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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



Scotch plou;;^hs for doing the same work, are mucli heavier than ours, 

 and (he English and Scotch farmers believe they do tlieir work with 

 more evenness and uniformity than do ours. It is probable that a 

 cert liu amount of weight in the plough is necessary to the perfection 

 of its work Whicli possesses the proper weight must be determined 

 by experience and the nature of the soil. The plough is the most 



important implement in agriculture, and the man who improves th« 

 structure of the plough, and renders it most capable of reducing the 

 soil to a good degree of tilth, with the least outlay of dynamic force, 

 does a good service to his country. In this connection, your com- 

 mittee cannot refrain from remarking, that Mr. Knox, going on from 

 the vantage ground previously reached by Mr. Joel Nourse, has con- 

 tributed greatly to this object, and we would award him our highest 



