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the oil and gelatine present and what blood maybe found in 

 the shreds of meat that more or less accompany it, besides 

 the mechanical use of this hard substance as a grain grind- 

 er by the powerful muscles of the gizzard. That fine cut 

 green bone helps in egg production is an established fact, 

 though the explanation of the process by which this is ac- 

 complished is of the non sequiter class of reasoning. 



The varieties of onion hoes exhibited by Mr. S. Fuller 

 of Danveis displayed a good deal of ingenuity in adjusting 

 means to ends. Some of the most extensive market gar- 

 deners in Essex County, are using his single wheel slide hoe 

 in preference to all other. On my own farms we have over 

 a dozen varieties of these slide hoes, and I was somewhat 

 surprised to find this season that my workmen preferred the 

 Fuller hoe to all other kinds which run between the rows. 

 One of their strongest arguments for it was its stiffness, it 

 being entirely free from the wabbling so common after a 

 little use to about all of the kinds that run with either one 

 or two wheels. 



The broadcast fertilizer distributer, exhibited by Messrs. 

 Colcord & Richardson, was very simple in construction and 

 appeared capable of doing very good work. It has also 

 one great recommendation which is wanting in the two 

 machines I have used, and that is that it is capable of ad- 

 justment so as to be able to distribute up to considerabl}' 

 over a ton to the acre, as much as would be desired under 

 any circumstances. Messrs. Colcord & Richardson also 

 exhibited " Farmers' handy wagon and platform,'' an affair 

 costing about $40.00, having very broad, low wheels and 

 a low, broad platform within about thirty inches of the 

 ground. One in use on my own farm, I find exceedingly 

 handy in the various uses I have thusfarput it to, in haul- 

 ing bags of onions and potatoes from the fields and barrels 

 of apples from the oi-chards. The low lift makes it very 

 easy to load and unload. Especially is its value demon- 



