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advantage in having a dealer exhibit, — over that made by a^ 

 manufacturer; while the latter is confined to the product 

 of his own ideas, that of the former presents the ideas of 

 many minds. Mr. Colcord's exhibit was unusually valuable- 

 It contained the latest improvement in cultivators, mo^^'ing 

 machines, paris green distributors, pea, corn and bean plant- 

 ers, potato diggers, and fertilizer distributors. I have used 

 all of these but the cultivator on my farms, and can fully 

 endorse their merits. Why will my brother farmers con- 

 tinue the application of paris green in the old fashioned 

 bulky way, by reducing with plaster or water, where tliey 

 can obtain just as good results by applying it pure from a 

 cyclone exterminator or Leggett gun ? It takes no more 

 of the powder to do the work and it can be done in half 

 the time, and will be just as efficacious. Why should we- 

 lug around 250 pounds of water on our backs, when a 

 single pound of paris green blown on the vines, will ac- 

 complish as good results? We sometimes have our potato 

 vines injured when we apply the paris green diluted in 

 water. This is because either very cold water has been 

 used on a hot day or, what is more likely, the free arsenic 

 in it has been dissolved by the water, and this al ways- 

 blasts wherever it touches. By using the powder undis- 

 solved we avoid most of this injury, indeed avoid it entirely 

 unless a rain follow directly after its application. Several' 

 patent powders have been put upon the market to take the 

 place of the paris green, but as a rule they are good just as 

 far as they have the paris green in them. The As})inwall; 

 pea, bean and corn planter. I have used for several years, 

 and am much pleased with it. I have several other" 

 planters, but this in about every instance is the one used. 

 To enable the farmer to plant seed of various sizes a variety 

 of slides are needed, and these can be readily obtained. 

 Hallock's potato digger I have used for two seasons, it is a 

 double-mould-board plow, with a series of rods trailing on 

 each side. The potatoes are turned out upon these rods and 



