New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-13

THE STEAM PLOw TRIAL CONTiNUED-HAhlN"
AND BINDING BY MACHlNERY-sORGO
MILLS AND APPARATUS.
From Our Own Reporter
FREEPoRr, ILL.,, Sept. 8, 1859.
Let those who 90 peasure-seeking to fairs, pity
the sorrows Of reporters and editors who after the
days pedettrianism is over, must cit for weary nouS
at the de,k. To look at these fair grounds from
distance one would think the ruins Of large recent
fire were smok on the spot. An mpenetr,ble cloud
of dust-not brick dust such as covers one on the
N-wa,k Turppikes, nor yet white dust which fills your
ewes as You ride to "tbe Darby" but soOty black
dust, which arises from the dry surface Of prairie
apd-yails the beauties Of the incosure. When
Fssksss gang of eight pows was RAINING rapidly
through the ground it scarcely needed policemen To-
keep the crowd off the plowed ground, for a thick
,moke, AZ from a disturbed ash.heap, choked aad
blinded any rash enough 10 follow al tpe pow
tails Perched up the deck OF the engine even VIC
we're we'll iigh smotbered, bat were too much icter
e.ied in the experiments IN progress 10 nnd the ncoh
venieIce.
cbipery. / will now describe the two apparatus d
work to-day. An. Cha.
Que. Invented by New. York mechanic, Allen Sher'
GOOD ~ Auburn binds the heaf with blt of wire,
snd the other trat Of John anpy G, hocktoro, ILL.,
with an non hook aud q hetapen sting. va oIei
hi1d and lower than the driver facing the ps,toIn.
The tyiapp ular table of the Maony reape Is USED 10
this ca e. although it is Claimed tnst " aoi'
other achine the patent binder csn oe apPie; %
IN. feet is halfcfcle shield OF sheet non 10
guide the che Iaked to within reach oil the oincer
Behild the shield elbow JOINT, the short arm Per-
hsps foot long, and the long one something more
srh handle its end. Along the upper siae OF
beth paris are cyclists through which No. " wire Is
guided 10 the bandle sf,er having passed nom ePooi
fixed bel xeen the driving wheel and platform along
the under side of the platform and up tnroasa
it to the eyelets. The bnie 70 commence
puts the end oe the wire between pinon and
| .pur.wheel, which hold It firmly, while ne
pushes the elbow Joint toward the rsker anc win tae
return motion passes his land along tae Efe oeIu.s
il TO the platform and up the oil SIDE lie hss plenty
Of slack wire to do this each time for eey
fom the SPOOL and the eLd being held by tue gearing
outside the bending back of the elbo~ JOINT puDs
wire I'D through the platform, ana through the eyeet
as freely as required Now the ttesf is raked directly
upop the wire that lies upon the platform As comes
tie binder reaches out takes hold Of the handle ana
pulls the elbo Joint toward him. thus causng tue ws
Ia yh,ly coune the sheAf OF grsin lie rets toe END
of tie handle so that the end Of the wire Ia caught be-
tween the pinon and spur wheel when he tets them u
motion by turning craLk and they t"lsi me i"o enus
of the wire together around the sheef mskirg tte
saue time a twist FOR end Of the next osudi
iie emf the bundle loose ana II falls all nice ~ oouro
upon the platform. The work is neatly coue bui 4
thrk in grain at al hssvy the binder could DO, WoA
his apparatus :sst as the stesves "eie place. reey
| TO hi. napj. Mr.. Sherwood says he has bound ioo
acres wiz il, and lie looks Ike hsrtworkng prsca-
c,l man who kucxs what he is about, so snai mo-;
pre.um- to offer my theory IN opposition 10 pfacca
expereIee. One thing Is oerain, rspiG Weik !. le'
accomplished here must make lotg motions N
short space OF time, oI either the noi'"ns oesD
.pasmodic and irregular b. ressoa Of hurry, or we,
sustained, not enough Can be made IL Gle u'n7 o.
| lowed.
p Mappys binding apparatus |, altogether elnsi
emf. He has only two men, driver and onoer tus
rakipg being done by the machine. Tae Gu. e Az
5000 sideve on az endless sls:ed apron ard up az
cne ia the usual way Ga its passage Up II L COG.
tned fion blowing away BY light stats, AID 1'''ihs I"