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goodi farming lands, which they found to their entire satisfaction ; 

 but still more, they found other and unexpect-id treasures, such 

 as plaster, marble, and other valuable rocks, besides useful peat 

 beds in the otherwise useless marshes; and the searcher for 

 common lumber forests, found also many fruit and ornamental 

 trees and shrabs, which they hardly expected. And so with the 

 mineral ^^prospecters,^^ — they found, besides the lead and copper, 

 which they more particularly looked for, exhaustlcss mines of 

 iron, of a very superior quality. 



Now, to a gratifying extent, we find the same fact is true in 

 the discoveries of this committee. We reasonably expected to 

 find very many articles of value and interest among the gTcat 

 variety that would come under our inspection; and we have 

 been happily disappointed, by finding much more than we an- 

 ticipated — many of which are mentioned in the following pages. 

 And we think it proper here to remark, that a little more care 

 in cla sifying or entering the articles, would prevent much 

 doubt and confusion, and reduce the labors of the several com- 

 mittees — as, for instance, the discretionary committee found two 

 grind-stones near each other, one with a class-ticket for their in- 

 spection, while the other had a class- ticket for some other com- 

 mittee ; so with regard to two corn-planters, two seed-sowers, 

 and some other implements — all of which, properly, should 

 have been classed under the inspection of the same committee ; 

 which oversight or discrepancy may hereafter be avoided. 



Following are enumerated some of the articles which im- 

 pressed the committee as being of greatest importance and 

 utility ; and we notice them in the order which they are num- 

 bered on the entry books. 



Washing Machines — several on exhibition, of diverse merits ; 

 and yet the oldest style of ten-fingered ruffle-rollers are the 

 most interesting washing machines which have come under 

 our inspection. 



Self-adjusting Neck Yoke — is well calculated to promote the 

 ease and comfort of work -horses. 



Separator and Smut Machine — a mere model, of which we 

 have not the means to judge its merits. 



