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GOD SPEED THE PLOW
Along• tuna lanes .:hiid highroads, past smell of the fresh -tens ed earth-,-comab.
. the bare beech forests a the snooth groat Goal. .. The beauty , u a
clean-cut furrow, the sweep of a well-
• olopes of the DOwns, came the farmers, plowed Meld --come from God."
flof Stasse . Afoot and in Wagons, they -,At the end of the -service a Sussex
OiairP„rsed Q oidche;site r , plowman asked Dr. George;,$c.
'Whose distant spirewa,i a grey -needle ishop •of Chichester, to bless the plow,
against,, _the sea. They tiled into the "the sign of all our labor in tile coun-
i'am,ed early Norman church, packed it try -side." The . :Ill h(►p, 'wearing a
to the doors, and weiited self-conscious- gleaming cape of green and gold, raised
ly, - For the . t1rst time in 3ntl a years his Band over the) plow and the kneel
the. British festival ' of Plow Mondtti ing farmers : "God speed the plow:
was being celebrated.- the beans and the mouldboard, the slade
eight farmers in white°n►ilking coats and.' the " sidecap, the share and the
carried a red, blue and silver plow coulters .A. . in fair weather and foul,
down the nave. laid it at 'the chancel in `success and disappointment, in rain
steps and knelt around 14. Then an- and wind, or in frost and sunshine.
other farmer gave thanks fur God's laud speed the plow."
gifts, while the congregation joined Plow Monday is the first Monday
him. in repeating the last three words after Twelfth -Might ( Epiphany). Tra-
of each sentence: "The rich soil, the ditionally, this is the first day of the
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HORS --DRAWN PLOWS
Standard Jointer — A standard
jointer is a flaw with a share !measur-
ing not less than 8 inches, width of
breast not less than diva inches (mea-
sure d% inches from land side of plow
to outside of bottoes of mouldboard
from directly under the point where
top corner oY mouldboard touches the
Meant) and equipped with la jointer
('skimmer). This plow is capable of
turning a wider furrow and has come
into More. general use en farms and at
plowing matches.
Narrow Jointer--r-A narrow jointer
plow is one with a share measuring
less than S inches and a breast less
than (P,4 inches and is more generally
used in heavy 'stiff clay and stoney
land.
.Two Furrow—A ,;two -furrow plow
is one with two bottoms attached to a
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SETTING CO�7I�T�R
IRETURN OF- SOLDIER SONS SEES
The coulter for scratch furrows i INC 1 E SED PLOWING ACTIVITIES
should be rot about one-half inch back I _
• As Leaves Change Their Colors and Daws GroW Shorter, Farmers
Crum the point and ,one quarter inch I
above the outer edge ot the shore' Hasten to Fields to, the Important Work of Plowing. _.
'Before starting heavy furrows, coulter
O.
• should be set 111 inches back from
point and 1,;2 to inch above the
outer edge of the share. In order that
your plow may run straight, place a
straight edge along .the left side of
the coulter, about 5 inches froui the
share. In this ,position the back of _the -
straight edge should have a clearance
of from 11f) to 2' inches from the
rear of the land side`of the plow. This
measurement varies with different
plows and soil conditions. If your
plow has a tendency to run wide, wedge
the coulter out to the left at the back,
and vice versa if your plow draws
narrow towards the furrow.
No man, having put 'his and to the
plow, and looking back, i fit for the
Kingdom of God.
For what avail the plow or sail,'
Or land or life, if freedom fail,
farmer's year, when' the ground has
thawed enough for a share to cut
,�,:tt£leanly-"through the. turf.. The event,
,
the origin of which is obscure, gradual-
ly came to be celebrated as a British'
religions festival. By the lth century
observance •of the day_, had- ended. --
(From Time Magazine, Jan., 1945.) •
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of Earth; itit.s Mine by the Right TRACTOR PLOWS
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Autumn brings a,dyled'ilte),),or, on farm-
lands, and agriclittAlle 'tlts- tin a new
importance, for it is`the season of pre- bottoms df either the wide or narrow
paration for wisher, and for spring-- jointer type. Today most tractor
Plows are so constructed that they may
be adjusted to turn from 10 to 12
inches in width (in Eastern Canada)
and all controls are within reach of
the operator from the tractor seat.
Tractor plows are built heavier and
stronger than horse-drawn plows and
are available in two, three or four
We Salute the:,.
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lowing Matc
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the tiller -of lands must think fur ahead.
In many parts of the country Mowing
matches are held, and they provide
nut only extra labor but training in
one of the great •industries of the
world—the 'turning of .the sod. This.
autumn there will be more plowing
contests because the former soldier sons
have returned to the farms to carry on
.where they left off when called to the
service of their country on European
battlefields.
As the -.leaves change their colors
and the day's light grows.. shorter,
;farmers hasten to the fields to demon-
strate to the world the importance of
turning the sod, also that agrieulture
is
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ins_ i.ts,;zi},a.z�y Pb�:.s4s•--
food supply. Witliiout plowing—what?_.
