Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1876 — Grand Field Trial of Agricultural Machinery and Implements, at Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind., June 27,1876. [ARTICLE]

Grand Field Trial of Agricultural Machinery and Implements, at Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind., June 27,1876.

!is is designed to be tho most iugh and exhaustive test of lerits of agricultural raachinnd implements ever had iu the ~ aod it is desirable that all es, manufacturers, dealers, and i using them should so undorit. griculture is so largely de;nt upon labor-saving machintliat it is of tho greatest rtanco that tho best should rethe reward of merit, with a single to stimulate invention snterpriso in improving them, uHLtil all imperfections are elirninated, and uouo but those possessing qualities best adapted to the requiroliKtpts of the work to be done, are In ted to the farmers. view of the various and varyjondition of soil and crops, 8 of' cutting, local or special ngenoics, it is not surprising inventive genius has multiplied ?t unlimited devices to meet r ants of tho cultivators of the and it is only by thorough ical tests that their several orious qualities can be deter1, To this end the Indiana Board of Agriculture have ;urated the Grand Field Trial, lordially invite manufacturers dealers in such implements, M others interested iu their ,o be present at this trial, o awards oF merit will be known at the State Fair, at l the various competing ma--8 will be exhibited. The In- . State Fair and Exposition >e held Sept. 25th to Oct. 18th, ewe stock show being the first week. avV n 1

ALEX HEROR,

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