Show MAKING THE PLOWING EASIER hardest work that the farm H horae orsel are called upon to perform keep shares sharpened plowing plotting is albest at best the hardest work our farm horses have to perform few plow teams are not doing 10 to 30 per cent of unnecessary work the writer has haa soon plows which he be ildved were pulling 60 50 per cent harder than they should writes B IV hamilton in an ox ex charge we are told that about go 50 per cent odthe of tho draft of a plow Is due to tho c cutting of the furrow slice thu tho con coa altion of the cutting edge must then be of first importance expert plow men recognize this and in com competitions pett file their shares to knife edgia one authority claims that an old share re sharpened has shown 36 per cent heavier draft than a now new share again engine plows of the same came make and size have under the samo same conditions shown 46 45 per boint differ ence in draft in fri favor of the now freshly filed shares over re sharpened shares in ordinary condition it will certainly pay to keep the plowshares sharp and in proper form forin the set and adjustment adjust mont of a plow has almost as much to do with the draft as aa condition of the share A 4 aiding plow with rear furrow wheel should pull little or no harder than a walking plow or plows of the earn eama e widths yet how bow many do it abou 30 per cent of the draft of a walking plow Is due to the friction of the plow on the bottom and side bids of the furrow in the riding plow this friction Is eliminated by carrying the weight and down and side elde pressure of plow bottom on wheels to accomplish this the rear furrow wheel Is set out about an inch and a quarter so that lan dulde cannot touch the side bide furrow the wheel Is also set down so the heel of landside is i raised on off the bottom of furrow when so set the plow bottom will sink into the ground and hang bang there when plow bottoms float boat in the frame none of the bottom and side pries pressure sure Is removed and the draft of the hot but toms Is the same as that of the plows to which must be added that duo dui to weight of plow frame and driver |