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FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



hundred pounds each, would perform mQre work than horses as 

 heavy as my own ; more depends on the surface of the land being 

 even and free from stones, than on the power required to cut the 

 grass, the diflference being but little, whether it yield one or two 

 tons per acre. 



During the dull weather the past haying season, I ploughed and 

 harrowed several days with the same horses, and found the work 

 harder for them to plough common stubble land, or harrow the same 

 hours per day, than to draw the mower. 



Whole expense of repairs on the machine during the season was 

 $2.30. 



Bradford, Sept. 22, 1855. 



HORACE WARE'S STATEMENT. 



Record of Work of a Mowing Machine, manufactured by Adriance, of 

 Worcester, in the year 1855, patented by Manny in the year 1851, the 

 cost price of which was $115, owned or worked by Horace Ware, of Mar- 

 blehead, who has entered the same for the premium offered by the Essex 

 Agricultural Society : 



Total number of acres cuS, 54 1-2. 



* Changed on account of weight, the land being soft meadow. 



In addition to the above, I have mowed about 7 acres with one 

 of Russell's machines, which, in consequence of its liability to get 

 out of repair, I had to throw aside, it having broke six or seven 

 times in the operation. It appeared to have too quick a motion — 

 iron and steel not being able to stand the racket. 



