AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 



It was remarked by Sir John Sinclair, that the introduction 

 of new agricultural implements into a district is often a mat- 

 ter of the°greatest difficulty, owing to the ignorance, the pre- 

 judice, and obstinacy of farm servants and laborers. Many 

 farmers, therefore, very absurdly retain their old implements, 

 though convinced of their inferiority, rather than sour the 

 tempers of their laborers by attempting to introduce new 

 ones ; in many cases however they have succeeded by atten- 

 tion and perseverance, and by rewarding their laborers many 

 new and valuable implements have been brought into general 

 use. 



The farmers of New England are too enlightened, and have 

 too much regard for their own best interest, to be under the 

 dominion of^such profitless prejudices. Accordingly, we find 

 not only a very increasing deinand for new aud improved 

 agricultural machines, tools, &c., but that our practical far- 

 mers see that it is for their interest to procure the best. 



It is now about ten years since the agricultural warehouse 

 was first established in Boston, 51 and 52 North Market street, 

 J. R. Newell proprietor, and which has become so extensive 

 and of so much importance to the community, as to induce the 

 proprietor to continue and extend ii in all its various branches 

 for the accommodation of the practical and scientific farmer, 

 by the introduction of new and useful implements of husbandry, 

 and to furnish the best tools for his business. 



An establishment of this kind not only answers the above 

 purpose, but serves as a depository in which the inventive 



