AND RURAL ECONOMIST. 



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Ploughs. This implement, one of the oldest and most useful 

 employed on a farm, has undergone of late years a wonderful 

 change in all its most essential parts, and has been greatly- 

 improved. The cast iron plough is now most generally used 

 among the best farmers, and considered decidedly the best. 

 Among the different ploughs now made of cast iron, Howard's 

 stands unrivalled. They have been used at the different cat- 

 tle shows aid pV.ughing matches, and have in all cases been 

 approved by then. At the Brighton cattle show at the exhibi- 

 tion in October, 1832, they received the piemium of ten dollars, 

 awarded as b'^in^^ the best plough presented. 



[Extract from the Report of the Committee. 1 



' The ploughs wer*^ all of cast iron, and by six of the most 

 approved manufacturers. The one by Mr. Charles Howard, 

 of Hingham, was a superior implement, considerable improve- 

 ments having recently been made by him, in making the mould- 

 board longer than usual, and swelling the breast oT the share, 

 so as to make every part bear equally ; by which means the 

 plough runs more true and steady, is always free from carry- 

 ing forward any earth, and wears perfectly bright ; and being 

 made on mathematical principles, he informed the committee 

 he could make the different sizes always the same.' 



JOHN PKINCE, 

 EBENEZER HEATH, 

 JOHN BAKER, 3d. 

 'The duty of awarding a premium "to the plough which 

 shall be adjudged best of all those used at the ploughing match," 

 devolved on the two committees, and they agreed unanimously 

 to award it to Mr. Charles Howard, of Hingham, for his new 

 and improved plough ; ten dollars.' 



' GORHAM PARSONS, 



Chairman of Single Teams. 

 JOHN PRINCE. 



Chairman of Double Teams. 

 Tice's Plough. This plough is considered the next best 

 plough to Howard's; it has taken a number of premiums at 

 the different ploughing matches, and is highly approved by all 

 those who have used them, as they turn a good furrow, leaving 

 the sod smooth and level. 



