. The American home garden . Subsoiler. plow-frame and share, without mouldboard, calculated for fol-lowing in the wake of the common plow to loosen thoroughlythe deeper soil. Small plows should never be made with double handles;why they ever were so made I am at a loss to divine, unless in 40 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. mere imitation of the larger plows, which require them. Insmall plows, the second handle is a useless and very inconven-ient encumbrance ; but at the Fair of the American Institutefor 1857 not a single-handled plow was exhibited. The small one-horse plow (Fig. 18) should be of the s
. The American home garden . Subsoiler. plow-frame and share, without mouldboard, calculated for fol-lowing in the wake of the common plow to loosen thoroughlythe deeper soil. Small plows should never be made with double handles;why they ever were so made I am at a loss to divine, unless in 40 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. mere imitation of the larger plows, which require them. Insmall plows, the second handle is a useless and very inconven-ient encumbrance ; but at the Fair of the American Institutefor 1857 not a single-handled plow was exhibited. The small one-horse plow (Fig. 18) should be of the same gen-eral fashion as Fig. 15, but with a single and rather more upright Fig. bmall one-horse Plow. handle, from which a brace extends to the outer extremity ofthe mouldboard. It may often be used in the second plowingof patches in the garden, where a larger plow and double teamcould not work, but it is chiefly used for furrowing and half mouldboard plow (Fig. 19), when properly made, Fig. 19.
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