ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 53 



ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



The Committee on Agricultural Implements, having attended to 

 their duty, respectfully Report : 



That four articles, only, were presented to their attention, viz : An 

 improved cultivator, by David Baker, of Ipswich ; two bee-hives, by 

 W. H. Brickett, of East Cambridge, and a harness to prevent cows 

 sucking themselves, by James Porter, of Lynn. The cultivator differs 

 in its construction from those in common use, — having a cast-iron roller, 

 with elevated longitudinal lines, preceding a row of connected cast- 

 iron teeth, that can be graduated at pleasure. The roller breaks 

 down and mangles the weeds, and the teeth following at a suitable 

 depth, diiaw up their roots — making thorough the work of destruc- 

 tion. The Committee think favorably of the instrument for land free 

 from stones, and would commend it to the examination of farmers ; 

 but the evidence required by the rule of the Society, "of the work 

 done by the implement before it is exhibited, and of its having been 

 used and approved by some practical farmer," not being before them, 

 the Committee do not feel authorized to award a premium. 



The cultivation of bees has, of late years, engaged the pens of 

 many practical writers, and may unquestionably be successfully pur- 

 sued, to a certain extent, by every farmer. If more attention was 

 paid to the production of honey, it would find a ready market and a 

 fair remuneration, and the community would be relieved from the use 

 of the article now extensively sold as "southern honey," but which 

 is, in reality, a "northern manufacture." No person was present to 

 point out the peculiar excellencies of the hives referred to. They 

 appeared, however, well adapted to the use of bees, but the Commit- 

 tee did not perceive in their construction any improvement upon the 

 best kinds commonly employed. 



The Committee understand that many cows in Essex County and 

 elsewhere, have acquired the reprehensible habit of milking them- 

 selves. This practice, though indicating an appreciation of a lacteous 

 diet, is considered an unwarrantable invasion of juvenile rights and 

 dairy prerogatives. The harness exhibited by Mr. Porter, and worn 

 on the occasion by his cow, will effectually suppress the evil, without 

 detriment to the reasonable freedom of the wearer. It is simple in 



