A NEW PLOUGH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2281, 28 April 1886, Page 2

A NEW PLOUGH.

It is roported in the Agricultural Gazette that a Mr P. Hanlen, of Grangeford, Carlow, a largo tillage farmer, has invented a plough of .-singularly-■hbvel construction, The mould board is attached to a wooden f mine, running on two wheels of 30 inches diameter. One of these wheels runs oh 'the ■ unploughed land, while tho other,'set at an angle of 48 degrees, iB against tho edge of the last cut furrow. A seat, as in a mowing machine, is on the frame, and the driver sits on this and has nothing to do but direct his team. A leaver on his left hand raises 'and. lowers the breastwork and controls tho depth. An adjustment on the wheels provides for the width and depth of the cut, Having onco started ' and properly opened the. land, the rest of tho work requires no' skill or experience, as it is, all" automaticA public trial of this" new., implement was made near Dublin, be* :. fore a larye gatherinc; of th» principal farmers of tho district. A couple of ponfyk were tackled to a shaft as in a field and they ploughed in succession a stiff piece of grass, some potato land with' %"* heavy subsoil, and a very heavy stubble. - : * Tho work done was exceedingly good, and to the surprise' of all, tho draught wbb so light that the ponies were able to turn a sod 12in. by Bin. or 6in, with ease. 1 Two ordinary: horses .will plough about an acre anda' half (Englißh) in a day. The inventor says that on his own land this plough saved him at least £SO or L6O last' leaaoii."