Evening Journal

THE DUST BOARD.
A Very Simple Implement and the Way to Attach It to the Plow.
The dust board is an implement the use of which has for some time been strongly urged by Dr. Hunnicutt of the Southern Cultivator for pulverizing the soil and maintaining that "dust blanket" which modern authorities consider so essential for the retention of moisture in the ground. It does not appear but that the dust board may be of interest in other sections than the one for which it is talked about. A writer in the journal mentioned gives his method of attaching the dust board to the plow. The part that holds the board is made of wagon tire (one horse size) and is represented in Fig. 1. The longest part (A) is 15 inches, and the drop (B) is 9 inches, while the part to which the board (Fig. 2) is bolted is 4 inches. The part A is secured by a bolt through the end and lies flat on the beam of the plow (Fig 3). between the handles, while the drop B is bent 2 inches past a square and a hole punched through, as shown by crossmark, for the purpose of bolting a weight should it be needed While the part C, to which the board is fastened, is bent to hold the board at proper angle the board is secured by only one bolt, so that if it hangs against anything it pulls around and does not break. I believe this is almost if not quite perfect. It automatically adjusts itself, letting the plow go deep or shallow. It will slide over rocks without raising the plow and is not in the way at all if set right. although it looks as if you would step on it.