50 



exhaustion than half that area with the common ploughs. 

 I plough for onions for choice shallow, from four to five inches 

 deep. 



The Reynolds works surprisingly well, on land abounding 

 with small stones, the plough being so constructed that it will 

 by a lateral motion work its way clear of obstructions. The 

 greater ease of draft of the Sulky over the common ploughs, 

 was well shown in the trial, where a pair of horses weigh- 

 ing 2200 lbs., on the Reynolds Sulky turned as broad and as 

 thick a furrow slice as a team of two yoke of oxen, working 

 side by side with them. 



It strikes me that the question df which will do the work 

 with the least draft, is of far more importance to tlie general 

 farmer than the one as to which will turn the last furrow the 

 better ; and this is especially true on old land where the dead 

 furrow is but a misfortune at the best. 



In the matter of preference by farm hands, where it is left 

 free with them to use either the Reynolds or the Cassady, on 

 farms where both are owned, Mr. Page stated to the committee 

 that his men, as a rule, took the Reynolds. 



J. J. H. Gregory, Chairman. 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



The Committee award to : — 



Whitcomb & Carter, Beverly, collection, diploma and 

 Whittemore Bros., Boston, machines, etc., $5. 

 E. C. Holmes, Boston, machines, etc., $5. 

 Victor Hanger Company, Newburyport, sliding door hanger, 

 $3. 



Ansel W. Putnam, Danvers, side hill ladder, $2. 

 Webster Smith, Ipswich, potato digger, |2. 

 Aaron Lc^w, Essex, potato digger, -12. 



John L. Shorey, A. C. Hill, M. J. Bartlett, Frank Perkins. 

 — Committee. 



