The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-21

much lighter than Fawke's, weighing less
than seven tons, exclusive of the pillow
share gangs. 1t has immense driving
wheels made of boiler iron, 20 inches in
width and ten feet in diameter. The
boiler is placed in horizontal position
between these wheels, and rests mainly |
upon them. The water tank is immedi- |
ately underneath the boiler. Two small
er wheels are placed forward, by which
the course of the pillow is controlled, as in
Fawkes machine. Power is commune
Gated to the driving wheels by four steam
cylinders, each 81 inches in diameter, and
II inches stroke. The connection of the
wheels with the steam apparatus is made
by means of cogs geering within the rim
of the wheels. The pillow gang cuts a
series of burrows nineteen feet in width.
Waters machine has two gangs of
plows attached, similar in construction to
a common plow, the one containing six
and the other seven plows, thirteen in all.
Fawkes has one gang only of eight plows.
We understand Mr.. Waters machine will
pillow from sixty to eighty acres per day.
In the Domestic Department noticed
bed quilt, of very ancient manufacture.
1t purports to have been made by Mrs.
Boyd, of South Carolina, of revolutionary
memory, and is now one hundred and
three years old. Material similar 10 that
of which it is constructed could now be
purchased for a dime yard; at that
time it cost tao dollars yard. The
: figures on the quilt are mostly those of
, birds, perphaps of the swallow, of full SIZE
An other object of special interest to
farmers, was a windmill stationed on the
grounds, and designed for raising water
for the domestic animals of the farm. To
: theupright shaft elevated and depressed by
: the turning of the arms above, was at
tached pump capable of elevating any
amount of water desired. l saw one
: near the Fair Grounds employed in rails
ing water for supplying drink to the i'm
mense droves of fat cattle, that are fire.
: quently penned at that point until mar
ket is made for them by their owners, OF
q until they are shipped for the Eastern
market.
: In one of the pens designed for sheep
: saw several Cashmere goats owned by q
/ gentleman in South Carolina. They were
y of pure white color, their bodies resem
bling much those of sheepcovered with
long, but very fine fleece of wool from
10 which shawls &c, are manufactured
@ Their heads resembled those of goat
g Adjoining thereto, was pen containing
two elks, whose horns of monstrous size
/ looked formidable enough. Elk have
g been tanned and are made quite seryicablC
n to man, both on account of strength ant
Is fleetness.
'r / saw a machine which combined
10 washing apparatus and churn, very
J. neatly too, manufactured by Mr.. Guth
g rie of Chicago. This machine by plac
Of ing the churn or the tub On platform
y by very simple and ingenious appli
70 ance, motion is communicated whicl
Q, churns the butter or rubs the clothes.-
y Another very interesting sight consisted
g. of tho number and variety of bee-hives
&c, on exhibition. Mr.. Edward Towley
IS the well known author of "Towley's Be
ID Keeper" exhibited, in addition to his be-
4 houses, boxes, cases, bottles, jars anC
s. goblets, filled with the purest honey, anC
4 that too by the little insect, the bee.-
g Combs in the shape of hearts, half.moon
l. and other devices elected the admiration
of the crowd. But we might particular
10 ize for hours, and yet give but fain
i idea of the fine specimens Of cattle, hor
J. ses, the products of the field, butter
Oh cheese, &c, that called forth expression
l. of wonder and admiration from the cage
ID multitude that thronged the Grounds.
O. Suffice il therefore to say, that the ex
} hibition was indeed n credit to us, rs
r nation, and in which our own State Dor
/" an honorable part. l understand tn
IA premium for the finest samples of wheat
d. and the best one hundred bushels, wer
IN awarded to resident of Berrien count,
a glory enough for oncel The thronl
o. that visited tho Fair Grounds during il