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From the American Agricul'uralist. Agricultural Implements.
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 It would be astonishing be- yond measure if We could ascer- tain with certainty, the amount of loss annually sustained by our farmers in consequence of using worthless or worn out implements. "I can make out with this," cost many farmer a large portion of his labor. Any one can save dollar when it is earned, but the important ques- ton always Is, does it cost more or less than a dollar to do it T. In many instances it costs three, five, or ten. I know a planta- ton in my neighborhood, which lost last year, in that single sea- son, in my opinion, from $500 to 5000 by attempting to cultl- vate with old worthless tools.- To counterbalance this loss, they sored possibly $l00. l have ire quently seen a man at work with a hoe, when, if he had been supplied with a good one, he would have paid for 1t in the e.r- tra labor of a single day.

 On this subject there are two rules necessary to be laid down and acted upon. First, make it a matter of principle always to exercise the best judgment and acquire the best information in the selection of the most approv- ed kinds of implements for each kind of work. Secondly, never suffer a tool much worn, or out of repair to be used. Lay it a. side for repair, or what, i'll many cases, is still better throY it a. way as soon as possible.

 How important is good blow! Ishould tmnk a man, with two horses and good blow, would do as much work in a day as is frequently done in this part of the country in a day and a half with the implements often used, chiefly made in the western couD- try. Not only do poor blows do but little work, but they do it very badly. They never blow deep enongh, and hence the com plaint of "dry weather" The weather would not be so very dryif tue ground had been plo,c- cd deep in the spring, instead of being scratched.

 In this part of the country, mosG of our agriculture being the cultivation of cotton and corn, we have a good deal of blowing between the rows. Here we use the turning plow great deal too much and too late in the sea- son. Once blowing between the rows of corn or cotton is enough, if yoa give the rows a suficien- cyof light work, with the culti- vator or sweep, wards. But never decide against them be- cause they "dont clean the land or work we'll" The reason is because they are not made right, and want throwing away. A good sweep or cultivator does the handsomest and most com pletc work imaginable, leaving the ground in neat order with out tearing up the roots of the corn or cotton, and will % over the ground two and a half times as fast as a turning blow.

 R. ABBEY.

 Vear Yazoo City, Miss. JuIy l5.