The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-03-01

ihc luiIONinS extract from Lecture Dc
liycred by j. \. Wright, before Grcgory's
Commercial and Agricultural College, on
Implements. contains some facts concerning
the par; which Illinois and Chicago have
taken in the invention and manufacture OF
the best and most widely known agricultural
machines, which reflect great credit on the
City and State
There i' peculiar sort Of plow common
TO this Northwest and used nowhere else,
30 far as know. Il is in the main an Hi.
nois implement, invented in the north part
of the State; and is perhaps as perfect a
specimen Of the plow kind as exists Every
part OF il which comes in contact with the
soil is made Of steel, aud poliahed like
knife blade.
"Ihcn we have a class of implements for
sowing seeds, Of which one called the drill
is one of the most important This is flank
ed by new order Of implements, suddenly
sprung to life within three or four years, for
planting corn; and know of scarcely any
thing more important in the way Of nyen-
tion, which has in so short a time attained
to such Il perfection
"Thcn we have machines for rakiug and
unloading hay; and the public are to be
taken aJaCk, very soon, by one to put hay
upon the cart or wagon from the winrow,
Oy a citizen Of our Statc) in an incredible
short space Of time.
"Ihcn there are three classes Of implc-
mcu's more imposing and remarkable than
any others in connection with American or
any other agriculture. refer to our thrcsh
Ing machines, our reapcrs, and our moving
machines. These, with the corn planters
are peculiarly American implements, and in
their invention, introduction, and m4uuiac-
tgrc, our own State Of Illinois has had more
to do than any other in this Uuiou--more
may say than all others togei5er in this
lmOu-uay more than all the rest Of the
world besides together While say lLts,
am aware that the State Of New York has
produced Kctchum's Mower; and that in
the invention and manufacture Of the
IMeshcrs, much has been done there, and
ia fact IN that me implement probably more
has been done tAau here Bat Illinois has
more good corn planters than the rest of The
Union DanIOrd's Mower and Mauuys are
both l'liuu., implements, and have supgrse-
dcd h,tchum extensively even in New
orh. saw those Of tie latter at work in
every mart Of Ma..acbu.rt,. ,ho mas, season
Then Mccormick IS reaper though brought
here in il. swaddl,r, clothes ba. crown To
il, adulIhnod md ,,I,i.y,d i,s t,inrE,L. rr,u,
this State and city as its home And then
have VIC not the iu.m.tablu machine Of At
hius, born and nurturcd here, and publish
ing the ingenuity and enterprise Of our citi.
afnlup IHBT.g Al - tArEHt-E o.
Continental Iurop,, Aud rr,y rco,,rl.
that vet 30 C.ras ILuo,y nix i tn. nnly
imr,rrDcut whicl, in addition IN cytifp,
the grain, rakcs il Of. ready for binding hy
machinery. Rakiug of | consider far
more difficult feat to accomplish by ma
chincry than cutting. And when We -culne-
TO t,reshing machines, New York has yield
od Us some Of her best ones, and the ri.
umph Of this application Of skill to asricul-
turg in Paris, the past season, was reserved
to citizen wLo manufactures them in our
own city.
"ln fact t"csc machncs-"i'h the e&-
ceFlon Of the corn -pIantcr-a'l have their
present elimination here IN our city. They
are the products Of The last t"w years; they
have carried Improvement IN It's appIlcatIon
to ta's art, Tar beyond where II ever went
before IN The worlds history. Corn P1ant.
crs, Rcapcrs, Movers, AMI the stec! plow
are oar state machines, the credit of whose
invention and superior Manufacture cannot
be taken nom Us.
sEa'' Always esteem hys,I fortunate IN
having l'ad my connection with the agrcuI-
tura' I"tcFcs,-'ho"?h cIai" no crehit Tor
TN INNS cay ana AZ time When more
mas UttH lone 10 suhtuc nature, ana 10 APP