62 FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Statement of George Miles. 



This cheese was manufactured from a dairy of eight cows. The 

 night's milk was added to the morning's, then set for the cheese with 

 rennet sufficient to make the curd in about forty minutes, then wheyed 

 off, drained, chopped, salted and put to the press, then covered, and 

 dressed with melted fat, and turned daily. 



FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



The Committee on "Farm Implements" would report : That hav- 

 ing first examined the list of implements for which premiums were 

 offered, we found -there was no prize to be awarded to the first and 

 most important one now in use, to wit, — the Plow. Although im 

 proventS; within the last few years, have been made in this department, 

 yet we have seen nothing at our " Plowing Exhibitions " that supersedes, 

 — for good work, — that of the the "old double Michigan." Now 

 that still greater improvements should be made in this as well as in 

 all other farming utensils, greater inducements should be offered by 

 way of prizes ; and the Committee should judge of their merits or de- 

 merits by the work they are capable of doing. No man or committee 

 can properly deal out justice evenhanded, without a fair trial of them 

 in the field. We fear that the practice already adopted of awarding 

 prizes for farm implements without trial, may lead to unsatisfactory re- 

 sults, to the inventor as well as the consumer. 



The swivel Plow is fast coming into use, but no faster than necessity 

 demands ; we believe that all lands should be plowed without leaving 

 those unsightly dead furrows and huge ridges upon them. 



We would therefore recommend that prizes be offered for Plows that 

 will perform the best work. 



The question may be asked, Why do we plow ? This question being 

 answered, we get a clue to the science of the work. 



The first object in plowing is to pulverize the soil, and make a deep, 

 mellow seed-bed, capable of absorbing from the atmosphere those gases 

 necessary for the growth and life of plants. The absorbing power of 

 he soil is better understood than formerly, and the power depends very 



