The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-09 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1859.

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The crows at the Cattle Show nay be said to have
teethed Its Ode= yesterday, every avenue being densely
packed throughout the day with triton, who hustled each
other vigorously, In the hope of gaining at least a glimpse of
We object of attraction. Now th►t the public) curiosity
may be said to be almost sated with the inspection of the
cattle] the tide seems to flow more rapidly towards the gene-
ries, where the various agricultural implement makers ex-
hibit specimens of their rapid program in the application of
steam and mechanical science to the tilling of the ground.
There is the usual vast miscellany of clod-crushers and oat-
h/Maws, and chaff-cotters, with steam.ploughs of various
design, and harrows of • complication in form
that is wonderful to behold. Our old friend the
range-maker still plies his wonder fa, invention,
but this year in pulping wrote and not in making sausages,
the judges having decided, after en arduous deliberation, that
the chopping of sausage meat could not properly be con-
sidered sa agricultural operation.
Bat probably the articles round which the greatest crowd
is constantly congregated are the reaping and grass-cutting
machines exhibited by Messrs. Bargees and Key. These
gentrosen have devoted themselves to the perfecting of the
maehises which when first imported into this country frees
America exalted so much attention and such hot controversy
emourt the hovers. The present machlues may be said to
risa►ady all the &rarer which could be required in • perfect
instrument..3les ingenuity of construction may be esti-
mated from the tact that the principal wheel le
made to communicate with a number of smaller ones,
es se to produce 12 distinct motions, all combining
to perform and finish the operation of reaping. The fan lays
deem the corn upon the knife, and when it is cut by the latter
it falls over on • series of Aroltimederm serewa,the slow rota-
tion of which oasts it on the ground in regular lines, the m-
ales making a clear track of four feet six inohes as it goes
aloe& Bull more ingenious is the conical screw, or roller,
which, placed along one side, acts as a director, and prevents
the corn going any way bet In the direction intended. Only
ens man to drive is required, the machine doing the remainder
of the work ; end there is a crocarrence of testimony to the
affect that sever has the work of reaping been done so
eternelly r it Is effected by this valuable end
elaborate invention. Upwards of 2,000 of the machines have
her sold since their first introduction by Messrs. Berger
end Key, and the order this year have already reached 600.
The (rah-scatter is an ingenious application of • similar
principle to a different sort of work. Like the reaping-
machine, the grass-cutter does all Its own work, rapt driving
the horses, and clips the grass close to the ground as seedy
✓iot were done with a pair of Mason. An exoesdingly
intelligent workman attends both machines, and explains to
aline auditory each evening their peculiar construction and
mode of working. The Let-named machine, like the other,
a in peat demand amongst the hey farms, and an hu-
mus amber of have already been received by the
prenter.