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Show THE 1JREAT STEAM PLOW. Will Plow AO Acr a Owy-Wlinl It Loiik Like. Our atenm plow, of which mention men-tion has been made in The Biui.ku before, is proving a grand success. It is -iO-horse power and patented by Jacob Price at Racine, Wis. It will plow 50 acres in a day; has nine sixteen -inch plows, all of which are pulled at one time. Its speed is a trifle faster than the gait of a good span of horses and in good stubble- will puzzle an expert to pick out the furrow s, as the plowing is done so even and nre-cise. nre-cise. It runs on three wheels, same as a trycicle, the front, or steaming wheel is about five feet high. The larger wheels at the side are something over eight feet in height, with a two feet tread. The machine is operated by throe men; one to steer, one to fire and attend the plows ind engine, and one man to haul coal and water. . It will draw its nine plows along j ai though nothing was behind it, and gets over the ground as though it had been fed on corn and oats all winter, and when in motion resembles re-sembles a big turtle with a live coal of tire on its back trying to get away. The intentions are to plow some 5,000 or fi.OOO acres of land for a starter in the big field north of Corinne, known aB the Walker Tract. The cost of this little engine en-gine and plows is about $4,500, It belongs to the Jar vis-Con kl in Co. The next note of importance is a one-horse power engine belonging to T. D. Pitt, which was put into a small boat built at Corinne by Frank Brown and propelled by a screw wheel in the rear, something like the f a n s of a windmill. It made its maiden trip up and down the river just as though it had always done nothing else. The intentions in-tentions are to use it for excursions, excur-sions, duck hunting and pleasure parties. Innominate. Corinne, June 8. |