Howard's Digging Plough

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1956, 15 June 1888, Page 4

Howard's Digging Plough

The B©cond o£ a Beries of trials oi the above which the agents, Messrs E. Eeece and Sons, purpose holding for the purpose of thoroughly testing the application of this kind of work to all kinds of 'soil in Canterbury was held at Dunsandel on Friday. Messrs Howard have been successful in introducing this pulverised work in England and Scotland, where hundreds of single-furrows have been supplied. "We have already described the details of construction, and will now describe the work done. Tlie first padctack (on "Mr. Marks' f atm} o^etated upcm vras stubble laud of fairly stiff texture, affording a good test of the ca //abilities of the implement the wide deep furrow being turned with greatest ease, completely burying the surface crust and leaving the soil thoroughly broken up, with a great resemblance to hand-dug work. When sufficient had been done to satisfy those presnt that stubble was easily handled, some present desired to see the plough in pasture or lea land. This request was at once complied with, and with similarfavorable results. The attendance of practical farmers was very good, and we heard nothing but praise for the new style of ploughing, the great merit of which is the considerable saving in labor to the the farmer, and quicker execution of tho work to the contractor. ~We understand that aeveral orders ior next season were taken on the ground.