Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1877 — Pounder's Flexible Diamond Harrow. [ARTICLE]

Pounder's Flexible Diamond Harrow.

On the invitation of Mr. J. F. Willcox, the general agent, we witnessed the working of this new barrow on last Saturday. The ground selected was some blue grass sod on the farm of the Messrs. Armstrongßrothers,just north of the city. The harrow used consisted of three sections of five bars each, linked together by a novel device which allows them to partially revolve when necessary to dear the teeth from roots or other obstructions; as soon as the teeth are cleared the bare turn back again to their original position. The sections are each five feet in length, the three covering fifteen feet. The harrow, large as it is, was rapidly drawn by a pair of stout mules and pulverized the ground thoroughly. In heavier soil and on tough sod, a weight would be an improvement, but in that case a double team would be necessary, or else one section less should be employed. The harrow is so arranged that sections or bars can be added or detached at pleasure. The teeth are so set in the bars that tbs harrow can be used either as a straight tooth or a slant tooth machine according to the side the team is hitched. In a trial in a stalk field the machine worked admirably, tearing up a large portion of the stalks by the roots, and clearing itself effectually from all obstructions. Mr. J. F. Willcox, the general agent, resides at Goodland, Newton Co., Ind., and is desirous of forming an arrangement with some party to engage in the manufacture of the harrow extensively. It can be made and sold at reasonable rate, and will undoubtedly command a large sale when its merits become generally understood.— lndiana Farmer. Warner sell" these harrows in Rensselaer. Seo advertisement elsewhere. :