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ance, instead of being perpendicular with the edge of 

 the landside, as formerly, and so adjusting the end of 

 the beam to which the power of draft is applied, that the 

 plow will move truly and steadily in the work, without 

 any extra pressure by the plowman upon the handles. 



This modification, at first, was not favorably received; 

 but on trial, it proved so satisfactory and of such marked 

 utility, that it seems since to have been had in view by 

 other manufacturers, and to have been, in a good meas- 

 ure incorporated in their work. It is no part of the pre- 

 sent duty of this committee to decide upon conflicting 

 claims of this character. But from all that has come to 

 our knowledge, we see no sufficient reason to doubt the 

 propriety of their claim. We trust that the merits of 

 their work on trial, will command from a discriminating 

 public its adequate reward; even though their particu- 

 lar inventions may have failed to be secured for their ex- 

 clusive benefit, by a defective Patent. 



The plow sod A. (No. 15 of the first day's experiment) 

 is stated by the makers "to be designed for the more 

 perfect turning of greensward or sod ground and cover- 

 ing all vegetable and other matter lying on the surface, 

 leaving the furrow slice in a fine lively friable state, by 

 crushing its hard lumps and disarranging its mass of par- 

 ticles, inducing fresh fermentation and further decom- 

 position, thereby elaborating its food for plafits." "The 

 point or share presents a long, gradual, easy rise of the 

 furrow to the mould board, which is of a gentle spiral 

 curve in its transverse and diagonal sections, of such 

 length as to insure a free and easy delivery of the fur- 

 row at its after end without fracture, and not requiring 

 the foot of the ploughman to preveut its falling back 

 from whence it came, and is of that peculiar structure, 

 which is so completely adapted to the form which the 

 underside of the furrow naturally assumes, that not a 

 square inch of its surface will be found, that is not pol- 

 ished by the passing furrow." As the results produced 

 by this plow stand in bold relief in comparison with the 

 others, we have felt that justice required that it should 

 have the description given it by those who made it. At 



