New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-19
,h. attempt ~ description Of the Waters p'o~ 0'ni
g.t 4 chance 10 examine Il In detail

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and throuc If thirty Thousand visitors on the
s,oppd. .o-dsy. The officers Of the United states
,;cri,pr.l Society have reasou 10 be satisfied WIKI
,he,r oresen, exhibition The receipts a, the gates
have been about - 500 which represents crowd OF
o5 oCo rersops. and leaves only 5000 for season
tick.t. comp imentary, and exhibitors tickets to
nike ED nv estimats The entry books are az last
orc..a ard the number Of animals and articles has
.v.ed 70 3O65. sothat you may easily imsgiue there
/. . fine oieplsy in the different departments and
classes. The peculiar wants Of this great western
district If arsble land well indicated IN the as
NAV Of agricultural implements, OF which there IS
..v.rv irnas pable form 20 30 every posslo4e
jsbor Of the farm. Wha' with siesn P9o"s I,
br.sk the prsries, gopaets, snONeFp1o"s. ana
,ttsr horse cBliiya,ors ~ TIL the crop, reSpess
binders headers threshers sackers, cleaners,
AMI mills 20 harvest and prepare II Tor insiAeI'
Why j. not the piauie farmer IN greA. mes
sure ipGeperdent Ct the whms ana exsctons -,
numerous Paddles and stol' Dltchmenl why should
N. trouble melt shout strikes, aud grumohng, snd
ter.hour systems, when his servants WIKI "oVieh
france and ron musces and siness ot steel are ape
aLd silDe to work fcr him without food or res. -.
an tmencau s repruached by al English TOURIST with
orr lpt,rori y, let him take HIM through sho" yarn
teSn 'h such display OF farm tools ~ are no" 70
be seen on the grounC here, and ass II IN Great
they have more useful, tasteful, aud elective hppe-
uan,s We NAV be forced e 20 thlther Tor line c[tc
ard other snimas but e. get good tools ct moderate
.xpepsa they mus, cone 10 us. went care'uy
thious the grand display OF agricultural implements
Their Royal Show last year, TO see nlsht no, PcA
up a uunb of tools that we could introduce WIN
MOTT but cut OF several acres OF them there were not
dozen better than yhst already had. Toe barstss
sn1 key. Eughsh reaplpg attach nent To the Mc,o,'
mick machine, IL exhibited here ny WaNer ~ N~N,
and eyces much nirih AZ lie cumsy and uncouth sp'
pesrance. What would they say II the tning 10 hs
or g. huge portions were alongside this way,
tia, clumsy as this is it Is As light s. tro,tng-
sulky alongside It's EEslish parent.
a great crowd Il not an easy thlns e. compute
When Won cone 10 count men and women by the acre,
Won are prone 10 error, especially since now ore
woman occupies tie amount of ground formerly
.ssipred 10 two men aud boy. There were 81 s1its
of Computations made within my hearing 10 day.
Some pcrsons from the rural districts, wEo had, per
haps, never seen great coucourse before thought
there were at least 100 O people within the nclosue
obers according 20 the maturity OF their Judg ment'
e,tua cd more or lees; but II Only the skilled ones
who based their fgmes on 1900 people To the acre,
VIC came near the mark. The great men and na0obs
of III earth shoverlng IN upon US. Californian
sbchero castlrg BIZ ltdt at random woud Orng down
IL almost every catch Of dozen meh, General, CIl-
ore Msor Squire, Judge or Senator ard, a. TO DISH
OPS and smaller clerical Try they are "a peh'd nc tnc
grains Of pepper in the satcellars al Dorian oyster
CRIB. Wlthai, there is a. hule csp-trsp and super
fuou show the greatest stick coni wish to see.
