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before made pul)lic. It is dilEcult to describe, but it is made of 

 iron and steel, about eighteen inches long, with a small apparatus 

 attached for holding the material for the pegs, which is in a con- 

 tinuous ribbon. It works with a crank, and is held upright with 

 one hand, and it weighs about twenty pounds. It cuts off the 

 pegs, makes the holes and drives them in with great rapidity. 



Mr. Brown said that a pair of shoes with two rows can be peg- 

 ged in two minutes. The advantage over other pegging machines 

 which cost several hundred dollars, is, that in pegging the shank 

 of a boot the machine can be held at any angle, and the pegs 

 driven in straight. Several specimens of pegging were done, and 

 the members were astonished at its results. 



Newell's Eevolving Harrow and Cultivator. 



Mr. Newell exhibited a working model of this harrow and cul- 

 tivator; it is calculated to put the ground in the most thorough 

 condition for crops, and working on some new principles. It was 

 thought of favorably, and a proposition made for a future trial to 

 test its merits. 



Farm and Fancy Gates. 



E. & A. Buckman, East Greenbush, Rensselaer county, N. Y., 

 exhibited models of farm and fancy gates. These are very cheap 

 and effective gates, self fosteuing, without hinges, turning between 

 two slight posts, and working on ingeniously constructed pulleys. 

 One great advantage is they can be opened over snow drifts. 



Prof. Tillman considered the construction on true principles. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — There are gates in use in the west some- 

 what similar, but they are without fastenings or pulleys.. 



Slater's Fruit Ladder. 



The Secretary exhibited this ladder, which is in two or more 

 sections, extended by cords and pulleys. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter, said that he had a ladder similar to this 

 on his farm, which he considered better. It has a hook that fastens 

 the ladders together when the proper elevation is attained. 



Butter — Directions for Making. 

 Mr. Storrs Burrows, South Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y. — At a 

 meeting of the Club of the Union Agricultural Society, Mr. H. W. 

 Garret gave the following directions regarding making biirier 

 which are important, His dairy produces an extra quality. The 

 first is clean milking, with everything appertaining to the entire 



