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combined two single with one double plough, and has thus attained 

 the most perfect horse-hoe that has yet been constructed. 



Knox's gang cultivator is an implement of great value under certain 

 circumstances, and will do the work which no other implement will 

 do. 



A great variety of harrows were presented of very perfect work- 

 manship, among which we would particularly mention a steel tooth- 

 folding harrow, introduced by Mr. Plolbrook, of Vermont, in the 

 collection of Nourse, Mason & Co., which appeared to us capable of 

 doing its work with great rapidity and thoroughness, and a very 

 ingenious implement called the rotating harrow and cultivator, pre- 

 sented by Mr. H. Hall, of Putnam, Muskingum Co., Ohio. This is 

 very light, but is rendered sufficiently heavy by being loar ed with a 

 movable iron weight. On a soil free from stones or sods, it must 

 do very fine work. It is drawn by an iron rod attached to a central 

 pivot on the upper surface of the harrow. When it is to be moved 

 from place to place, it is turned upon its periphery, and pushed by 

 the rod as easily as a-wheel is moved. When the rows of corn or 

 other crops are sufficiently distant from each other, it is capable of 

 doing the work of the cultivator very eff"ectually. 



Among the implements for preparing the soil for the seed, we would 

 notice a ridging plough, more used at the South than with us, but 

 which seemed to us capable of being very useful for certain purposes. 

 When it is desired to throw the surface into ridges, for the cultivation 

 of turnips or other crops, it will do it with great rapidity and even- 

 ness. 



Seed Soaveks and Corn Planters — Many of these useful 

 articles were presented, among which we would specially notice 

 Howe's Drill Barrow, which appears to combine all the excellences, 

 and to avoid most of the defects, of other drilling machines. 



Billings' Horse Corn Planter is entitled to particular commenda- 

 tion, as doing its work with more evenness and certainty than any 

 other. 



Bundy's Potato Planter, which is an extension of the principle of 

 Billings' Corn Planter, did not arrive until the third day of the Exhi- 

 bition. This implement your committee, deem worthy of particular 

 notice, and believe that, when it shall be constructed of less weight 

 and better finish, it will be appreciated by the farmers of Massachu- 

 setts, as well as by those of Nova Scotia, where it was invented. 



Field Roller, for General Use. — We had no hesitation in 

 giving the preference to the Roller presented by Nourse, Mason <Sf 