How Adam tilled the land is not
'known to us—what does it matte -r so liberation of. plant food
long as farmers- of today know their mineral matter of the soil.
job'' Historic records refer to plowing
in a Casual way—to show that it is as
unnecessary to explain the operation as
the human race itself, Poets of olden
days- did not enthuse' to any extent
over the plow, but Virgil toldysometshing
about the foresight :,of the 'Roman
farrier • who trained.•a growing tree in
the shape he wanted for a plow, then
used his ,own. strength and wits in
"breaking the land." '
Our pioneers used the sturdy ox in
farming operations, then oil the Sab-
bath used the same facilities in taking
the family. to divine seih•ice. Quite re-
cently' we noticed a pair of 'oxen, driven
liv a youth, taking their part in tt_
fplowing contest: • Stoic calm was
evident in both. oxen and driver ; also
we Saw them finish the allotted portion
along with others who had a fine
matched pair (4 horses.
Another scene recalled was that. of
sixteen boys. 'all tinder twenty,, conipet-
ing for prizes in' a plowing contest.
Stoic cairn was seen', here t<tIsa. A
young lad guiding a pair of heavy -
draft horses, cutting straight furrows,
them. Where fall plowing of these
soils is necessary, it should be done
fairly early, and a cover crop such
as rye should be sown as a protection.
It is well to plow down,- strawy
manure and •crop refuse on all" soils
early in autumn so that this plant
matter may • decay and become
thoroughly combined with- the 'soil.
This Humus -making material aids the
ba,gtegialjain ,the, soil, Oyes .thesoil°
water holding capacity, helps air cir=•
�culation in the soil, and promotesthe
from the
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rigid frnaa e. 13ottoMS rrnay Tro of cit els
wide or narrow joiator tyLV.
k$igh Cut—One of the earlier tyires
of plows used in this country ;,was the
high cut or Scotch plow. These plows
were mostly imported from the Old
Country and turned a `Very narrow fur
row,' about 7 inched wide. The 'Whiff
of the share was raised and the coulter
set at s)ch4an angle as to produce a,
furrow with a sharp comb. This was 1
known as cut and the sharper the angle
of the cutting face of the Conlaer to
the cutting face of the share, the higher
the cut.. The object of the cut was
o help turn down grass and stubble,
as this was before the shimmer was
introduced. In Many cases seed was
sown by hitiid and '. would •fall. into\
the seams and,be covered with a stroke
Of the harrow. This -typo- of plow
Provided keen 'co►npetltion for many
years at plowing matches, but toddy
is considered too slow to be practical.
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- provided 0 picture that gave evidence
of another farmer in the making." And
in these keen conspetitions-it.was noted
that the boys took defeatwith a smile,
but ai look in •their eyes told of deter-
mination to try again, and yet .again.
A member of , Parliament, who has
always taken keen interest in the work
of young farmers, said before a large
gathering: "We can raise our own
porridge, but not our coffee; we can
raise our'wheat, but it must go to the
mill . . ." and another speaker added:
"The tries statesman. is the mall who
sees the need of other than his own
country—and own farm . . ." Hence
the great .need of co-operation and
widened knowledge.
So all along the line. even stretching
across our broad Dominion'. across ,the
seas and war -devastated lands of
Europe, there is need of plowing, of
co-operation between plowmen. while
we who stand by watching • with 'com-
mendable curiosity, and a certain
amount of jealousy, offer congratula-
tions and repeat the oft -quoted phrase:
'Speed:. the Plow!
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Timeliness of Plowing Is Irlport-
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Three main factors in the ,productive-
ness of a soil which concern plowing
are timeliness of plowing, the degree
to which the soil bi opened ,up or
aerated, , and the thort ughneas' with
which strawy material or crop refuse
is Worked into the soil, .States Henry
44• Bell, associate professor of cheni-
istrtc of the Ontario Agrlcilltural Col-
lege.
Timclin•ess"of plowing is particularly
importanit in heavy clay soils. If these
soils are plowe(i while they are.toolget,
the furrows furn up with a pldstie or
putty -like surface. Such soils, when
they. dry out, af,ke into solid clumps.
if `heavy ('lays are left to dry out too
long before plowing,' the furrows- are
exceedirfgly rough. hard. brick -like
clumps make it impossible to work the.
soil down t(i a smooth seedbed. A prac-
tieal test for the 'right condition of
clay soil for plowing is made. as fol:
lows: Press a handful of moist• soil
into a ball. Strike it with the fore,
finger dor with a light stick. If it falls
apart fairly readily. the, clay soil is
in right- enndition to plow. : When clay
soils are plowed too late, and eiumnpy
soil results, the fertility of, the soil
is loeked up and inferior cropsousually
result, •
Sandy or gravelly moils have light
this •for working, tom. As a rule
sandy or gravelly salla should not be
worked more than is necessary in fall.
Yf thCy -are fall -plowed and the ex-
posed to ming and annwS .for fall,
winter and eeariy spring. much nitrogen
potash and lime are bieachnd out .4
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