Except the fareica procession OF small company OF
drag cons il, costume IA Charles H. and dozen car
rsges containing officers, guests, Ne, win one brhg-
the winch cOtthlitu .i'ui cIiih,
pr reporters smoking concert, there has been no
djsplay or humbug. Go 10 the stock ing, al 81 noe.
any rne through the day and yOu might nave seen
the Hon. John Brooks of Massachusetts, with his
clean white cravst and benevolent face; Mr.. Wager
and Col b. L. johnson of New-lOris Mr.. Msrrynan
Of Mary land long John Wentworth, whose altituda
can Only be computed by tue rod, and other good
Judges ara working men, gong from th's pun or COW
10 that handling me asurng, looking at them IN front,
behind beneath aboye ard through the several de-
psrimepts were to be seen Judges, with their white
badges, tasting, weighing, measuring and trying all
soTtS of machines, all sorts OF cOntnyances.
Fit cannot be said that the standard OF female love-
illness If high in Chicago a. in Baltimore, it must
have struck visitors that there was good look about
the of the Western grs that Is much the better
thing to possess Of the two. An honest look domes-
TIC look L is, and doubt not but that real we-bred
Western glrl woud make as good d wife as any they
exhibit in " Turin parts
From women to steam-plows Is violent Transition,
but really they are 80 equally present To my thoughts
that don't know which To adr'ire most. Ii may be
excused them wish to say that at last we have an
opportunity TO see three steam plo~ng machines at
work side by side. OF course the Fawkes machine IS
ore Of tuem and the Van Doren Il Glover shacke
iOnted, weakly apparatus, with the hacking cough
from its throat ana its wooden connecting rod. The
Judges at Freeport did not notice il in their report for
they cid not cal il steam-plow, but rather steam
respng machine, with circular spading attachment
ie very cory the inveItos for after spending so
much OF their hard. earned money and valuable time,
and entering for the 800 prize, IL must have been
Il cruel shock TO Ne passed over unEOtce1. Bht tnc
inexorabls laws Of common sense forbade prolonged
trial Of an evidently crude contrvance. Here they
are again. however; no1i-e daunted by defeat, AMI
ready 10 cope with their competitors. The remaining
machine is that Of james Waters OF Detroit, which got
upon the grounds this )rning. This 10 appearance Is
different from either of is rivals as can be lneSned
whether for better worse will be known on Friday.
JAMES w.TERs's STEAM PLow.
The inventor is g foreman in machine shop III
Detroit, but ike Fulton and Fawkes, is from Penn
sylvauia. He served bis time regularly az mechanic
with Hayward u Snyder Of Potsville, ard has pur-
sued the trade since. HIS attention was first d.
rected 10 the steampo by the proposal OF Mr. Bron
ron Murray Of Illinois, that 100 large farmers should
subs, ribe $3.50 each for practical machine that would
10 other farm work beside powng. In June of Tue
present year lie commenced building the machine In
the hope OF getting It ready for the Freeport trials
but falling in that he has here to try IT, strength
with Faxkes Aud ms strength Is not 70 be laughed
a. can assure you, Tor the whole s Of wrought iron
and pOnderous 10 size as the car OF Juggernau o.
the more modern vehicles Of Van Anburyh Il Co.
Not conent with modest bite Of ten fee such a.
Fawkes takes outsf green sYard, Waters swallows
eighteen Al mOrthfGl, and keeps at il all day If runor
NAY be credi'ed.
The eng me has four 5i-irch cyiirders, with a p
inch stroke making revolutions 10 of the driving
wheels The dnvers ten feet in diameter, made of
ipch boiler iron, and with face of 70 inches. They
have each two sets If bar iron spokes crossing each
other a. 10 brace both ways Ike trOtting wagon
There are Two steering wheels In front, five feet in
diameter, Is inches face, and turned by worm
and chain by crank by the engineer, who stands in
front, at the ght hand Of the boiler. The main axle
OF finch round ron and ttted With oil,ight boxes
Tue boiler is the horizontal tubular used on loco
motives, hse 90 2inch tubes, and 2X3 feet FIRE box
that usy be used for either wood coal. The boiler
Is boteo 10 the axle by clamps and in front by light
frame which rest upon tie axle of the steering whees
Motion is given to the drivers by pinon working into
internal gearing which exten1s al around the inner
face o the drivers the pnion is turned by ts wheel
gearing into the engine shaft direct. To prevent slip
ping Of the Wheels pyaudal shaped ribs of iron are