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ward for the best Mowing Machine, equal to tliat wliich may be 

 offered for the greatest speed of a horse, and instead of two ma- 

 chines for competition, we have no doubt that there would be 

 six times the number, and we believe the same Avould be true 

 in reference to most, if not all of the other Agricultural imple- 

 ments and machinery used or needed in our community. 



We hope to see the time Avhen the mechanical part of Agri- 

 culture shall be elevated to its true position, and receive its 

 proper share of encouragement at our annual gatherings. To 

 what does the farmer owe his present high standing more than 

 to his mechanical implements. Show us a man's tools and we 

 will tell you what kind of a workman he is. To bring these 

 tools to their present state of perfection, has cost the mechanic 

 u very great expense of time and money. It is not uncommon 

 for an inventor to give several years of patient thought and 

 study to bring about a single improvement, which Avhen made, 

 seems so simple that the world exclaims, "why was it not 

 thought of before ?" but being made, its value to the commu- 

 nit};^ cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. Give proper en- 

 gouragement to the poor inventor, and may it not be expected, 

 that the coming generation will witness improvements far sur- 

 passing those of the present. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



J. ADAMS, Committee on Meclianic Arts. 



