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Amos Poor, Jr., of "West Newbury, the following eight arti- 

 cles, namely : — 



1st. One Doe's Concord Plousfh. 



2d. Whittemore, Belcher & Co.'s Wrought Iron Shaft 

 Corn Sheller, said to be not liable to break if upset. 



3d. Gale's Feed Cutter. 



4th. Whittemore's Lever Feed Cutter. 



5th. Whittemore's Vegetable Cutter. 



6th. A Stump and Rock Lifter, with which two men can 

 lift ten tons. It is simple and strong, and your Committee 

 judged that it might be very useful in its line. 



7th. Whitcomb's Horse Hake. We concur in the opinion 

 expressed by a previous committee, that it is an excellent im- 

 plement. 



8th. One two-horse Union Mower. This is a new mow- 

 er — the knives play upon steel, working close and true, and 

 when the operator wishes, the cutting bar turns up as the 

 Buckeye does. 



E. E. Lummus of North Beverly, one two-horse Woods' 

 Mower. 



J. S. Morse showed us a Rand's Corn Sheller — simple and 

 eflFective. 



R. A. Smith of Newburyport, showed us his Portable Fence, 

 which he says can be built for fifty cents per rod. It can 

 easily be put together and taken apart, and housed when done 

 with. 



George B. Loring of Salem, entered Harrington's Hand 

 Cultivator. No one was present to speak for it, but subse- 

 quently, in a brief note to the Committee, Dr. Loring writes, 

 " I have used it on root crops this season, and find it the most 

 convenient implement I have ever used for loosening the soil 

 and clearing weeds." 



Among the Implements we found a Ditching Machine, with 

 a notice that it would operate on the morrow. Some of the 

 Committee went to the meadow, and found the machine broken. 

 On the very soft meadow where it had been operating, it did 



