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contained a promise of value. The " Jacob's ladder" ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Whitcomb & Carter struck us so fav- 

 orably that the chairman of your committee purchased one 

 for use on his own farm. It consisted of a 30-foot ladder 

 made up of five sections, so adjusted to each other that 

 they could be readily put together or taken apart, as a 

 longer or shorter ladder might be needed. The method 

 of connecting the parts made them perfectly secure and 

 safe. Its adjustable capacity made it reall}^ five ladders in 

 one. One of its greatest recommendations is the convenience 

 in handling or storing it, for instead of one of those long, 

 heavy affairs, wliich is both heavy to handle and difficult 

 to transport, either by hand or cart, we have five short, 

 six-foot ladders, which can be transported about as readily 

 as so many short boards and stored under cover in any 

 convenient six feet of space. The price is -f 4, but little 

 more tlian that charged for the long 30-footer of the ladder 

 man. 



Messrs. Colcord & Co., exhibited a circular silo, made 

 from the never- wear-out cypress of the South, of the height 

 of 20 feet and diameter of 12, bound with round hoops of 

 about three-quarter inch iron. Its capacity was said to be 

 forty tons. The cost, delivered on cars in Essex County, 

 was il54 and it would cost about $20 additional to put it 

 together, so Mr. Colcord tells us. The committee were 

 impressed with the great value of the material for out-door 

 silos, which are now deservedly popular, for, as is well 

 known, the cypress is by far the most enduring of all our 

 American woods when exposed to the action of the ele- 

 ments. 



Messrs. Colcord &, Co., also exhibited again their Amer- 

 ican harrow and cultivator, on which we must bestow the 

 same criticism as of last season : That as a cultivator of 

 land abounding in rock or corn stubble, we have but little 

 faith in its practical value, but from an examination of its 



