Excerpt from Report on the Trial of Plows, Held at Utica, by the N. Y. State Agricultural Society: Commencing September 8th, 1867 We know, however, that in New York about two-thirds of the improved lands of the State is in grass, and that in the State of Ohio about one-third of the improved lands is in grass. The average ratio of the grass to the tillage land in these States is, therefore, as or half of the whole of the improved lands are under tillage in these two States. If we may assume that this is the proportion throughout the Union, then, since there are 163, acres of improved lands, one-half of the amount, namely, acres are under tillage, or say, in round numbers, acres. As Ohio and New York are the chief grass raising states, it is probable that the average tillage in the other states is still greater than it is in them; but at all events, our esti mate would not seem to be an exaggerated one. If new we assume that every plow turns over fifty acres annually, it will require one million five hundred thousand plows to accomplish the work; and if a plow lasts on an average eight years, it will take one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred new plows every year to supply the demands of our country, without referring to the large number exported to foreign countries. There are farmers in the United States who own from three to fifty acres, and who cultivate farms between fifty, and one thousand acres each. Or, there are inde pendent cultivators of the soil. The above calculation would agree with a purchase of one new plow by each cultivator every tenth year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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