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ence to many of our agricultural machines, if similar ef- 

 forts were made for their advancement. 



Your Committee would suggest, that a specific pre- 

 mium should be oftered for the best agricultural machine 

 of every kind in use or needed on our farms ; and also, 

 that a crop of grass or grain or any other crop, necessary 

 to test the qualities of machines, should be produced on 

 the fair ground, and that machines for premiums should 

 be tested. By so doing, much interest would be added to 

 the annual exhibition, and the Committee could judge 

 of the merits of each machine. 



We hope in future, more encouragement will be given 

 to this part of our Exhibition. For it is the science of 

 mechanism in the hand of the skillful inventor that has 

 so completely removed the "curse" from the soil, that 

 instead of its being a drudgery to till it, it is a source of 

 pleasure and profit. 



There were thirty-three entries in all for our examina- 

 tion; five were mowing machines — the Buckeye, Kirby's, 

 Manney's, and Wood's. They all appeared well, and we 

 saw no reason why they would not do all that was claimed 

 for them. They each have their reputation among our 

 farmers. We should have liked to have seen them work, 

 and then we could speak of their merits. The Cylinder 

 plow seems to carry the palm, it being the only entry. 

 Its various combinations were clearly pointed out, all of 

 which we should have borne testimony to, had we seen 

 the practical demonstration. 



There was one entry of churns, claimed as the " Air 

 Pressure." We think, if it will make butter as good, as 

 the machine itself (with the exhibitor) was attractive, that 

 it is worthy of the attention of all of our dairy women. 



We should like to speak of each of the entries singly, 

 but our space will not allow. Suffice it to say, that we 

 were well pleased with them all. The Italian marble, and 

 other things by the same contributor, were very attrac- 

 tive — an axe among the tools marked No. 22, having two 

 edges, suggests to our mind that it would make a good 



