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storuH, opening as it did to the middle and presenting at 

 the same time something to grasp in getting into the 

 vehicle, appeared to be an excellent device. Mr. Fuller 

 informed the committee that he had sold about one hundred 

 of them at $2.50 each. Another piece of excellent good 

 work was sled runners with the curve made by bending 

 and truiineling together narrow white oak plank, thus 

 obviating the necessity of wide plank and saving waste in 

 material. It was exhibited by Mr. S. J. Pedlar, of Methuen. 

 To Mr. Pedlar was also awarded a premium for the best 

 horse cart, his having a decided advantage over others in 

 having the tire overlap the fellies, and have a rounded 

 edge. The committee would have preferred to have 

 awarded the premium to a single horse cart, which is far 

 more readily handled in common farm work, besides being 

 very much lighter (for the two horse carts on exhibition 

 weighed in the close vicinity of a ton each), but the only 

 one on exhibition showed no peculiar merits. 

 For the committee, 



J. J. H. Gregory, chairman. ' 



