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the first premium at the New England, and at some of our 

 county fairs. It is manufactured by Whittemore, Belcher 

 & Co., at Chicopee Falls, and sold at their warehouse, 34 

 Merchants' Row, Boston. 



A very neat and efficient seed-sower was exhibited and took 

 the premium at the Essex Society. It is known as the Improved 

 Danvers Seed-Sower, manufactured by G. E. Herrick, of Lynn- 

 field Centre, and sold by Messrs. Parker, Gannett & Osgood, at 

 49 North Market Street, Boston. 



IMPROVED DANVERS SEED-SOWER AND HOE. 



It sows onions, turnips and other similar seeds with great 

 uniformity, and mangolds and other varieties of beets, and 

 parsnips, carrots, <fec., as well as any machine with which I am 

 practically acquainted. It is to be recommended for its sim- 

 plicity and cheapness, a feature of no little importance, as it 

 insures its use in many hands where a more expensive machine 

 would not find its way. 



Our hoes have generally been thought to be all that could be 

 desired as respects lightness, beauty of finish and durability. 

 As compared with a similar class of implements that I have ever 

 seen in any other country, they are unsurpassed. But it is well 

 known that a hoe that is well adapted to a man or to a tall per- 

 son is not always so conveniently worked by a boy. An attempt 

 has been made to remedy this difficulty by attaching an adjusta- 

 ble shank by which the hoe can be " set " or adapted to different 

 statures. 



By this simple arrangement the hoe can be made to hang to 

 suit the operator, and held firmly by a nut. In other respects 

 it is like the common hoe, light and substantial. It appears 

 to be a convenient invention, and has received the sanction 



