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$5. First premium, to H. P. Whipple, Peabody, for milk 

 wagon. 



$3. Gratuity, to E. L. Blake & Co., Peabody, for seed 

 drills and weed hoes. 



$3. Gratuity, to Robert Baker, Manchester, for patent 

 ladder. 



$1. Gratuity, to John Barker, North Andover, for 0. K. 

 harrow. 



$5. First premium, to J. H. Smith, Peabody, for exhi- 

 bition of horse shoes. 

 S. E. Marsh, J. A. Ilsley, J. J. II. Gregory — Committee, 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



There was, this season, a most striking poverty in the 

 exhibit in the implement department. I cannot recall an 

 exhibition so poor in numbers, in the experience of a quar- 

 ter of a century. Still, this poverty in the exhibit is not to 

 be wondered at, when we consider the great increase there 

 has been of late years, in agricultural fairs. The result is 

 inevitable, that some location must occasionally have but a 

 poor show in this department, for the obvious reason that 

 our great agricultural establishments cannot be present in 

 force, everywhere, at the same time. It is obvious that the 

 present season has brought our turn. 



The striking novelty of the season, was Clark's " Cut- 

 away Disk Harrow," exhibited by the Higanum Manufac- 

 turing Company. This differed from other disk harrows in 

 having four pieces cut out of the disk, leaving them of 

 about the shape of a Greek cross ; by crossing two of our 

 fingers in the middle, at right angle, we will get the idea. 

 It was claimed that this new form would cut deeper into the 

 soil, and free itself from lumps more easily than the stan- 

 dard pattern. The trial, made after the plowing match, ap- 

 peared to well substantiate the first claim. I consider it an 

 implement well worthy of the attention of farmers who 

 need a disk harrow. There is one objection I have to it, in 

 common with most of the disk harrows, — the ball and 

 socket joint, as sold with them. Mind you, I have no ob 



