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which is characterized as the " most lengthy and scientific trial of 

 ploughs ever yet held in this country," your committee feel pleasure 

 in finding that the New-York ploughs performed the same work with 

 much less resistance ; that in turning a I'urrow of six inches in depth 

 by twelve inches in width, their most approved ploughs, made by 

 Ruggles & Co., required a draught of 412i pounds of power, while 

 Bergen's, to do the same work, required only 350 pounds, thus mak- 

 ing 62^ pounds difference in its favor. However, your committee 

 must renjark, that so much depends upon the soil being of the same 

 tenacity, and various other considerations that necessarily must enter 

 in making a proper comparison, that they do not mean to assert that 

 the Empire State carries the ascendancy in the construction of a 

 plough, entitling it to the appellation of the " easiest draught," with- 

 out a more definite experiment. 



During the testing of the several ploughs, which required some 

 hours of arduous work, an address was delivered by the Hon. Henry 

 Meigs of New-York, on the subject of the ploughing, with many 

 happy allusions to the contrast between the peaceable contest now 

 going on, and that which excited these States during the revolutionary 

 struggle ; his remarks were received with mucli applause. Gen. 

 Tallmadge, with a short appropriate address, closed the exercises of 

 the field. 



The committees and members then returned to the Passaic Hotel, 

 and with an appetite sharpened by the operations of the day, made 

 havoc among the substantial dishes prepared by the goodly host. 

 Before leaving the hotel. Gen. Johnson, in announcing the decisions 

 of the committee to the assembled multitude, made a m.ost hapf)y 

 Dutch quotation, and expressed it with the native emphasis, which 

 gave the greatest satisfaction and was enthusiastically cheered. The 

 line was then formed and proceeded, led by the band of music, and 

 on arrival at the railroad depot the company separated, taking a 

 hearty farewell of one another, and in a few minutes the Institute 

 committee and those who attended them arrived safely at New-York, 

 after having spent a most joyous day. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



PHILIP SCHUYLER, Chairman. 



Mblo's Garden, Oct. 20, 1843. 



Extract from the Report of the Committee on Agricultural 

 Implements. 



The committee to whom was referred the examination of certain 

 agricultural implements, report : That on invitation they repaired to 

 the farm of Gen. G. H. Stryker, near this city, and there witnessed 

 the operation, firstly, of a Corn Hiller, exhibited by Mr. Curtis Thorp, 

 of Binghamton, N. Y., which answered the purpose designed exceed- 

 ingly well. It is composed of three beams: one central and one on 

 each side, diverging from the clevis backward, to a width sufficient 

 to accommodate the shares with which each beam is furnished. The 



