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And it will always be found that the more thorough the 

 breaking, displacement and replacement of the soil, the greater 

 the crop and the better the quality. It then follows, if we can 

 have a plough that breaks the soil as it turns it, and a revolving 

 harrow that acts like a pudding-stick, breaking and beating the 

 soil right and left, we shall have larger hoed crops, followed by 

 heavier burdens of grass for the mower to cut, making a greater 

 necessity for what comes next — the 



HAY-TEDDER. 



There wa*but one of these exhibited, by Heman Copeland, of 

 Campello, manufactured by the Ames Plow Company — the 

 "American" — which is undoubtedly the best yet invented and 

 before the public. It has not yet arrived at the acme of per- 

 fection, being too harsh for clover when partially made, the 

 wheels travel on what has been shook up, too heavy of draft, 

 and too costly. But, even with the faults that may be found, 

 it is a most desirable implement, and no farmer should be with- 

 out one who cuts much hay. Its faults are not mentioned for 

 the sake of fault-finding, but to call the attention of inventors 

 to these points. 



INVENTIONS. 



The first on the list is Langstroth's patent bee-hive, exhibited 

 by 11. B. King, of Taunton. This is a most excellent device 

 for securing the greatest amount of honey from a given number 

 of bees. It was constructed with a lower portion with as much 

 again width as height, double-walled, so as to leave a dead air 

 space as a non-conductor. The inside space, which is the bee's 

 real home, is filled, except one-half inch space, with narrow 

 frames, in which the bees build their comb in such a way that 

 each sheet can be removed without disturbing the rest. Above 

 this, the whole space is occupied with small boxes, to the num- 

 ber of twelve to fourteen, communicating with the story below 

 by a hole in the usual way, with an outside cover to enlarge 

 all and make a tight and neat hive. It was represented that the 

 bees would fill all the boxes as quick as one, because it gave all 

 room to work. And as the season is short for procuring honey, 

 by this arrangement the harvest is secured. It all appeared so 

 rational that we should give it a very high recommendation 

 with the diploma, which is all we are allowed to give. 



Caleb Bates, Chairman. 



