APPENDIX. XXXV 



forts and the necessaries of life. People have changed in their 

 habits of living, and necessity compels them to change the man- 

 ner of obtaining it. 



It was evident that the audience sat under the hearing of the 

 speaker with marked satisfaction, and with unquestionable profit. 

 The whole was a most capital affair. 



But, sir, as Mr. Flint is present, I will say nothing about it. 



I did not arrive in season to witness the ploughing, but the ground 

 ploughed gave evidence of the skill of Hingham ploughmen. 



One and two-horse mowing-machines were put into grass of second 

 growth. Each machine worked well, and the drivers appeared to 

 know what they were about. To say which machine did the best 

 work would be giving an opinion unasked. 



Three hay -tedders were brought to the field. The American 

 tedder was silent in its operation, and endangered neither life nor 

 limb of man or beast. 



The Barnard tedder is a most capital implement in a field in- 

 fested with bees ; neither horse nor driver will afibrd a lighting 

 place for that most troublesome creatixre. 



The hay being flung forward instead of back, the air was com- 

 pletely filled, not only about the team, but high up, giving the 

 wind an opportunity to play with it, as it did, much to the amuse- 

 ment of the bystanders. 



The grasshopper-tedder made a novel appearance, kicking, or 

 rather scratching, the hay back with a flirt. It is a capital machine 

 to follow the other two, especially in bee-infested fields. The 

 American will stir up the bees, the Barnard will keep them from 

 man and beast, and the grasshopper will kick them out of the field. 



Three horse-rakes were brought to the field, in the trial of which 

 each gave evidence of its utility. 



The mower, the tedder and the rake are great labor-saving 

 machines ; and although their cost seems to be enormous, yet, at 

 the present cost of labor, the farmer will find his account in using 

 them — all if he can, one if he may. 



The stock-pens were well filled — some with cattle, some with 

 sheej), and some with swine. Tlie exhibition in this department 

 was by no means inferior. Most of the thoroughbred stock was 

 of the Jersey breed. Many remarkably good specimens were ex- 

 hibited ; some of recent importation by the president of the society. 



A large number of sheep were on exhibition. They were of 

 superior quality, both of grade and full-blood Southdowns. 



The swine were mostly of the Chester County breed, and they 

 gave evidence of good keep. 



