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meiit will 1)C too slow ? Fanners slionlit urg-e tlic moehaniVs 

 forward, by making knoAvn to them their presfjing wants, and 

 then oftering* proper inducement to encourage inventive, patient 

 toil and thought. Inventors are generally poor and need pecu- 

 niary aid. Manufacturers seek to make the most money })os- 

 sible out of inventions already made, often without regard to 

 the greatest utility. Hoav then is tiie ])rogressive spirit and 

 demand of the age to he met. Farmers are in some degi'ee 

 isolated : and it may not be easy for them to make known their 

 wants as above indicated. Let the Agricultural ^^ociety be 

 their organ : and Avith liberal and specific jiremiums ft)r each 

 branch of mechanism, speak out in tlie ears of our inventors 

 for the things most needed. AVe say, specijit' premiums, for in- 

 stance, the best Mowing Machine the first premium, second 

 best, the second, third best, the third, and so on, with the sev- 

 eral leading classes of machinery in use. We say liberal jire- 

 miums. Is not the best plow equal in Agriculture to the best 

 bull? Is not the best mowing machine'cqual to the best horse, 

 or the greatest speed of a (it may be an inferior) horse? Let 

 the premiums be equal. 



We ask an equality with other classes which draAV money. 

 AVe believe the mechanical part of Agriculture has been great- 

 ly overlooked, if not undervalued by our Agiicultural Society. 



We ask also in l)ehalf of the mechanic, that a fair and im- 

 partial trial of his inventions be held, so far as })0ssible on the 

 Fair Grounds, on the days of the Animal Fair. The advanta- 

 ges of such an arrangement are obvious. 'J'he committee would 

 be able to judge of the merits claimed by different exhibitors of 

 the several machines which they represent. kSo would the pul)- 

 lic, who come to see all that is useful, novel and good. What 

 better place than some of the unoccupied acres of the Faii- 

 Ground. Take for instance, the plow, one of the oldest farm- 

 ing implements made by human hands, a very great variety of 

 new and useful ones have sprung up, each clainnng special 

 merit. 



But how shall this be determined, so that no imposition shall 



