New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-10
NhTIONhL AGPTCUL-CRAL SOr1Err
FfIR.
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ootTse it would b. failure About fifty acies have
been inco-ed, a considerable portion OF which Is
broken BY Iayine- and ground uneven t. be useful
except ty glta, expense Of grading and Bridging,
I which hss been doLe to make good carriage
give around the trolling course past the cattc-pen-
and collection Of agricultural implements. The stables
and shedr hr horse and horned cattle and pens for
sheep and SWINE have been constructed at great ex.
| pense, and contain some Of the beet stock in the
country; but these animals not the point Of arac-
tiop. That l. illustrated il the official dispatch from
here on Monday evening in the following quotation:
The trial course for horses is beautifully laid out
and 6rrane ed hnd the eXh btOn Of speed upon il i ey
! Iected TO be very interesting and exciting"
Yes, it is beautifully laid out and probably p;
expense than all the other preparations Of the Exhibit
tioD. And Of it is expected that the "speed"
will lie "very Interesting and exciting. Ii il the ex-
| cement of "the course and this course and viii
lie visited by thousands and Of thousands Of both
! sexes who would not attend Race Course hat will
attend interesting and exciting exhibition Of speed
under the patronage Of an Agricultural Society, and
under the name Of an Agricultural Exhibition. In the
mean time the grand interests of Agriculture arc neg
lected The horses for work. in proper working order,
rec Give litle might say attention, as compared
with those that able to exhibit exciting speed. The
in proved breeds of horn cattle Of which there
son Of the very best here of all the herds in the
b
these grounds. There also some OF the most excel
lent breeds of sheep here the long wool and fine wool
and the choice SOuth-Down mutton sheep but taos
create no spor-no excitement. There are upon tn
grounds some of the largest and handsOmes mules
have seen and their exhibitions Of strength par
ticulariy loug tandem team attached TO wagon
loaded with stone is worthy Of the attention Of every
in the country who has any interest in pr ,mo,ing
III prOvtment Of fam stock animals of groa strength
YET. os they cannot exhibit exciting speed they will be
hut little Lotced except, perhaps those attached to
gontemens carriages, ard driven ground the course
Ore Iar of these exhibited BY James Brckeley Of
NewJesey only years old. are Is hands high glossy
black, and valued at So 900. have scen bet
ter pair yet, able es they TO draw load they can
not draw people equal TO q scrub racer
There is an exhibition of agricultural implements
and machinery larger than ever has been made before
in he COited States at any Fair, made by David
LaId,eth, Paschal, Morris L Co., Bradfold Il Co.,
Rodgers a Co., Of Philadelphia and Nourse, Mason
& Co., of BostOn-all very large manufacturers and
deaers-nLd thirty -four other individuals who are in
yeItOrs patcntees, smaller manufacturers than the
luge establishments above named.
Nov max what have TO say, and Jet every farmer
in the United States remember il in all time 10 come
particularly the time when, 10 biz regret and loss,
Tie spirit Of the trotting course, f,stecd by agrcul
tUra societies, Las tfotcd away with all that agri-
cultural show is worth to farming community.
The space set apart for this grcst, good useful dis
play Of new improved implements, upon of the
IoOe. sections Of the ground; under cheap cotton
tent, without hcOr and positively too small for the sin
gle accommodation Of either OF the large exhibitors
who have filed the tent and stretched out on end
among the fancy hen coops and at the other among the
steam engines and coal piles being c'nhhed 10 the
narrow suip by the carriage road upon side and
the river bank and marsh on the other; leaving no
for the few spectators that might desire tn leave
the course to visit this cocctiona collection 40
rarely 10 he met with anywhere but al national show
wEeie the manufacturers have been attracted, not So
much with view TO win prizes 10 exhibit the great
improvements that ingenuity has made in farm implc
meDts wihn The last fifteen years. Let look at
plows alone. What pity all the crowd coudlnot sec
them, but they cannot; the fast horses monopolile the
that The tools cannot be displayed; and the
shouts Of excitement at the speed of some animal that
be driven at the rate Of mile in 2:iO, attracts
the attention of the multitude, that they have time
to here to look at this remarkable collection.
Here the single houc of NOurse, Mason 4 Co. eX.
lbit eighty pows, Of eighty different sizes, iordls
fashions. patterns no two alike no ono but
what is adapted. and almost indispensable to
some Of tbc purposes Of an American farmer Jet
this magnificent collection is not only crowded. but
actually TANNED into of this little tent
closely that eNa nine single article with
any advantage satisfaction to himself or the cxhlb
os no have spent hundreds of dollars 10 bring their
things into this socaled National Agricultural show.
And il is for the qualification of ohers not for their
own adv antGee, because they are already too well
known TO need advertising. To advertise this house
would be like advertising The TRIBUNE in al by9 |
county paper in South Carolina. But they have
pride manufacturers pride, to crafty; yet they
cam OF Crafty il mere there Is room for pOws and
such unattractvc reboian tools farmers u'e-tho !
room wanted for " the exhibition OF speed speed
that is very "ntcrcsiing and exciting" There Is no
room for that comes two or three hundred miles
To show the world that lie manufactures in his shop |
eighty kinds Of plOws-th1t he not only exhibits these
aud many other toOls but the inventor of many OF |
ITEM to explain Their and adaptation TO the various
pun oees for whCh they have been invented and al The
me time by his intercourse with those who use them,
10 bear their objections and learn how TO improve |
them This inveDtOr-this Mr.. KnoX-has been long |
employed by this finn for this very purpose-o study
the wants Of tanners. and apply his mind to supply
tL,m His latest invention is here among the ploHs,
ba,roys cultivatos and hoyse-hoes, that thousands
have blessed him for lnventing, ana sigh oi II Il
worth to the farming community than 'lSh oi
nil tle 2:40 nags between the MASSACHUSETTS, granite
hills ad Mississippi And this new tool Is called n
Gang Cultiveor" and is composed Of four six, or
eight little steel plOwshares, arranged on single
beam of light draft, that broadcast seed may all be
TUNED under of exact even depth and when IT comes
10 il will exactly resemble grain sOwn by a drilling
machine But it il not exhibited on the race course,
ard il not Interesting and exciting and II i damned
into this Iconvenient tent and consequently WiL NOT
be- seen by one in n hundred of those who visit the
grounds b, cause the majority of them visitors VINO
6, me for excitement and not for Improvement
There also i'll and around this tent almost every
variety OF flaming tool that hiss been lately invented
or improved. Among these are numerous mowers ana
r,ar,Is farm steam engines and sclf-Icgulang wind
mills water that send up wafer from the sprng at
the bottom Of the bill by their own ectlOn; pumps OF
various sorts, among which l noticed new rotary
ectioi made by 1exiole tube within an iron circle
compressed by a revolving cam upon each les OF the
,pbe 20 a. to produce suction and election; scyeraI
wa,lrn machines 10 Tighten labor IN farm kitchens are
exhibited among which notice one tina Is Simply
FOUNDER hung on rope between two upright springs
lint gives the same effect the rude spring pole; an
other cheap and effective, Is wasbboa-d II The to,
tom of tub, with follower revolving on n ceiiet
another calls India rubber to the aid OF thc washer ana
ribs the clothes Is with the bands. Ibef, - cart
with haiIvw attached behind It, that may BE- con-
,epi. mt in pckipg up stones, ro)ts sicks, &c. iTn
e,ase- seeded land There j. bay.r.kc on wheels,