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commendation, and we are happy to believe that his efforts are duly 

 appreciated by the agriculturists throughout the country. In the 

 collection of ploughs presented by Nourse. Mason & Co , an ingenious 

 plough, devised by Hon. J. Holbrook, President of the Vermont 

 Agricultural Society, was shown to your committee. This plough 



consists of a series of twelve mouldboards, of different forms and 

 eizes, adapted to almost every conceivable kind of work, fitted to one 

 frame and standard. The union of the mouldboard to the frame is 

 simple and firm. A similar series of mouldboards of steel is fitted 

 to one frame, Avith a wrought iron standard. The contriver of this 

 plough claims that there are many advantages in having the various 

 mouldboards, needed for different soils and modes of culture, com- 

 bined in one general implement, rather than in having several imple- 

 ments, and a great saving of expense and storage thereby. The 

 frame, and either one or any number of the mouldboards, may be 



