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Show HARROW ON DRY FARMS Homemade Implement Found to be Effective. On of Prim Requirement for Sue-cetiful Sue-cetiful Farming In Dry Area I Effective Tillage Machinery at Least Epn, One of the prim requirement for uccessful dry farming la effective tillage Implement which accomplish the greatest result with the least expenditure ex-penditure of labor. A homemade Implement Im-plement (fig 1), which ha been found very effective lu dry farming In Utah, taking the place In a measure of the harrow, disk leveler, and weeder, I described by J. C. liogenson of the Utah experiment station, aa follows: The Implement consists of a rectangle. rect-angle. 10 by 4 feat, mad of Z Inch the ground to the depth of ihre Inch t-s and form a perfect mulch An Improved form of this Implement (fig. 2) Is described by Prof. Hogen son as follows: Tli frame of the Implement Is mads of Much channel steel. 6 by 4 feet. The frame is not made solid, but tb 6 foot pieces are fualened to the 4 foot pieces by means of bolts so that th 6-foot piece can turn freely. To mak the frame more solid, two Iron rod braces run diagonally from the front part of one 4 foot piece to the back part of the other. The weeder knivea, 14 In number, are mad of medium hardeued eteel. 3 inches wide by one-fourth one-fourth Inch thick, fcach knife la li Inches loug and I fastened to the fr foot pieces at an angle of 45 degrees by mean of two bolts. Just behind the 6 foot piece a 3 Inch bend la mad In the knife, allowing It to drop nor I tontally below the fram. Th front edge of the knife I sharpened. Tb knives on th front part of th frame, seven in number, slope to tb right, while those on the rear part of th frame, seven In number, slop to tb FIG. I yf v MOP'-ZONrU. PLAN Simple Form of a Weeder Harrow for Dry Farms. planks, 8 Inches wide. To the under side of the 10 foot plnnks are bolted nine knives made from me-fourtb-inch steel, 24 Inches long. The sfeel Is bent 8 Inches from one end so that it will drop down behind the plunk. The knives ure bolted to the plank diagonally nt an atiRle of 45 Jcgreeg by meaiiH of two bolts. The bend In about 3 inches deep, which allows the knives to work that distance below the surface of the ground. The Ion part of the steel below the bend is sharpened on the front sld so that weeds will be cut, this blade being about 13 Inches long. The knives on the front slope to the right, while those on the rear plunk slope to the left. This arrangement makes It impossible im-possible for any weeds to be missed, or any part of th ground to remain unstirred. The framework levels the land and crushes the clods, while the knives destroy the weed and loosen left. A lever attachment connects the two 6-foot pieces so that the knives can be raised or lowered at will. One one and onefourth-lnch Mcel axle, 6 Inches In length. Is bolted to the IiikMo of each of the 4 foot pieces so that when wheels are put on and the man Is riding the machine Is perfectly balanced and off the ground. Wheels are uxed only for transporting the Implement to the Held. The wheels are 18 Inches In diameter with a four and one-halMnch face. The seat Is placed on a bent spring on the 4 foot piece, to which the lever Is attached. Two horses can pull the Implement readily. The doubletree is fastened to a ring, to which two Iron rods coming com-ing from the front ends of the 4-foot pieces are attached. For aummer-fal-lowed ground two of these implements can be run side by aide, drawn by four horsea, and manipulated by on man. j J An Improved Modification of th W eeder Harrow. |
