. Annual report ... of the Board of Agriculture for the year ending June 30th ... machines, I willsay, that all as far as I know do their work well on smooth ground, butfor rough hill land, the strongest with the most flexible cutter-bar,or the one that can be best lifted without loss of motion seems bestadapted for hill work, where rocks, stumps, etc., are plenty, and withsuch a machine I have been astonished at the capabilities of man andmachine when ingenuity and Yankee skill guided the team. 424 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. HAY TEDDER. Next to the mower comes the hay tedder. After due tria
. Annual report ... of the Board of Agriculture for the year ending June 30th ... machines, I willsay, that all as far as I know do their work well on smooth ground, butfor rough hill land, the strongest with the most flexible cutter-bar,or the one that can be best lifted without loss of motion seems bestadapted for hill work, where rocks, stumps, etc., are plenty, and withsuch a machine I have been astonished at the capabilities of man andmachine when ingenuity and Yankee skill guided the team. 424 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. HAY TEDDER. Next to the mower comes the hay tedder. After due trial, I believeon rough land the Billiard improved the best, and while I havenot run it myself on the smoothest land, I think it does the bestwork even there. I have seen one of those tedders pay for itself ina single day by constantly teddering some fifteen tons of hay, untilit was dry enough to put in the barn, when without it it could nothave been, and the ensuing rain preventing adjoining farmers onefull week from securing hay left out, during which time it was Various patterns, all of which have good points, and many of themcan be used on very rough land, to great advantage. Many afarmer could use them with great profit could he be educated a fewhours by an expert. I believe their more general use desirable. FARMING TOOLS. 425 THE HARROW. There are more questions asked about, and more difference in theharrows used, than in most other tools. In my belief two kindsare indispensable. The smoothing harrow, so-called, where the teeth
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