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Kendall & Whitney's Double Michigan, No. 85. 



This appeared to be a good 

 implement of this construc- 

 tion — it cut with four horses 

 9Unches deep and 13 wide — 

 the depth of the heaped or made soil was about 16 inches. The 

 perfect manner in which the sod was turned deeply under and cov- 

 ered with a bed of mellow soil from below, was much admired by 

 those among the spectators who were not familiar with the Michigan 

 plow. 



T. Varney & Son, AVindham, Nos. 5 and 6. 



These two plows were precisely similar, except in size — the 

 smaller cut a furrow slice 8 by 16 inches, and the larger 8| by 17 

 inches. The sod was laid flat, and the work well done. The mold- 

 board is rather simple in form, neither convex nor concave. The 

 plows are stout and well made ; they are easy to hold and appear to 

 be very good implements, but do not sufficiently pulverize the sod 

 nor cover the line of grass. 



Grubber. 



Besides the plows presented, there was upon the ground a '•Scotch 

 Grubber, ^^ made to order for John F. Anderson, Esq., of South 

 Windham, by Messrs. Cuming & Rose, of Portland. Mr. Rose, 

 it is understood, served an apprenticeship to implement making in 

 Scotland, and is evidently well versed in the construction of such 

 an instrument. It was not understood to be entered in competition 

 for the premium offered for an "implement for deep and thorough 

 pulverization of the soil, that shall successfully compete with the 

 plow," inasmuch as it was not intended to supersede the plow, but 

 rather as an assistant to it in deep and thorough pulverization of the 

 soil. To those not familiar with the grubber, it may be described 

 as somewhat similar in construction and principle to the cultivators 

 in ordinary use, except that it is wholly of iron, and is supported on 

 three wheels, so arranged with leverage as to allow working its long 

 coulter-like tines or teeth to any depth up to sixteen inches. Its 

 length through the centre was five feet. Width inside the hind 

 wheels four feet. The tines arranged so as to cut (from centre of 

 one to another) eight inches apart. The diameter of the forward 



