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unanimous opinion, that the horses of Mr. Colt are decidedly 

 superior to any they have ever seen exhibited at our fairs. The 

 horses of Seymour Wilcox, of Lanesborough, also deserve 

 special notice. 



CALEB N. BEMENT, Chairman. 



Agricultural Implements. 



A new and valuable improvement in mail axles was exhib- 

 ited to the committee, from the iron works of L. Pomeroy & 

 Sons. This improvement, combining all the advantages of the 

 most modern style of mail axles, obviates the only objection 

 heretofore made to them, in attaching the wheels to the axle by 

 a screw, instead of by bolts. The committee regard this im- 

 provement in axles as deserving the encouragement of the 

 farmer, both for its labor-saving qualities to the animals em- 

 plo^'-ed in draught, and for its greater safety. Made from iron 

 of great strength and toughness, fitted to run within the boxes, 

 without friction, and retaining within its chambers the oil, 

 which, in the old-fashioned axles, is constantly dripping upon 

 the wheel, and thus becoming a source of annoyance and in- 

 jury, this axle becomes a valuable, labor-saving article for agri- 

 cultural purposes, as well as a specimen of excellence and 

 beauty in mechanism. In the language of Edward Riddle, of 

 Boston, a gentleman more conversant, perhaps, with the changes 

 and improvements in axles, than any man in the country, "this 

 axle, from its valuable properties over all axles now in use, 

 whether for pleasure or business vehicles, deserves to be uni- 

 versally used." 



We award, on these axles, a premium of . . $5 00 



G. W. MEAD, Chairman. 



Ploughing. 



It is usual, on occasions like the present, to congratulate 

 farmers on the great progress that has been made in this de- 



