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Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 7

ECONOMICS OF PLOIJGHING PLOUGHS THIT SAVE THEMSELVES. . . COUNT THE COST. FIGURES SP'EAIC. The present "high price of horses and th« favourable .experience of users have led to tha heaviest bookings of -"Dux" ploughs that have ever been known. Experienced managers I and ploughmen say that the value of a driver I with a four-horse team is £1 per day. TaJring Hi* wqrk oj a first-class English or^ colonial dcuble-furrow plough with four liorsea afc three acres a day, it is. patent that the treble " Dux," which requires the same number o£ horses, will get over 50 per cent, more groundor, in other words, turn three furrows to the other's two, or 4£ acres as against 3. -It is " therefore, apparent that the- .' ' "DUXi" WILL SAVE ITSELF on a comparatively reasonable amount ot work. . Supposing a farmer has, or can get, 180 acres of ploughing, and he has- a good double-furrow plough and four-horse ' team. It is clear that with his present outfit at three acres a day it will take him 60 davß, whilst •with the "Dux" he can complete the same work in^O, ancl the plough will have paid for itself and left him a profit. Double furrow, 180 acres. JB *s. 1 One man with four-horse team, 60 days at £1... '. £60 0 ? ' "Dux" treble furrow. One man with four-horse team, 40 days at£l , ... 40 0 C Saving £20 0 C This pays the price' of the plough, and leaves him a profit on the operations of his first season. Farmers are going in for these ploughs all oyer the country. From M. L. Spratt, Waikaka. June 24-, 1899. I am well satisfied with the two treble furrow "Dux" ploughs I got last year. I ploughed 200 acres lea, 300 acres stubblej and 50 acres turnip land with them, ancl consider their work superior to the ordinary-double furrow. A number of my neighbours came tr> see them at work and all were highly pleased, the ploughs making splendid work all through. These are the best implements I have ever seen for turning the furrow against the hand, or up hill, and they are light in draught and easily managed. From Jas. Kelly, Riveredale. ! January X, 1899. Re Dux ploughs. I am thoroughly well pleased with the work done by them on lea and sLiibble last year. - I". ploughed acres lea," -xtsing two three-fuiyq^' ..Dto ploughs and one double-furrow of the best colonial make, using four horses each in all ■ three ploughs, and I could not see any difference in draught between two and three" furrow ploughs. The crops (oats and wheat) are equally good on work done by all three ploughs. They are also a first-class stubble plough. I consider them the best imported plough I have seen. Greenfield, May 8, '99. Pleas* forward to Waitahuna two more o£ your treble Dux ploughs (making 10 in all). We want them at once so that they may save their cost this present season. JAS. SMITH AND SONS. The best proof that this is recognised"" all over the world is that these ploughs are coming into universal use. Three limes within five yeart the makers have had to extend their factory, until now it is of enormous size, and amongst other shipments sent out annually is one of 3000 " Dux " ploughs to Scotland. ECHOES OF THE SHOWS. Gifford Bros., Macraes. , The "Dux" works splendidly, and we art in every way highly pleased. J. E. Palmer, Glenore. The "Dux" gives me every satisfaction.! A. M'Kinnon, Ringway Estate, Otautau. I am well satisfied with the " Dux." In fac6, the plough fairly surprised me, and only requires to be seen at work to be appreciated. J. Keasf;, Kuri Bush. ■I took the-" Dux " into a paddock the other day with others of various makes,- and it is a pity there was not a reporter there. The work was an eye-opener, and you will get a. lot of orders from this district. Herbert and Co., Lawrence, agents. Brook' 3 plough arrived, and we sire sending some 'people out to see it. Next mail, au order for two trebles received. PIONEER PLOUGHS. IN NEW DISTRICTS. Intending purchasers can see this season's " Dux " ploughs at work in the following new . districts: — Teviot Station, Roxburgh; Messrs Teschemaker's Station, Maheno (2) ; Mr Jno. Peat's, Deep Stream ; Sherwood Downs, Fairlie (2) ; R. Armstrong's, Waimate ; W. Gordon's, Gai'ston ; J. Higgie's, Milton ; R. Pritchard's, Arrow and Bendigo ; Mr J. Barclay's, Te Houka; Mr P. M'Leod's, Dunback ; Mr J. Pullar's. Beaconsfield ; G-. Green's, Nelson ; C. G\ Mounteney's, Croirwell; T. Haining's, Seaward Downs. D OUBLE-FURROWS. It must be borne in mind that whilst ona furrow can be taken off the treble-furrow if needed, a third furrow can also be added to the "Dux" double-furrow. The farmer going' in for a double " Dux " will find three horses a gift to it. If he has a four-horse (or ordinary double-furrow) team, and has not enough ploughing to need a treble " Dux," ho can sell one horse or put it to another purpose, and thus save its cost. The " Dux " double costs £11 10s complete. When he requires the . third "furrow it can be obtained, and he is thua ' in a position to take full advantage of the "Dux" economics. G, H. OATWAY, BOND STREET. ■'