production of the infinite variety ofhorse-hoes, cultivators, and the like. ButJethro Wood, of New York, probably didmore than any other man to perfect thecast-iron plow, and to secure its generaluse in place of the cumbrous plows of theearlier days. His skill as an inventor, and his pluck as a fighter against stolidignorance and prejudice, for the advancement of sensible plowing, cost him—what they ought to have
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