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or Ruggles' plough. The Committee saw no benefit 

 from this alteration, other than turning the plough more 

 or less to the land not ploughed, than could be done by 

 the previous fixture. With a plough properly construc- 

 ted they are not aware but the chance for varying its 

 direction was sufficient before ; and therefore, they are 

 not prepared to approve of the alteration. Still, as no 

 one on the ploughing-field attempted an explanation 

 why this fixture was attached to the plough, the Com- 

 mittee in the hurry of examination, might overlook the 

 object in adding it. And it may possess advantages 

 which they did not discover. 



By a rule of the Society, the ploughing was required 

 to be seven inches deep. Some of the ploughs were 

 gaged to rather below that depth, and as the land plough- 

 ed had not previously been stirred so deep, those ploughs 

 which went the shoalest turned the furrow the best, and 

 showed the smoothest work. 



The Committee will notice one defect in the plough- 

 ing, which was pretty general. An attempt to take 

 more width of furrow than the plough was designed to 

 turn. What is a proper width for the furrow-slice to be 

 turned at once, may be a very nice point to decide ; but 

 whatever width that may be, the plough should be suf- 

 fered to go fair and even upon its irons, and altered at 

 the draught to regulate the width. 



The Improved Eagle No. 4, and Centre Draught No. 

 26, will turn well, properly guided, twelve to fourteen 

 inches. And perhaps it is a good rule that the width of 

 the furrow should be double to its depth. 

 For the Commitlee, 



MOSES NEWELL. 



WITH SINGLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on ploughing with single teams report: 

 That for some reason, which the Committee do not un- 

 derstand, but two teams were entered for premium. 

 The ploughs used by both, were manufactured by Rug- 

 gles, Nourse & Co., and were in some respects different. 



