430 WISCONSIN AGEICULTUEE. 



Eobert Hodge, Janesville, also a superior wagon. 



Charles Blackwell, Waukesha — very good. 



The Committee here wish to digress a little, not only for the 

 amusement but perhaps the instruction of the reader. In con- 

 sidering the array of splendid wagons on exhibition so beauti- 

 fully arranged and constructed, we were led to make the com- 

 parison between them and those used at the present day in the 

 State of Nicaragua, Central America. Their only carriages are 

 of the most primitive character, being only blocks sawed from 

 the ends of large logs, and the owners, by a penal enactment of 

 Government, are forbidden to grease their axles, for the very 

 good reason that the indolent custom house ofl&cers may have 

 timely warning of the approach of a team by the screaming pro- 

 duced by the friction of the wheel and axle, otherwise the imbe- 

 cile government might be defrauded of its legitimate revenue by 

 inland contrabandists. 



E. Dann, Footeville, Wis., best Cultivator. ... $3 

 Vose Mitchell & Co., Milwaukee, 2d best Cultivator . 2 



This invention of Mr. Dann, combines more advantages than 

 any cultivator ever invented, probably. It is drawn by two 

 horses, with a seat for the driver and consequently extends over 

 a row of com, with a sheet iron guard to protect it from being 

 covered with the loose dirt. This can be raised or lowered to 

 the size of the corn. It is so constructed that by a simple process 

 the soil can be turned from the row when the corn is small, and 

 with equal facility to it, when it is larger. 



This also can be used with very little trouble as a cultivator for 

 putting in grain. 



Again we take pleasure in reporting not only something new, 

 but a decided improvement, in the Broad cast Sower and Harrow 

 combined. A lQJ|pr saver and a thorough worker. If anybody 

 is disposed to disagree with us in this matter, we will not even 

 insinuate that they are old fogy, but simply say that we prefer to 

 make farming as easy as possible. With this machine one man, 



