New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-01

the AtncttSAn Nasehihe,. WN a. th't WV '"
nsmNst had carried "a all the hencrs aud had
thu, created Cor themselves reputation which
brought spectators 81 the last trial from d''
tarce ef two g. hrec hundred miles, hut inc
Prince Nspelcca, the President Of the impet'a'
C,wmlssien aaa President of the International
,Jurie.. who 80 now dcvotine two hours daiiy !"
3 personal inspection. in company with the Jary-
uca Of each class, ofthc various classes OF pro
ducts IL the Exhibition, had not yet seen 'he
agricultural implements Of the Exhioi'iou In
o,or.,;op and he therefore ordered the fasi
tr;s, which mas Just taken place, and invited 10
II all the iurymen, commissioners, and otner ON
oers of the Exhibition, aud large numeeI oil
,uhlie dirpitsries. Tne news soon gained great
nnhlieity. and when the day of trial arrived the
railroad company had not made prePa 'stions fer
the TRANSPORTATION Of more thss oae half the
number Of persons who presented Themselves
Tn. list of names OF distinguished men who were
preseut occupies half column of tue Menatar
among them are tho following The Minister
81 Apricu)ture, Commerce snd Public Works,
NJ. Drouyn de rIIuys, late Minister of Foreign
Affairs: Gen. NORM; ". Emile de Girsrdin; NJ.
ton. all tall, fine looking men, were presen: and
took much interest ia the experiments. Among
the Americans vino were present in considerable
numbers, were Mr. Fillmore, late Preslfent OF
the United States; Mr.. CorcOraD, the banker,
who accompanies Mr.. T. in his travels; Mr..
Toombs, Senator of Georgia; Mr. Harrington,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Mr..
Corwin; several members OF Congress, and the
following jurymen and commissioners from the
United Stotes Mr.. Feischmanp, juryman on
the 9TH class, New-York; Col. Coke, juryman
on the I'd class, Alabama; Mr.. Valentine, com.
missioner from Massachusetts; Mr.. Gilman,
Com ecticut; Mr.. lie Vert, Alabama; Hon. Mr..
Elliott, South Carolina; DR.. Johnston, Ohio.
The train which conveyed the Prince Napo-
leon and suite arrived on the ground at half past
TO- and the experiments commenced at once.
A whole regiment Of soldiers WAS required to
maintain the lines around the fields where the
experiments were made, and no one was permit
ted to enter the field to follow closely the ex-
peIments but the Prince Napoleon and the Jury
men and Commissioners. The programme EN-.
brsced what is in France the entiee series Of
agricultural operations. Drainage, tillage, di-
verse preparations of ground, threshing, sowing,
wedding resping. mo9iRg, and hay-scasterns
and gathering A large lumber of implements
were on the ground for the minor operations,
and in these the English carried off at least two
thirds of the hOpors against all the rest on the
ground. But the great interest of the occasion
attached to the Ieapers, mowers and thrashers,
and ia these contests the American machines
were 90 far superior to all Others that the strug-
gle was confined to themselves. There were in
fact but four machines Of any kind on the
ground manufactured in the United States, and
these were the reapers and mowers Of McCor-
mick, Manney, and Wright, AMI the thrashing
machine of PITTS of Buffalo.
TIE thrashers were tried before t. mowers
and reapers. Six men were set to thrashDg
with fails at the same moment that the differ
ent machines commenced operations, and the
following were the results of half an hours
work:
SIX thrssher with fails GO litres Of Wheat
Pitts American Thrusher. litreS of Wheat
Ils'tons Lnsish Thrasher' aiV htTes o. Whest
IunUIs French ThIesher... .....,2N itres OF v neat
Pipsts Belgian Tn $50 htres Of Wheat
In regard to PITTS machine, the Moniteur says:
"Pitts machire has therefore gained the honors of
the day. This machine literally devous the sheaves OF
wheat; the eye cannot follow the work which n, Is
Ell, cited between the of the shoaves and the
end of the operation. Ii Ii one OF the greatest results
whicl it is possible TO obtain The impression which
this spectacle produced upon the Aab Chiefs was pro-
found"
The Monitepr might have added that the effect
was no less wonderful to the Prince Napoleon,
who returned twice to the machine, and de-
olared that it was "frightful TO look at" ss
it must have been (, al those who never before
saw a genuine, fast American thrasher.
The machine of Dunor is used almost exclu-
sively in France, but already the demand for the
Buffalo machine is go great that without doubt it
will supersede all others.
After partaking of bountiful breakfast, which
was offered to the Prince and the Jurymen by the
rreiect of the Department and NJ. Daily, the
owner of the farm, all parties repaired to the field
of wheat, where the reapers were already in place.
awaiting the company and the roll of the drum to
start off. The reaping was the great festure Of
the day. and so great were the crowd and the ex-
element that the soldiers found themselves unable
to maintain perfectly the lines which were formed
around the field. There were seven respers on
the ground-three American, two English end two
|. French-but Sll more or less notifications of Nc
Cormicks original invention and the field had
been divided into seven equal portions, each por
ton containing, as well as ny unPractised eye
could estimate, slightly more than TN acre Of
wheat. The wheat stood heavy on the ground and
was at least one fourth fallen. At the tap of the