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Show DRAG CORN IN DRY WEATHER Implement Can Bt Constructed Out of Old Mower Wheel as Shewn In j Illustration Herewith. If you will take an old mower wbeel to (he blacksmith shop and have two wIuks, as dfacrlbed below, bolted to It, yuu will have one of the best dry weather plows you have ever used In your corn field, writes Q. W. Williams of Polk county, Wisconsin, In the Farmers' Mall and llreete. Take two old worn out 14 Inch plow shares, have them cut off square at each end. bent a little, as shown In cut, and the wings bolted on tight and solid with the thin edge of the share down. To make thera enra secure let the smith take two pieces of old buggy springs and put a brace from the wheel to near the point of the wing. These wings should be a little wider than the wheel that la. they should extend about an Inch wider on each side than the wheel. This gathers the clods all In and carries them back, or holds them until the wheel gets on them and grinds them up. This arrangement ar-rangement leaves no clo.ls piled up r N - v i Mower Wheel Corn Drag. H. alngleir; C C, chain: W W, wIdics nisdo from plonatiare; II II, hracaa; K It, mpt fur starring; II, liajidla. against the corn, but keeps the ground perfectly level. Use a piece of old fork handle about two feet long for a handle. It la necessary to have this handle, as by It the wheel can be guided In case It should get out of line or a hill of corn be a little out of line; also In turning at the end of the row. As the horse comes out and turns back, a little pull on this handle will swing the wheel clear of the ground and swing around In the neit row without breaking down any corn. |