. Charles V. Mapes'. Agricultural machinery. Fig. 99. itself through the draft-rod toggle to the spring, causing it to be depressed, and thus dividing the momentum, and taking the jar oflF the plow, the plowman, and the team. We quote the following from the report of a committee of the American Institute, who experimented with this contrivance on the farm of the editor of the Working Farmer: " Your committee witnessed the operation of this machine and fairly tested its usefulness. A stake four inches in diameter was driven two feet into the ground; and when the plow to which Mr. Lash's co
. Charles V. Mapes'. Agricultural machinery. Fig. 99. itself through the draft-rod toggle to the spring, causing it to be depressed, and thus dividing the momentum, and taking the jar oflF the plow, the plowman, and the team. We quote the following from the report of a committee of the American Institute, who experimented with this contrivance on the farm of the editor of the Working Farmer: " Your committee witnessed the operation of this machine and fairly tested its usefulness. A stake four inches in diameter was driven two feet into the ground; and when the plow to which Mr. Lash's contrivance was attached was moving at full speed, with a heavy team, the point of the plow was brought to bear on the stake, and although the progress of the team was arrested, neither the member who held the plow nor the team seemed to recognize the least shock ; the whole force was resolved upon the relief-spring, and there expended itself gradually and not ,.,^^ ^'>vvw,-^ st Fig. 100. Whitney's Iron Plowman. This contrivance may be attached to any plow, and really takes the place of a plowman, so far as regulating the position of the plow, depth of insertion, etc. If the team be driven the handles of the plow need not be held by the plowman. Its form and operation may be thus understood. A V-shaped casting of iron, as above, its extremities attached to the beam by hinged joints ; at the point of the V is a wheel intended to rest on the unplowed ground, and from the point near the wheel runs a rod with a slot at its farther end held to the plow by a thumb-screw; while this screw is loose the plow is entered into the soil in the usual way, and when at. 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 Mapes, Charles Victor, 1836-1916. [from old catalog]. New York, M'Crea & Miller
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