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tween the animals yoked. It was thought, however, that if 

 some means could be devised for rendering the yoke of less 

 weight, it would come into more general use, and meet with 

 much favor. 



Specimens of ploughs, some twenty-five in number, were 

 offered by B. Martin & Co., and some fifteen in number, by 

 Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co., and to say anything against 

 any of their implements, would only create the impression, that 

 the members of your committee were not in their right minds, 

 and whatever we could speak in their favor, could not add to 

 their reputation. We were shown every size and every varie- 

 ty, and were perfectly satisfied with them all. The workman- 

 ship was as perfect as need be, and no article was offered for 

 our inspection, which, if appearances did not deceive us, more 

 tempted the eyes of the farmer, than these same ploughs. 

 The ploughs from one manufacturer might have possessed some 

 advantages over those from another ; but if so, we were not dis- 

 posed to search very closely for them, particularly as the com- 

 petitors have saved us the trouble of saying anything about 

 gratuities, by omitting to enter the articles exhibited, upon the 

 secretary's books. 



/ A newly invented horse-rake was exhibited by Charles Gill, 

 of Exeter, N. H. The common objection to horse-rakes has 

 been, that they will do only for smooth ground — that nothing 

 can be done with them on our rough New England soil. The 

 committee, after having seen the operation of this instrument, 

 were of the opinion that this objection is in a great measure 

 obviated. Every tooth acting independently of the rest, the 

 instrument passes over rough land with comparative ease. 

 This improvement, together with the fact that it requires noth- 

 ing more than the services of a horse and one person to manage 

 it, seems to commend this rake to the attention of our farmers 

 generally. 



J. HENRY HILL, Chairman. 



