. Catalogue of agricultural and horticultural implements ... AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL TOOLS. 15 No. 2 Double Mould-Board.—Of same constniction and use as the above, •but one size larger. This is also used in furrowing for planting cane, and making light ditches. It has an extra point made, of an additional width, for the purpose of digging potatoes. The Fluke,—or Double-Expanding Mould-Board Plow, for Planting Sugar- cane.—This is a plow recently made, for the use of sugar-planters, by which a furrow is made ten to twelve inches wide, and four to five inchea deep. Paring-Plow.
. Catalogue of agricultural and horticultural implements ... AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL TOOLS. 15 No. 2 Double Mould-Board.—Of same constniction and use as the above, •but one size larger. This is also used in furrowing for planting cane, and making light ditches. It has an extra point made, of an additional width, for the purpose of digging potatoes. The Fluke,—or Double-Expanding Mould-Board Plow, for Planting Sugar- cane.—This is a plow recently made, for the use of sugar-planters, by which a furrow is made ten to twelve inches wide, and four to five inchea deep. Paring-Plow. Fig. 8 is a plow used for paring turf-lands preparato- ry to burning The share is thin and flat, made of wrought-iron, steel-edged. It has a lock-coulter in the centre, and short coulters on the outside edge of each wing of the share, cutting the turf as it moves along into two strips about one foot wide, and as deep as may be required. After the turf is pared off in strips, the hands follow with sharp spades and cut it into suitable lengths, say of two or three feet. These pieces are then thrown into heaps, and after drying, they are burned, and the ashes spreao broad-cast on the lands. Paring and burning is a very ameliorating process for stiff, clayey soils; it changes their mechanical texture, and renders them friable and suitable for cultivation. Light sandy soils should not be burnt. Side-Hill or Fig. 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 Allen, A. B. & Co. [from old catalog]. New-York
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