PLOUGHING AGAINST TIME.

Southland Times, Issue 1292, 12 August 1870, Page 3

PLOUGHING AGAINST TIME.

A ploughing match of a novel kind has recently taken place at Baningale, Shropshire, and it certainly was an extraordinary, performance. Mr Southail, a farmer, undertook, on the impulse of a het, to plough one acre of land, in a workmanlike manner, within three hours, using a single plough, to which four horses were attached, working two abreast, and driven hy a hoy. The field selected was a wheat stuhhle, and the crop had been cut with a reaping machine. The plough has been many years in Mr Southall's possession. It was made by his own blacksmith, according to his own plan, and under his instructions. The work was completed in the short: space of two hours and sixteen minutes, to the entire satisfaction of the judges, and amidst the applause of a large concourse of agriculturists who had assembled to witness it. Mr Southail is open to challenge any plough, whatever its construction may be, for accuracy of work and ease of draught ; and, according to onr correspondent, Messrs Howard, Messrs Bansome and Sims, and other., celebrated implement makers must look to their laurels. — Marklane Express.