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ground ; besides it needs to be used to do its best work 

 as soon as weeds start. Why do not the makers of this 

 weeder get out one capable of being used between the 

 rows of corn during the later stages of its growth, when 

 while necessary to kill the weeds, it is found to lessen the 

 crop if the soil is stirred deep enough to disturb its 

 roots. The one great objection to the use of the Thomas 

 harrow among potatoes and corn when above ground, is 

 its liability to get stones, sod, or when on land in corn the 

 year previous, corn-butts caught between its teeth, for if 

 this happens, unless such obstructions are at once re- 

 moved, they will tear up the growing crops. Where corn 

 butts are at all numerous on the surface it will not pay 

 to use it ; there will be too much time required to keep it 

 clear. 



All varieties of the harrow class of implements tend to 

 lighten the soil, but spring teeth excel all in this respect. 

 It looks amazingly unreliable to the uninitiated as an 

 implement to be sent among stones and stumps, but expe- 

 rience shows that the teeth are made of the best material. 

 It has an immense amount of the " give and take " ele- 

 ment in it and is very rarely floored. Of the revolving 

 harrows I have no facts from experience, but have heard 

 good words in their favor from other farmers who have 

 used them. 



In our article we have paid the respect of neglect to 

 the harrows of our fathers, the old and square forms, 

 assuming that an exhaustive knowledge of their capabili- 

 ties was the inheritance of every farmer. 



J. J. H. Gregory. 



Marblehead, Mass. 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



The Committee on Agricultural Implements have at- 

 tended to their duty, and respectfully report to the Sec- 

 retary, that they have made the following awards : 



