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as the season advanced I found, however, that I was mistaken, as the 

 corn was not in the least injured, and I only regret that I had not 

 harrowed all my corn, not only once but twice. This piece of corn 

 was the cleanest and best that I had." Your committee concur in the 

 following opinion : 



The peculiarities of the Thomas Harrow consist, first, in the size 

 of the teeth, and second, in their number and slope. They are small, 

 about a half inch in diameter, and made of steel. They are very 

 numerous, and the holes for them are bored so they have a backward 

 slope of about 45 degrees. When put to work on an . upturned sod 

 these teeth do not tear or upset, but, riding on the surface, they work 

 it fine by a downward cutting stroke. As the tooth is round it will 

 not tear up or cut small plants, as wheat, corn and potatoes, if they 

 are on a level, or a little below the general level of the field. We 

 have found it effective as a pulverizer of the surface, and it can be 

 used to kill weeds and stir the ground around the young crops, yet 

 not materially tear or uproot them, and for this peculiar service it 

 surpasses any other tool with which we are acquainted. In potato 

 culture it is really excellent, and saves half the usual expense ; it pre- 

 pares an admirable seed-bed for young plants, is a very effective 

 leveler and pulverizer, and in seeding down land for meadows it 

 leaves the surface more level, uniform and smooth than any tool in 

 general use. In short, we confidently recommend the Thomas Har- 

 row as simple, rational, effective and satisfactory to the tiller of the 



soil. 



John Crane, 



F. M. Hexamer, 



Joseph B. Lyman. 



Adjourned. 



February 13, 1872. 



Nathan C. Elt, Esq., in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



Cross-plowing for Corn. 

 Mr. J. II. Moore, "West Bangor, N". Y. — I have a piece of land 

 that has been in meadow four years. It was top-dressed with com- 

 post of muck and heap manure of equal parts, in the fall of 1870. 

 Last fall I turned it over, plowing about four or five inches deep. 

 Soil, a gravelly loam. In the spring I wish to plant corn and apply 



