94 PARM IMPLEMENTS. 



A portable Cider Mill ^vas exhibited by Elbrldge A. Howard, of 

 North Keading. The prejudices of the Committee against that 

 much abused article, good cider, are not so strong as to prevent 

 their examining impartially any improved implement for the making 

 of it. So long as there shall be any occasion for the use oi vinegar, 

 so long it is believed will cider be esteemed of value ; to say nothing 

 of other uses, that those who love it have a right to make. But we 

 must be satisfied that the machine is a decided improvement. This 

 we cannot say of Mr. Howard's Mill. That it Avill cut apples into 

 small particles, we have no doubt ; but that as much juice can be 

 pressed from these particles, as from the pomace when passed 

 through a well constructed Mill, carried by horse power, we have 

 great doabt. We therefore say nothing in favor of this Cider Mill. 



The attention of the Committee was called to a Corn Plajiter, 

 carried in the hand, and used for the distributing of the kernels of 

 corn and covering them. It may probably be applied to a useful 

 purpose in some cases, but it appeared to be a small affair, scarcely 

 ■worthy any special notice of the Committee. The whole expense of 

 the implement is ^5. 



A double Plough, No. 33, and a Horse Hoe, No. 1, made by 

 Ruggles & Co., were exhibited by one of the Committee. They 

 appeared to be first class implements of the kind, highly creditable 

 to the skill and ingenuity of those who made them. Of this form 

 of plough the Committee have heretofore, more than once, expressed 

 a decidedly favorable opinion. 



The Committee were instructed by the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments to examine a Steam Engine, planned and constructed by two 

 lads, of Lawrence. This Engine was thus described by the boys : 



" During the second year of our apprenticeship, in the summer 

 of 1853, having determined to build an Engine, after some deliber- 

 ation, we selected a design that seemed to possess what we desired. 

 We began at once on the drawings and working plans. In the fall 

 and winter of 1853 and '54, we finished the plans, and with some 

 assistance completed the patterns, and got ready the castings by 

 the first of April. We then commenced building the Engine, and 

 completed it ready to run by the first of July. We were inter- 

 rupted somewhat during the time, so much so, that we worked only 

 55 days each from the time it was commenced until it was com- 



