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field more easy. The large diameter of the roller proportion- 

 ately diminishes the weight of draft, makes it less likely to 

 drag the dirt before it, and leaves the work smoother. 



2. Wagons. — The vehicle in general use for farming pur- 

 poses is the common four-wheeled wagon, a heavy and clumsy 

 vehicle. A horse-cart is scarcely known in the county ; but 

 where manure is to be carried to a considerable distance on a 

 comparatively level road, as on the intervale lands for example, 

 and, when there, distributed in hills either for broom or Indian 

 corn, two horse-carts which in many cases, in going a distance, 

 might easily be managed by one driver, would accomplish 

 much more than could be done with a wagon drawn by four 

 oxen, as is customary. The superior ease likewise with which 

 they are unloaded deserves to be considered. 



3. A PLOUGH has been constructed by John Wilson, of Deer- 

 field, which is much approved. It is, in my opinion, well 

 adapted for the turning in of stubble, or the ploughing under of 

 green crops. 



As it properly belongs to the county and is much used, I 

 subjoin a drawing of it, and likewise a statement of its de- 

 signed advantages, in the words of Mr. Wilson. 



" Some of the most important improvements attempted are 

 the following. The share enters the ground with a most easy 

 and gradual slope ; and forming with the mould-board a regular 

 curve, the furrow slice is raised and turned over with the least 

 possible resistance." 



