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Brawny his chest, and deep ; his color gray ; 

 For beauty, dappled ; or the brightest bay : 

 Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay." 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



GEORGE WASHINGTON HORR, Chairman. 



REPORT ON MECHANIC ARTS. 



That man should be an agriculturist is certain, from 

 his early history; but unfortunately, the ground from 

 which man was to gather food all the days of his life, was 

 cursed by the great Creator, hence the necessity that some 

 kind of mechanism should come to his assistance. How 

 clearly this science was understood in man's primitive 

 condition, we are not informed. We are told, however, 

 that in the person of Tubal Cain, was found an in- 

 structor of those who worked in iron and brass ; but as 

 Tubal means confusion, and Cain, possession, it is very 

 probable that the mechanism in the possession of Cain, 

 adapted to agriculture, was nearly, if not entirely, lost in 

 the confusion of Tubal. However this may be, it does 

 not appear that mechanism was early applied to assist in 

 farming, for had it been, we sbould not have heard of 

 Elisha holding plow after twelve yoke of oxen, especially 

 if the prophet's plow had possessed the many combina- 

 tions of the far-famed "Cylinder" of our own day. The 

 plow claims antiquity with Job, whose sons were said to 

 have been plowing when the Sabeans proved their de- 

 struction. Sampson speaks of the Philistines using the 

 plow, but very likely not the same machine that Job's 

 sons were working with. Originally, the plow was made 

 from a strong limb of a tree, from which a shorter one 

 projected, which was made sharp and smooth ; the long 

 branch or beam extended to the yoke, and was attached 

 directly to it. In the time of Saul, the plow consisted of 

 three parts, viz : the handle, the beam, and the colter or 



