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is scraping up the manure. Worked in that way, it spreads 

 the manure remarkably well. 



Mr. Haskell. Do I understand the gentleman to say 

 that he, with two men, loads and unloads twenty loads an 

 hour? If he does, where does he live? I want to go and 

 see him work, 



Mr. Noble. On the question of Kemp's manure-spreader 

 I would like to state what I have done myself. I have had 

 only one experience with that spreader, and that was last 

 spring. I spread two hundred loads with it in two days. 

 The manure was drawn out on the edge of the ploughed 

 land and left in piles. Not being able to own one of the 

 spreaders myself, I hired one of a neighbor at two dollars a 

 day. I wanted the worth of my money, and I think I got 

 it. I had four horses on the cart, and four men to load. 

 The man who drove did nothing else. The four men loaded 

 and stayed at their heaps ; and the man with his four horses 

 brought it out and spread it. In the two days we drew out 

 our two hundred loads, and returned the cart back. I was 

 glad to o^et the use of it for two dollars a dav. We don't 

 work by the hour up in Berkshire, but begin as soon as we 

 can see, and work as long as we can see. 



Mr. J. W. Pierce. I would inquire if there is a success- 

 ful potato-planter in the market — one that will cut, drop 

 and cover the potatoes ? 



Mr. Ware. Drew's potato-planter has been used quite a 

 number of years, and quite successfully. It cuts the pota- 

 toes, drops them, covers them, and does it very well. I 

 suppose for a small patch, it would not be desirable to get 

 it ; but if anybody plants potatoes largely, it would be very 

 desirable to have one of these planters. Mr. Gregory of 

 Marblehead has used one for some years, and he speaks of 

 it in very high terms. 



Mr. Sedgwick. There is an objection to the planter 

 that has just been mentioned, in the fact that it does not cut 

 the potato evenly ; but there is a potato-planter (I cannot 

 recall the name of it) which is used largely on Long Island, 

 that drops the potatoes after they are cut. They are cut by 

 hand and then put into the machine, which drops the potato 

 and also the fertilizer. It works very successfully. It is 



