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ing ill other sections, it is little approved of here. The bad 

 efi'ect of ploughing turf land deeper than usual has been ob- 

 served this year on those pieces so ploughed last year at the 

 ploughing match. 



The double plough has advantages which will be better ap- 

 preciated when it is more fully introduced. It pulverizes the 

 turf sod as though it were stalk or stubble land. 



The subsoil plough has been little used with us, but there 

 is no doubt of its benefit. It can be used on land that is free 

 from large stones and roots to loosen the earth below the roots 

 of grass, without turning the sod or destroying the beautiful 

 English grass, which is so desirable. 



This plough, in grass land, makes a cut through the sod 

 similar to a coulter, and leaves the turf raised some inches by 

 loosening the earth below its roots. 



Premiums should be offered for narrow furrows, because the 

 power and worth of any form of plough is more fully tested as 

 the earth is more completely pulverized, and the ordinary small 

 team of a farm will work them faster and easier. And if a 

 small one will turn a deep and narrow furrow, we may be 

 sure the same form, in a large size plough, will, with greater 

 certainty, turn an equal depth and a wider furrow. 



Cast iron ploughs have been objected to on account of their 

 weight, but we need have no fear on that score, if we consider 

 how much easier the cast iron sled shoe passes over bare ground 

 than wrought iron or steel. 



The steam plough is working successfully in England, 

 ploughing land for 62 cents per acre, which in the ordinary 

 way costs $2. We may soon see the iron horse turning fur- 

 rows in this valley, and with his dozen ploughs, each throwing 

 its stream of earth, pulverized and spread upon the land, as the 

 snow-plough sifts its fleecy flakes when driven by the steam 

 engine. 



Your committee found not a little difficulty in awarding 

 premiums, many lots being equally well ploughed for cultiva- 

 tion. We were obliged, therefore, in forming our decision, to 

 notice the ploughman's skill at setting in and ending the fur- 

 rows, as also the clearing the last furrow. 



The ploughing was well done ; several lots would not suffer 

 by comparison with any match in the United States. 



