New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-04
hRU YORK STATE FAR.
Correspondence Of The n Y. Tribune.

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short interval, up 81 clock. when the promise o.
fair weather wa renewed by bnIan, rainbow. We,
the clouds still hacg black and heavy 80 far the
rain has nearly -poileJ the Fair. The streets and
grou1d- are terribly muddy; rome Of the animal. cAu
be tai eu out Of he stalls and po.hrg be seen to
any al, entsgr While the visitor have to pick their
way with o,ershoes great-coa;s and .ha-l- and Il
brelas. There are good many people here who
were tempted to leave home By the gesIn Of sunshine
this morning The female portion OF those vbo visit
the grounds to-day will not feel desrous 70 another
day like this soon The most Of them, however are
dressed in very sensible fashion. particularly in the
mater of oilc!o,h hoods over their bonnets Long
skirt and thin shoes have 10 suffer some, and fear
the owners will more.
The officers Of the Society are rather discouraged
this evening as the prospect Of paying expenses looks
tomorrow, fit Is pleasant. There Is no doubt too,
that they would be highly interested. There i some
very choice stock particularly fine 'ervi'ea6e work
horfes. Thia region has long been noted tor good
horses and find in the stables here from this and ad
Joining counties and from Vermont a. good lot Of
stud horse a. have seen together at any Of
State Fairs The several classes OF horned cattle
well repre- sentec except that very valuable variety
tLe AIderrevs which make the finest milk cows for
family use in the world and they do not make the
mot thew do make the best butter ever mad. And
here in This butter county II IL surprising 20 see only
two Alderneys in this exhibition
Rnt 10 me and think also 10 many farmers who
are bepinpine 70 think about economy OF motive pow
er the most interesting objects in thu Fair are the
portable or farm steam engines OF which there are
seven or eight exhibited and most Of them opera
ton Yesterday | thought that OF Wood truck
wheels would be my choice, a. II could be easily
hauled about the farm. and applied to any purpose
where power was required but have seen one to-day
that for simplicity OF construction, and for the ease
with which its power applied 70 most novel pur
pose walked up ID my mind no small degree o. aston
i.hnent, and must declare that am not very likely
20 be led away by novelties. In public meeting last
night | had boldly charged any farmer who
ciops his frewood at the door a being a YER
table old fogy, bu: | did not suppose that the
proof Of my assertion was at HAND in quite 80 strong
form. But here ! find steam-englne attended by
boy perhaps fourteen old just from the woods of
this coun'v. where II has been at work for months,
cutting down trees and saving up the logs into any
desired length with rspdity that Is truly astonishing,
and BY simplicity OF machinery and convenience Of
application that am bold to assert has never been
ednaed on earth AZ vet the machine is not for sale
this beyg an experimental one - snd 30, to save
useless inquiries At rHE TRIBrSE Office. | will
state that it is the invention of Mr.. Fairbanks,
of the firm Of Fairbanks. WlnOt Co..
No 3i3 Broadway New-York. In describing il or its
work shall fail TO give readers full conception of
IT. simplicity. Because steam engine must be seen 10
be understood A boiler, with chimney and all, IS
mounted upon stout pair OF iron wheels as high as
an ordinary farm cart with cylinder Ike a steam
chamber over the boiler By which II is supplied with
water without pump by simple process oil ex-
haustDg il Of Dir by steam so that water PUSHES In
through hose from barrel where 1t Is no; con-
venient TO have head to bring it in by It's own gray
ity This il necessary because the cylinder IL not at
tachcd 10 the boiler but 70 the saw which
nav be two hundred feet distant The steam II
conveyed TO the cylinder through flexible tube. and
the piston works direct TO the SOW, both being AZ
tached 10 piece OF timber and the whole light that
two men pick il up and move 1t about with great
and the SAW may be applied to standing tree,
or to log in any position If the lies horizontal
il feeds BY its own weight otherwise II is fed by push
ing it forward by hand with crank and gearing Any
stick OF timber thst man could get at with hand
cav can lie got at and cut of with this machine from
twe,ty to fifty times a. fast a. two men could cut
a log with q crOsscut saw.
Tee cylinder can apply rs power to circular
saw OF threshng machine but its great value will be
to the unbt man who can get his pow .r where he
cannot get common cart, and to the farmer. who
can drive up to bis wOOdpilc aud saw up score OF
rough knotty logs in about the time 1t would take him
TO grind as AK.
that norton who begin to believe in sbsu:D steam
or machine labor for animal and manual labor think
they would be well repaid for their VISIT to this very
unpleasant and unsatisfactory state Far.
Among the curious and new machines for saving
farm labor | notice the rotary digger of Dr. Evans
exhibited by Henry o REILLY, the once famous great
builder Of telegraph lines. 1t IL sm"-t Formidable
Looking instrument. being composed Of some hundreds
Of harrow teeth attached TO chains revolving around
one large and two small cylinders. so that the .ceth
strike almost perpendicusy into the earth and come
out with straight pun.
Reapers and mowers well represented, and attract
more attention than almost any other implements. One
man has model Of one that he thinks will run over
the toughest surfaces. Great a. improvements have
been in this line they continue without abatement
am told that c(ormick sold ast season al thichyo
over FIVE thousand of his reapers. Wright sold OF the
Akin. automn.on reaper machines over three thou
sand and Of Mannys patent. over five thousand were
sold Inst wear in III nois. heard Geo. Geddes OF On
opdapa "a, that without reape and other tools that
have been inv ented within fifteen years past Il would
ne impossible for him TO carry on Ills farm with any
p-ot 10 himself If indeed he could do II az any rate,
on account of the iaborcrs necessary.
There was farmers meeting held lat evening. AT
tended by about 100 the most o; whom could not
be coaxcd or driven into expression OF their opinions
but the, listened with anxiety to the remarks made by
George Geddes George Clark, MIR. Conger. Scion
Robinson and others principally upon the subject OF
fet ding horses and other domestic enlmals and upon
the ysue Of different kinds OF food and whether II
should be fed whole or ground or cooked The quee-
ton Of grinding cObs WAS also discussed
Scion Robinson contended that cobs were OF no
value whate, er 40 food-not a. good "a cut straw
and in hi, opinion most Of the farmers concurred
Mr. Geddes thought his animals were injured rather
than benefited and he had taken down his cob
crusher and laid it aide worthless.
Mr. Clark insisted upon the economy OF feeding
no, see osts and hay unground and uncut. TOR hard
work and asserted that be lad proved II by welried
experiments.
Altogethtr the discussion was very interesting aud
valuable one and it is pity that II could not have
been listened by thousands instead OF the few IL a.
tendance
TIE Fair closes on Friday night. whatever may be
the weather
THE DIFFERENCE.