Novel Ploughing.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 14 April 1891, Page 2

Novel Ploughing.

Recently an incident occurred in the Waikato district, which shows how colonial lads adopt themselves to the circumstances in which they find themselves placed, What we reter to is an event that took plaoe on the farm of Messrs Caley Bros., Pukerimu, Waikato. One of the brothers, Robert, was ploughing in a large field with a double-furrow plough. The other hands on the farm were all occupied, andapparenlty feeling it was needless to try and look for some extra help outside the regular help on the farm, he felt vexed that there should be a team of horses unemployed while another plough, etc., was available if human hands could be got to use them. • The thought ocourred to him as to the possibility of using the two ploughs in the one field, and to take the general oversight of them at the end of the furrows' turning, etc. He thought the plan feasible, and put it to the test. The irons of the plough were carefully adjusted, so that once being properly entered in the ground and a steady team of three horses, he thought they might walk the length of the lurrow, about half-a--mile without much attention. He found the plan to succeed, and occupied himself in entering each plough at each end of the field, and devoted his attention to the working of the two ploughs. Thinking an improvement might be made by ploughing in a circle taking in the whole field, he tightened on one side the reins the horses had to the plough, and once a furrow was opened, the horses worked themselves in the large circle thus formed, and for four days one team of horses practically carried on the ploughing themselves with very little attention on Mr Caley's part. This is one way of overcoming ih* labour difficulty. The device thus resorted to may be a hint to agricultural implement manufacturers to construct them so that they will be as nearly self-acting as tfoijibla,— Ni Z. /frrftfrf. .