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than formerly, commended itself to the attention of all. The 

 draft rod upon ploughs of recent introduction, also those with 

 meadow fixtures, used in reclaiming meadows, and capable of 

 being removed, and the same plough used for upland ploughing, 

 deserve particular notice. The chilled share and landside man- 

 ufactured by them, are decided improvements over most ploughs 

 now in use. A wheel at the forward end of the cultivator has 

 been recently added by them, and greatly facilitates turning, 

 regulates the depth, and steadies the movement of the imple- 

 ment. The handles of all their ploughs have been recently 

 remodelled and improved. Their subsoil plough, made upon 

 precisely the same principle as one imported by them from Scot- 

 land, in 1840, has been simplified in construction, and reduced 

 in cost, from fifty dollars in Scotland, to fifteen dollars in Mas- 

 sachusetts, of corresponding size. For this they deserve the 

 thanks of every farmer. Every real improvement in any agri- 

 cultural implement, may be said, in one sense, to be an addi- 

 tional pair of hands, or at least, an extra brace of muscles to the 

 farmer, which he gets without paying them extra wages. In 

 this view, too much encouragement cannot be given to those 

 who are seeking to improve and perfect every kind of implement 

 which the husbandman employs. Messrs. R. N. &, M. have for 

 years exercised an indefatigable zeal and perseverance in this 

 behalf, and have been rewarded with great success. Your com- 

 mittee recommend that a gratuity of ten dollars be given them, 

 as a trifling though inadequate proof of the Society ; s apprecia- 

 tion of their indisputable skill and constant exertions to improve 

 upon the past. 



F. W. GALE, Chairman. 



Root Crops. 



The committee report, that there were only two entries for 

 premiums on root crops, made in conformity to the rules of the 

 Society, and both of these were for carrots ; one by Orrin Fair- 

 banks, of Westborough, and the other by D. Waldo Lincoln, of 

 Worcester. The committee visited the several fields to which 

 their attention was called, and also the carrot fields of Messrs. 



