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that will sow fine fertilizers ; and also, for a fine dry fertil- 

 izer, there is an attachment made that does very good work 

 in sowing plaster, etc. 



Mr. Bow^DiTCH. There is another one that has been used 

 a good deal in this State. I think it is called the Seymour 

 Broadcast Sower. That is supposed to sow grass-seed and 

 grain, but it is not made quite carefully enough. It sows 

 fertilizers very well. I have used it for five or six years. 



Mr. Grinnell. Don't you have to grind the fertilizer? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. You have to work it up a little. 



Mr. Russell. I was surprised that Mr. Grinnell did not 

 bring his essay down to the sulky-plough. 



Mr. Grinnell. I mentioned it. 



Mr. Russell. I know you mentioned it, but you did not 

 give an account of the invention. 



Mr. Grinnell. I simply alluded to it generally. I did 

 not think it proper in an address like this to speak of any 

 machines particularly. I did, however, speak of two or 

 three machines, as you noticed, which I thought I had a 

 right to do, because they are specialties, and there is only 

 one of each. I referred to the disk harrow, the La Dow 

 harrow, the Randall harrow, the Thomas smoothing-hnrrow, 

 and the Kemp manure-spreader. I thought I might speak 

 of those without running the risk of appearing to advertise 

 any of them. I know of two sulky-ploughs, the Cassady, 

 and another one, introduced this last season, which I have 

 never seen used. Perhaps Mr. Haskell can tell me the 

 name of it. 

 ^ Mr. Haskell. That is the Buckeye attachment. 



Mr. Grinnell. The Cassady is the one where the axle 

 is turned, is it not? 



Mr. Haskell. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Grinnell. The other was a sulky with two wheels, 

 and with an ordinary plough attached underneath, an 

 arrangement being made so that you can take any straight- 

 beam plough and put underneath it. It seemed to be 

 convenient, and those who had used it said that it worked 

 to excellent advantage. 



Question. Are the ploughs of the present day better 

 than they were twenty-five years ago? 



