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Bingham, the Belgian Ocleurs, and the French Frignon. As the 

 experiment shewed no very marked superiority in any, it is probable 

 that each nation will keep to its own. That which is defective and 

 imperfect in the work of the plough has to be supplied by other 

 implements ; as scarifiers, diggers, harrows and rollers. For these 

 the superiority of the English is incontestable. Nothing can match 

 Garrett's cinease, Colman's weeder, and the Norwegian harrow and 

 clod crusher of Crosskill. These superior implements are now copied 

 in France, as far as the high price of iron and the means of our culti- 

 vators admit." 



In the trial of implements we understand that Morse's plough, 

 manufactured at Milton in Upper Canada, stood next to Howard's 

 in lightness of draught and quality of work, then came Bingham's, 

 an iron plough, the irons of which were not polished like Morse's — a 

 circumstance that will, to some extent at least, account for the small 

 difference of draught on a first trial. These two ploughs were pur- 

 chased with many other articles by the Canadian Government, and 

 transmitted to the French Exhibition. It is no small honor for the 

 daughter to be but slightly excelled by the mother, in that most 

 ancient, important and characteristic implement, the plough. 



In the fourth section, relating to the produce of cultivated crops, 

 the first and foremost place is assigned to the French Colony of 

 Algeria, which, after being for many years dependent for a considera- 

 ble portion of its food and a drag on the mother country, has been 

 changed by the adoption of an improved system of tillage, into a large 

 exporter of the necessaries and of some of the luxuries of life. 

 Bat Algeria is not without her rivals. Professor Yfilson remarks : 



" Rivalling the fine samples of hard wheats from Algeria, were the white wheats 

 of Australia, Tasmania, the Cape, Canada, and Sweden. France, Spain and 

 Belgium also exhibited beautiful wheats, both white and red ; while the red wheats 

 of Portugal were very highly commended. Austria and Baden both funished very 

 comprehensive and well arranged collections of agricultural produce, and the 

 quality of the wheat exhibited by Turkey shewed the richness of her soil, while 

 the dirty unmarketable condition testified to the want of care of its inhabitants. 

 Denmark, Sweden, Canada, and Hungary exhibited the finest samples of barleys ; 

 and Tasmania sent a sample of oats equal to any in the building. The specimens 

 of maize were very numerous and of admirable quality ; the finest perhaps were 

 from Algeria, Canada, Australia, Portugal, Hungary, and Styria. Rye and buck- 

 wheat, two crops hardly known a^ bread corn in this country, were contributed by 

 France, Bohemia, Denmark, Sweden, and Canada, in which countries they arc 

 very largely consumed. Samples of rice were contributed by South Carolina, of 

 remarkable size and color ; Algiers, Portugal, Tuscany, and the Pontfical States 

 also exhibited their produce. Bavaria, Bohemia, and Belgium sent fine collections 

 of hops of superior quality. Canada also exhibited samples showing a marked 



