90 ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



ton, which was thought by the Committee, to be a very good, sub- 

 stantial article, and well fitted for the use intended and for which 

 the maker was entitled to a gratuity of $1 00. 



Quite a variety of agricultural implements were presented, by 

 Parker & White, of Boston, such as ploughs, straw cutters, ther 

 mometer churns, ox yokes, flails, hoes and corn shellers, which were 

 very perfectly finished, and very much approved of by the Com- 

 mittee ; but inasmuch as there were no special Improvements on 

 former years, unless in the more perfect finish, it was not thought 

 warrantable to give a premium. The Committee thought them en- 

 titled to a gratuity of $3 00 for the pains they had taken to 



bring these implements, and the addition which they made to the 

 Show. 



We hope they will continue to add to our shows by the exhibition 

 of such finished and perfect implements. It will probably be as 

 much for their own interests as for ours. There are many, in the 

 community, who have no other opportunity of witnessing the modern 

 improvements in agricultural implements. 



Clinton's corn-sheller was thought to be some improvement on other 

 machines of the kind, and the Committee would like to have had 

 further opportunity to test its merits ; it attracted considerable at- 

 tention. 



The ox yoke exhibited by Parker & White was much admired, , 

 having the advantage of a clasp, instead of a staple, which was ■ 

 thought to possess many advantages over the staple ; among them, . 

 was the greater strength given to the yoke, and that of readily giving ^ 

 the weaker ox the advantage over his fellow. This yoke required 1 

 but one set of holes for the bows, and was leaded, which effectually >; 

 secures the necks of the oxen from chafing. ; 



One word more, in connexion with the yoke of the farmer lad, li 

 Is it not desirable for young farmers to cultivate the taste and dispo- 

 sition, which all have, in a greater or less extent, to use mechanical 

 tools ? In the course of a farmer's life, he has frequent calls to re- 

 pair, and make some of the less complicated tools for his use. He ■ 

 has some advantages, which ought not to be lost. 



In the first place, he has the timber always at hand ; he knows 

 the quality required, and ought to be acquainted with the material-ii 

 itself. He has some leisure hours, rainy days, &c. In some parts 

 of the country, the proper mechanic is not at hand, and it would re- 



