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ination into the merits of the many machines and tools submitted 
_ to their inspection. On the other hand, such an exhibition as is 
contemplated would enable the farmer wishing to purchase to visit 
_ the Station any day of the year and make thorough examina- 
tion and comparison of such implements as he might wish to 
P. procure. 
More than this, all such implements, machines or tools could 
| be subjected at the Station to fair and impartial trials, by which 
4 their relative merits might be known, and such testimony would 
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be invaluable to the farmer in enabling him to select the very 
thing best adapted to his special conditions. 
_ It was contemplated to ask of the manufacturers only that they 
a - should consent to deposit at the Station, for the purpose of such 
exhibit, specimens of their machines, implements and tools, 
subject only to the condition that they should permit their being 
used at the Station, if thought desirable, for the purpose of deter- 
mining by actual use their relative value for the purposes for 
which they were made. 
The above plan has already, in general terms, been submitted 
toa few of our leading manufacturers, and has, without exception, 
a commended itself, to their judgment as a desirable feature to be 
connected with the Station; and all have offered to donate to the 
_ Station, for such purposes, their several machines so soon as we 
_ should be ready to receive them. 
This statement was prepared in order that it might be sub- 
_ mitted to the several manufacturers for the purpose of receiving 
a from them any suggestions as to how such an exhibit might be 
' made most useful, as also to learn how generally it may meet 
i with their approval. 
' It is hoped that any manufacturer who favors it will at an early 
day inform the director of the Station whether he desires to con- 
tribute to such permanent exhibit, and whether he may wish to 
' donate, or simply place upon deposit, his machines. It is desir- 
able also to learn from each the weight and how much of floor- 
‘ space is needed for the proper exhibition of such machinery, 
_ implements and tools as he may be willing to send. 
: — §$o soon as a sufficient number of replies have been received as 
a og promise the success of such permanent exhibition, the future 
























