. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. 30 MAINE STATE SOCIETY. Kendall & Whitney's Double Michigan, No. 85. This appeared to be a good implement of this construc- tion—it cut with four horses 9Unches deep and 13 wide— the depth of the heaped or made soil was about 16 inches. The perfect manner in which the sod was turned deeply under and cov- ered with a bed of mellow soil from below, was much admired by those among the spectators who were not familiar with the Michigan plow. T. Varney & Son, AVindham, Nos. 5
. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. 30 MAINE STATE SOCIETY. Kendall & Whitney's Double Michigan, No. 85. This appeared to be a good implement of this construc- tion—it cut with four horses 9Unches deep and 13 wide— the depth of the heaped or made soil was about 16 inches. The perfect manner in which the sod was turned deeply under and cov- ered with a bed of mellow soil from below, was much admired by those among the spectators who were not familiar with the Michigan plow. T. Varney & Son, AVindham, Nos. 5 and 6. These two plows were precisely similar, except in size—the smaller cut a furrow slice 8 by 16 inches, and the larger 8| by 17 inches. The sod was laid flat, and the work well done. The mold- board is rather simple in form, neither convex nor concave. The plows are stout and well made; they are easy to hold and appear to be very good implements, but do not sufficiently pulverize the sod nor cover the line of grass. Grubber. Besides the plows presented, there was upon the ground a '•Scotch Grubber,^^ made to order for John F. Anderson, Esq., of South Windham, by Messrs. Cuming & Rose, of Portland. Mr. Rose, it is understood, served an apprenticeship to implement making in Scotland, and is evidently well versed in the construction of such an instrument. It was not understood to be entered in competition for the premium offered for an "implement for deep and thorough pulverization of the soil, that shall successfully compete with the plow," inasmuch as it was not intended to supersede the plow, but rather as an assistant to it in deep and thorough pulverization of the soil. To those not familiar with the grubber, it may be described as somewhat similar in construction and principle to the cultivators in ordinary use, except that it is wholly of iron, and is supported on three wheels, so arranged with leverage as to allow working its long coulter-like ti
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