No. 7. 



The Prouty ^ Moore's Plough. 



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nient. A very small pipe would be suffi- 

 cient. Water containing foreioii matter, 

 would, of course, be tnore enriciiin!>- tiian 

 pure water. Those who will try the expe-> 

 riment thoroughly, should make the neces- 

 sary preparations now, at this comparatively 

 leisure season of the year. — Cultivator. 



For the Fanners' Cabinet. 

 The Prouty & Moore Ploughs. 



I\Ir. Editor, — Your correspondent, S. M. 

 Stapler, has entirely misunderstood the bu- 

 siness of the nieetinsr of the New Castle 

 Society's Ploughing Match. It was not for 

 the trial of ploughs — for there, that question 

 had repeatedly been decided, in favour of 

 the Prouty Plough — but for the plm'ighmen. 

 Hence, the committee, in their report, are 

 made to say, they give no opinion on the 

 merits of the ploughs; consequently the 

 case stands precisely as it did the past year, 

 when the Prouty Ploughs swept the board, 

 taking three premiums of $10 eacii. And 

 to show that .such is the fact, it is only to 

 observe the result of the trial of the lads ; 

 when, in the absence of strength and skill 

 in the holders, the Prouty ploughs again 

 carried all befoi-e them; leaving not a doubt 

 that if a third premium had been awarded, 

 it would have been given to the third Prouty 

 plough, in the hands of Mr. Jackson's eldest 

 sou. And at the Philadelphia meeting, the 

 same plough received the first premium for 

 " the' best plough," as it had often before 

 done. Your correspondent is not more for- 

 tunate, when he supposes that Mr. Holcomb 

 has come over for the Moore Plough, in con- 

 sequence of a preference for it. This is not 

 the fact ; as, for three years past, he has 

 not ceased to acknowledge the superiority 

 of the Prouty Plough tn all others: the com- 

 mittee on ploughing the last year declaring, 

 by their chairman, "that it did not require 

 half an eye to come to that conclusion." 

 No, but this he has done, in obedience to a 

 law of the Home League Societ3% by which 

 he considers himself bound to protect "home 

 manufactures" — a step that had long been 

 urged upon him, and to which, it appears, 

 he has at length submitted. But with much 

 deference and respect, I would take leave 

 to reniind him, that the Boston people, where 

 these ploughs are made, took 150,000 bush- 

 els of Delaware corn and grain from three 

 ports on the Delaware, in about three months 

 of the year 1843; while the amount of Dela- 

 ware oak plank, shipped for Boston in the 

 year 1845, for ship building and other pur- 

 poses, was over 200,000 feet; and that the 

 amount for castings obtained of our citizens, 

 Messrs. Hollingsworth, Harvey & Co., for 



their Philadelphia house, the past year, will 

 not amount to much less than the sum of 

 *1,500. 



I consider your correspondent's allusion 

 to "the response of the spectators on the 

 decision of the committee," unfortunate ; it 

 is a double-edged weapon, dangerous to 

 wield; for altliough the competitors are 

 bound to submit to the decision of the com- 

 mittee, the spectators sometimes take the 

 right to contest it; and that tJiey did so on 

 this occasion, is well known. 



Perhaps one of the most, complete tri- 

 umphs of the Prouty Plough was at the 

 late Philadelphia meeting, where she again 

 carried off the first premium, as "the best 

 plough;" and yet it is asserted by one of the 

 competitors and a spectator, that this was 

 done by a single vote; — true, but to com- 

 pare small things with great, like the single 

 vote which elected VYasliington to the first 

 presidency, it was unanimous in its favour. 

 And here again, the very great superiority 

 of the Prouty Plough was most manifest in 

 the hands of the young son of Mr. Jackson, 

 whose management and work, but little in- 

 ferior to the best, and superior to most of the 

 other competitors, called forth the applause 

 of the spectators, and a gratuitous award of 

 a premium of .^3 from the committee; with, 

 or I am much mistaken, the sale of a hun- 

 dred such ploughs as can be entrusted to the 

 hands of a child ten years of age, to execute 

 the most perfect work imaginable, in the 

 thorough cultivation of the soil. 



In conclusion, I would point your cor- 

 respondent's attention to the report of the 

 St. George's Society's committee, Delaware, 

 who declared their inability to award the 

 first premium for ploughing to the Prouty 

 Plough, " seeing she was so perfect as to 

 require no holder;" and. to the late decision 

 of the Prince George's Society, Md., who 

 pronounced her ineligible for competition, 

 "seeing that she had already obtained their 

 highest testimony of approbation, the award 

 of their first premium, for the best plough 

 for all purposes." 



Observer is indebted to your correspond- 

 ent, S. M. Stapler, for a most appropriate 

 name for the Prouty Plough ; let it hence- 

 forth be denominated, "The Corn Breeder;" 

 for so it assuredly is. M. 



Wilmington, Bel., Jan. 20tli, 1840. 



The waste manures of the farm consist 

 of the liquid, or drainage from the cattle 

 sheds, manure heaps, and house; the gaseous 

 evaporations from the manure yards; and ve- 

 getable and animal refuse, &c. One great 

 object of the farmer should be to save all 

 these. 



