74 FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



up, as •were Pindar's razors, to sell, tlie machines "will never hb 

 trorth buying. 



The committee, when they commenced their labors, hoped to 

 have given a favorable report of a new form of mowing machine, 

 made by a Massachusetts mechanic, Fisk Russell, of Boston, 

 of which some notice was taken the last year. But they will wait 

 one year more, when they hope a combination of circumstances will 

 enable a more favorable report to be given, than can now with pro- 

 priety be made. They are satisfied it is not without merit. They 

 are by no means sure that its cutting principle is not superior to any 

 other. 



The bounty of the generous donor was not confined to one class 

 of implements, but extended to all useful implements presented. 

 The committee regretted that a greater variety had not been 

 brought to their notice. 



The 4th premium offered, "for the best and most useful agricultu- 

 ral implement not being a mowing machine, $20.00," this they 

 cheerfully and unanimously award to E. D. L. Bryant, of West 

 Boxford, for his thresher and cleaner of grain, an implement to 

 which their attention was called at the exhibition in 1854, and 

 which they are well assured has done much good service in Box- 

 ford, Andover and Bradford, the present season. It has been 

 operated by the proprietor himself, and has secured a good name 

 and fame from those for whom it was used, which is the best voucher 

 that can be desired. 



The committee desire to express their best acknowledgements to 

 the enterprising house of Buggies, Nourse & Co., for the variety 

 of useful implements taken from their abundant store, — such as 

 ploughs, horse hoes, churns, cultivators, &c., — and recommend a 

 gratuity of $15,00, as a small indemnity for their trouble. 



To Messrs. Nourse & Co., of Boston, they award $10.00, for a 

 hay-cutter, prepared to guard against cutting off hoys' fingers. 



To George Buchanan, of Salisbury, they award the sum of $5, 

 for an ingenious corn-planter, that had been used with approbation 

 on the farm of one of the committee. 



To Jeremiah Chapman and brother, of Danvers, they award the 

 sum of $10.00, for the exhibition of a machine designed to prepare 



