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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



The exhibition of Agricultural Implements, though not a 

 large one, contained, as usual, some excellent specimens of 

 that ingenuity for which the inhabitants of the United States 

 have acquired a world-wide reputation. Whittemore Bros, of 

 Boston were the principal exhibitors, presenting some seventy- 

 five implements. Among them the Oliver Chilled Plough, the 

 Yankee Hay Rake, and Woods' Mowing Machine appeared 

 to the Committee to be especially worthy of commendation. 

 The clause in the regulations of the society, that " No premi- 

 um or gratuity will be awarded for any Mower, Horse Rake, 

 Tedder or other machine, the merit of which can be known 

 only by actual trial in the field," is evidently founded in good 

 practical sense, and with such limitation to their sphere of ac- 

 tion, the Committee will only say that the Oliver plough struck 

 their eye as having a very good thing in its " jointer," a kind 

 of a junior plough share, which looked as though it might turn 

 down, for covering with the main plough, tall grass and weeds, 

 thus saving the labor of roughly cutting over with a scythe. 

 The Yankee Horse Rake appeared to be free from the great 

 fault of most of the class, scratching the ground, and filling 

 the hay with dust ; indeed, one of the well-known farmer fam- 

 ily of the Bushbys, who chanced to be near, gave, as his ex- 

 perience in their use, that the hay raked by them was as free 

 from dust as when hand raked. The improved Woods' Mow- 

 ing Machine is understood to have combined with the old ma- 

 chine all the good features of the Sprague Mower. 



The Granger Plow, exhibited by the Wadleigh Plow Co. of 

 Meredith, N. H., was of the swivel class, having the peculiari- 

 ty of a double mould board, by which it was claimed that the 

 work done was equal to that by the best of landside plows, 

 which would certainly be a great gain when, with all their ex- 

 cellent qualities, the deficiencies of the swivel class of plows 

 are considered. To the committee, the plow appeared to han- 

 dle rather heavy and be a little complicated in its struc- 



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