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quickened the horses and turned their heads to-
ward home. The horses few faster than ever
The driver excited them to increased speed by a
sharp whistle, and made them describe curve
which ntersected one of the horns of the crescent
Inc wolves opened their ranks and let the horses
pass. The prince raised his gun to his shoulder
"For God sake don't fire p exclaimed the driver,
I'VE are dead men if you do p He obeyed Ivan
The wolves, astonished by this unexpected act re
NAMED motlonless for minute. During this mi
mute the troika was verst from them. When the
MoEes started again after it was too late, they
couG not oVertake it. A quarter of an hour after
wards they were in sight of home Prince Rem
nine thinks his horses ran at least six miles in these
fifteen minutes. He rode over the steppe the next
uay ana louna the pones OF more than two hundred
wolves.
FAwKEs' STEAM PLow seems to be success. JUDGE
Hester, of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society
witnessed its operation near Philadelphia few days
ago, and saws:
The soil was in good couditon, owing to the late
rain, which rendered the experiment more satisac-
tory. Before proceeding to plOw, about three hun
dred gallons Of water were pumped into the tank bv
a donkey engine attached to the machine and in a
very short time sufficient steam was raised to pre-
pare it, so as to display to great advant age the
and grace with which it could be moved forward
turned round, worked, &c.
The engine, which is of thirty horse power, is
adapted to either wood or COAL and when the latter
is used consumes about half ton a day.
The anxiety and interest of the committee and a
number ofvisitors now became manifest. Sympathy
with the inventor, who had devoted years of toll
and his entire means to the perfecting of his ma
chine, as well as consciousness of the many fail
ures OF projected agricultural improvements and
of the unhappy results to the orgnators, sensibly
affected the minds of the committee
All doubts, however, Oft success were speedily
removed. The plows eight in number, which were
suspended by chains in frame attached to the rear
OF the machine, about eighteen inches above the
ground by means Of slight adjustment of a crank
were dropped to their proper position for action
and at the sound of the whistle the plow moved for
ward with ease, and to the admiration and perfect
satisfaction of the most skeptical.
The soil, which was made to yield to the united
action of the eight mould boards each turning
turrow slice of fourteen inches in width and six
inches in depth moving at the rate of four miles an
hour, (ot four acres an hOur), presented the ap-
pearance, in viewng it from the rear of the undu-
atons of wave, hiding the plows entirely from
the admiration of all.
The experiment was made upon a tough timothy
sod, which had not been plowed for some seven
years previously.
The grade was of about seven degrees which
tested the powers of the machine to perform on in
cEned surfaces. One of the committee, familiar
with prairie blowing, afirms that he has never
seen level prairie turned beautifully bv horse
power as the uneven timothy sod was by the steam
pOw.
Mr.. Fawkes, still further to show the capacity of
his machine for easy ocomotion over uneven sur
faces, propelled it rapidly several gulIies one
VI WHICH was Iuily elgnIeen lncneS In Depth while
others were very abrupt, and this without anv ap-
parent detriment to the machinery, and also moved
it in circle several times, of diameter of about
twenty-five feet, and passed, by request, across
the ground just powed, without any difficulty,
showing, conclusively, its adaptiveness for ali
agricultural purposes not only as a field plow but
as means of propulsion for moving and reaping
machines.
Your committee are further of opinion that the
engine is applicable to the driving of threshing
machines, farm mills, circular saws, &c.
1t may be proper to add that Mr.. Fawkes placed
the machine entirely at the disposal of the commit
tee, and subjected it to every test which they sug-
| gested.