Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1898 — PLOWING MADE EASY. [ARTICLE]

PLOWING MADE EASY.

A New Invention—A “Stone Dodger** Plow. (From the Farm Implement News.) The Faller & Johnson Mfg. Co. of Madison, Wisconsin, have brought out a new implement, namely, a riding plow, that is attracting much attention wherever it is seen. Heretofore there has been very serious objection to the riding plow where there is stone. In striking a stone not only has there been danger of breaking the plow and harness, but the blow on the shoulders of the horses was very injurious, and worse than all, the driver wasin danger of being thrown off and injured. These objections are in. this appropriately named “stone dodger” plow. When it strikes a stone the plow part only is raised up and slides over the stone a»d pulls itself into the ground again without any action on the part of the driver. The sulky part is not raised; at all. A boy or an old man who can handle the team can thus readily do theplowing. So much interest has been taken in thisplow wherever it has been shown that the manufacturers have adopted a novel plan, to aid in presenting its manifest advantages to the farming community. They are having a large number of models; made and in any section where there is no sample plow that can readily be seen, any reputable farmer can, by writing to the company, have a model sent to him by express for inspection, without expense to him, the company paying expressage both ways. The farmer, after examination, simply returns it to the express office. The model is a nice piece of work. It weighs only ten pounds. The plow is made as a: single plow for three horses and as a double or gang for four horses. A very effective potato planting attachment can be had with these plows at small extra cost.