FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



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statements of the competitors to have been cut the present season, 

 has been examined, either at the time of the cutting, or soon after- 

 wards, bj one or more members of the committee. 



The committee, themselves novices in these experiments, do not 

 presume to be competent to judge of such machines, or of the woy^k 

 done hi) tliem. All they claim is, to have observed with care, and 

 to have done what they might to qualify themselves to judge ; and 

 to have heretofore been experienced in the cutting of grass in the 

 ordinary way, by the use of the common scythe. 



From the returns of work done, the following facts are abstract- 

 ed :— 



Jmplemenii used. 



No. 1, Manny's machine, 

 made by Adriance &, Co. 

 of Worcester. 



No. 2, Ketchnm's Ma- 

 chine, made by Kuggles 

 & Co. of Boston. 



No. 3, Manny & Co.'s 

 Machine, made by Adri- 

 ance & Co. of Worcester. 



Bij zolwm used. 



W. F. Porter, of Brad- 

 ford; horses weighing 

 2500 lbs. 



Geo. B. Loring, of Salem, 

 horses weighing 20(Jli 

 lbs. 



Horace Ware, of Mar- 

 blehead, horses weighing 

 ■2100 lbs. 



Acres 

 cut. 



116 



3U 



54 



Averctf/e time 



of cutting to 



the acre. 



54 minutes. 



f)1 minutes. 



48 1-6 min. 



Average 



quantity to the 



acre. 



li tons. 



14 tons. 



If tons. 



For further particulars of the operation of these machines, and of 

 the repair of the injuries incident thereto, — the average amount of 

 which is less than five cents an acre, to grass cut — see the state- 

 ments annexed, which are to be published in full — -as speaking more 

 instructively than any description in the power of the committee to 

 give. They tell the story of the operation in a reliable and natural 

 way. 



The special premiums accruing from the funds given by R. S. 

 Fay, Esq., of Lynn, one of the Vice Presidents of the Society, 

 were, by his consent, stated as follows, viz : 



1. For the best and most satisfactory experiment with a mowing 

 machine, operated by two-horse power, on not less than fifty acres, 

 on any farm or farms within the county, $50.00. 



2. For the best and most satisfactory experiment with a mowing 

 machine, operated by one-horse power, on not less than tvrenty-five 

 acres, on any farm or farms within the county, $25.00. 



These were the only premiums offered for work to be done. 

 There was no competition for the second premium — one imple- 



