1G8 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



HINGHAM. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



At a meeting of the society held in the month of August the 

 idea of instituting a trial of mowing machines, tedders and 

 rakes, at the annual fair, was considered and discussed. It 

 was thought expedient that a trial of mowing machines, and 

 mowing with hand-scythes, and also a trial of tedders and 

 wheel-rakes, should be held, for the benefit of farmers who 

 wished to buy of the various implements, and also to give 

 opportunity to manufacturers to bring to the trial the best 

 implements manufactured. To carry this project into effect, 

 a committee of three persons was chosen, and the society ap- 

 propriated the sum of fifty dollars, to be used in prizes and 

 gratuities. The Committee solicited contributions for exhibi- 

 tion, and entries for trial, of the principal manufacturers, 

 agents and dealers in this class of implements in Boston, and 

 also Alzirus Brown, of Worcester, builder of the Union Mower, 

 and George B. Weaver, of Newport, R. I,, sub-builder of the 

 Clipper Mower. The Committee found a hearty response from 

 all parties, and entries were made as follows : — 



The Ames Plow Company entered for prize the Perry Mower 

 for one and two horses ; also the American Hay-Tedder, Burt's 

 Rocky Mountain Independent Wooden-Tooth Rake, and also 

 Burt's Sclf-Adjusting Wire-Tooth Rake. 



Parker, Gannett <fe Osgood entered the Buckeye Mower for 

 one and for two horses, Bullard's Hay-Tedder, New England 

 Tedder, Bay State Rake, and Whitcomb Rake. 



Whittemore & Belcher entered Walter A. Wood's Mower for 

 one for two horses, and Whittemore's Lock-Rake. 



The Kniflfen Mowing Machine Company and E. E. Lummus 

 entered the KnifTcn Mower for one and for two horses, and the 

 Kniffen Rake. 



George B. Weaver, of Newport, R. I., entered the Clipper 

 Mower for one and for two horses. 



Alzirus Brown, of Worcester, entered the Union Mower for 

 one and for two horses, and Whitcomb Rake. 



The trial took place on lands of Wm. Davis, Esq., adjoining 

 the grounds of the society, and was witnessed by a great num- 

 ber of persons, who appeared to enjoy the occasion. 



