108 TjiANSACTIOXS OF THJS AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



To the Board of Managers : 



Gentlemen. — The undersigned, judges in department seven, group 

 four, report that they have carefully and impartially examined the 

 several competing articles submitted to them. The best article of 

 those intended to accomplish the same object is mentioned first, and 

 the remaining articles of the same class in their relative order of 

 merit. 



While we have deemed it unnecessary to point out what seemed to 

 us defects in any article, we have, on the other hand, stated in brief 

 terms the commendable qualities in those which have received our 

 highest approval, which are not only the best on exhibition, but equal 

 or better than any elsewhere known to us. 



Ko. 25. Shigle Horse Cultivator. — Fords & Howe, Oneonta, New 

 York. 



Is one of a cheaper kind than the two horse, more suitable for 

 those not having as much to till, it does the same character of work 

 however, cultivates but one row at a time, but is a complete success. 

 We think it suitable for any kind of soil except it be very rocky ; it 

 is supported by a pair of shafts which extend far enough in the rear 

 to serve as handles, by which it may be raised over a stone or any 

 obstacle in its path ; it can be moved from place to place, by means 

 of a wheel, as easily as any wheelbarrow. In the judgment of the 

 committee, it is also worthy of the first premium. 



No. 25. Two-horse Ciiltivator. — Fords & Howe, Oneonta, New 

 York. 



Is a two-horse cultivator which we think is splendidly adapted for 

 the cultivation of crops throughout the great west and south ; in 

 fact, it is just the thing for farmers in any section whose farms are 

 free from stone. The tongue is slotted, and of sufficient width to 

 prevent the horses from crowding together and trampling down the 

 crop in the middle row ; it works upon a pivot which easily enables 



