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R.H. Allen & Co., 189 Water street, New York city, for their large 

 illustrated catalogue, containing upwards of three hundred and 

 eighty illustrations ; including plows, harrows, cultivators, seed 

 sowers, harvesting implements of all sorts — wind, water, steam, 

 horse, and dog powers — fans, shellers, and separators — corn, 

 cob, and grain mills (which should be in more general use 

 among large farmers) — hay, straw, vegetable, and stalk cut- 

 ters—hay presses, churns, barrows, wagons, and trucks ; be- 

 sides hundreds of little things of value and interest to the 

 farmer. A careful perusal of this work will well repay the 

 farmer for the time and cost. Messrs. Allen & Co. have long 

 devoted themselves to the interests of the farmer, and we are 

 indebted to them for valuable assistance in the preparation and 

 illustration of this chapter. 



Care of Farm Implements. Nothing is more common 

 than to hear the farmer charged with neglecting the imple- 

 ments of the farm, by unnecessary exposure to the weather and 

 careless usage generally. There is, no doubt, some ground for 

 this charge ; and yet there is often a good cause for an apparent 

 ne2;lect. 



The proper care and management of mowers and reapers 

 have been alluded to on a previous page, and we have only a 

 few general suggestions to add, in this connection, with regard 

 to other implements. These are of two kinds — such as are 

 used within doors mainly, and such as are used without. The 

 former are not usually subject to exposure and injury to such 

 an extent as the latter. Implements used in the field might be 

 again divided into such as are required more or less at every 

 season, and such as come into occasional use only. Those that 

 are hable to be required at any season, must necessarily be 

 more exposed than others; but they are, fortunately, of simple 

 construction, and less costly, when they are to be renewed, 



