. Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. ll his busi-ness, will lay a foundation for supplying the markets of the old world as did, in 1851, by the introduction of his American reaper. The report in full in this class is given in the appendix, and will be found ofgreat interest. Class 9.—Agricultural and Horticultural Implements. This was a very interresting department, and showed great improvementsince 1851. The report upon this division, by P
. Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. ll his busi-ness, will lay a foundation for supplying the markets of the old world as did, in 1851, by the introduction of his American reaper. The report in full in this class is given in the appendix, and will be found ofgreat interest. Class 9.—Agricultural and Horticultural Implements. This was a very interresting department, and showed great improvementsince 1851. The report upon this division, by Professor John Wilson, of Edin-burg, is the best we have seen as compared with the exhibition of 1851; hesays, although many new inventions are not shown, in almost every depart-ment of machinery as well as implements, this improvement is shown. Ironhas been substituted for wood ; light wrought-iron now takes the place of thickerand heavier cast metal; strength is given where the strain or wear and tear isgreatest, and where it is small, all unnecessary weight is saved. Friction ismaterially lessened, so that the deplorable difference so often met with, between Page 173 A. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllillllililllllllllllillllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllrilllllllllllllia^
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