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It is the opinion of jour committee, that unless Saxon wool 

 growers make some decided manifestations of the estimate in 

 which they hold their sheep, that the wool growers of this State 

 will neglect this class and supply their places with others, and 

 thus leave this desirable style of wool to be grown by other States^ 

 as it is evident that a less quantity is now grown in this State 

 than five years ago, while tlie demand is not lessening but in- 

 creasing. 



JAMES M. ELLISy ^ 



H. BLANCHARD, } Com. 



AUGUSTUS SANFORD, j 



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FARM IMPLEMENTS.— No. 3^9. 



Your committee would urge as an excuse for any mistakes that 

 may occur, the hasty manner in which such a multitude of imple- 

 ments must necessarily be examined. 



The committee would further remark, that they are directed 

 to determine the best pump for farm use. As this is a question 

 that interests about every farmer, and as different situations 

 require different plans, some explanations are submitted. There 

 is no middle aged man, but who has cases in mind of wells of 

 water that were considered excellent as long as the old fashioned 

 oak bucket was swinging in the curb, but after a pump being 

 substituted the quality of the water became materially changed. 

 Reasons have been assigned by some to be the pump stock stand- 

 ing in the water ; by others, the top of the well being closed. 

 Your committee are of the opinion that neither of these causes 

 produce the change, but that the established principle that 

 motion is the life of water has been interfered with, that the 

 often-repeated action of the bucket served the purpose, but that 

 the quiet action of the pump being substituted the change was 

 apparent, therefore your committee recommend the chain pump 

 when the pump can stand directly over the well, but where 

 water is to be raised on an inclined plane, the force and suction 

 pump is recommended. 



The large quantity of farming implements on the ground by 

 Mr. Emery, of Albany, by Mr. Thos, Foster, of Utica, by J. Ra- 



