New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-10
THE ILLINOIS STATE PAR.
REApING AND FLOWING BY STEAM.
From Our Osn Rsr,n.r.

FRrrPoET, H., Sep. c, l:je.
The prospects Of the Iiiiros Sats Fair are DO. D.
prou.i.ins az we should be pleased 70 see. Tn ruh
IT, the interests Of this aod the National Far a. Chi
caso ela.h Sail the prospects are Dot 90 gloomy Ss
some have ariicipsted-the rece pr To-Day were
O., so from visitors.
The ,res. fsatnre of this chow ia the liberal pre-
NUNS for steam ploss - coo fer the best and 81 go
for the reI. best and the ILLINOIS, Central Railroad
Company a1d 81 $50. BESIDE Fs~kes's plos N opsra
ton there % another exhibition TIA. plOEs, digs
dtcbes Iesps, moss, atd gives motion 20 stationary
mscbinef. Tn. s. go premium Of :he R,l'osd Con-
psby is 10 be pail 90 oonoitJn that the inventor sa.
show the capacity Of machine at three poins on
the lice Of the road thai farmers throughout the ate
nay SEE he working cf the sppsrataa.
Tie Committee Of EOgiceers 70 whom vss deiega'e1
the busiuess OF coaduc,in. the mechanical ras OF tle
plo~s have made some te-ts today With FaSkessi 10
decide lie ability 10 90 II ara out OF s!cuSos, tara,
back and travel over roads IheJ made nia piOS
pe,e If sd s!ourd, and ionnd 10 ose case toe, &c
made lis in twelve aud 10 another IN ten minutes
This is abou what be di az Philsde phis. The bybri
ieapiDg plo2i1g machine dd Dot get up -tesn %
day ann ed too late upon the 2rouod-, "a. VAL DC
al work tomorrow 81 the same time a. faskess II Is
curicus thing to look at, unlike anythiog that vas
eytT coLtriyed under toe sun, bnt an iaf from cay
ING that TIE inventors msy not nave got hold Ut Va!
able principle. OF it, practical ns<ty 10 ~ 0fe'snI
EhsLe, tO-IHOfrOFs aL0 Inuf-I1Vb uta5 Stu uoN1i
mbe brief ,ketch Of it incepuon and progress viii
be Ct interest.
Carlos W. Glover, a wscOn-y1sker OF Fairfield
County COME ctcut came 10 tls state i've years ago.
ard IL corbectiOn With Mr.. an Dozen mAJe susify
agricultural impeu ebts, among which was reao'nS
and stack ing II machine Invented by Mr. BrOntob Mar
rev. This oond be MADE To 90 the xoT 10 s.'nia'-
uiy nsDLer but II was fund thst the sheGi bo1cJud
DO. be eDple BY the en- a. fast q the gram 80 cat
II leeded that sore slorer motion tasn horss travel
shouo BIZ used but which could be controlled sud
h. constantly su tanned. Steam ~as thought OF, and
after many experiments successfully apphei. Having
got lhus isr the large preDan o. the Illinois c,e'y
crew the attention Of Messrs Van Dozen & Clover -
the possibility OF po .ug we'll reapipg With Their
machine; abd the resnis was the cOntrs ace no TO
be tested. II lie made thus: b-d-Tane Vi ugOef,
10 feet 10 length, II suppOr.e5 on the axle oil two
wooden iron faced driving heels OF feet inches
diameter, and - inches face. Bets een the "heel-,
tie bed IL feet wide, and the drivers are H.
closed by an extension Of tie platform, masins ID
all Ii sid,h from outside to outside OF fee, The TIM
b,rs Of the frame meet az stance OF IL feet IRON
the axle and at Ibis point rest on castor wheel shc1
is setrtd by 'btr. The boiler Is upright, and con-
Il n ~ cbtbd quarter tubes H. ~ 10 long, lne
fr. box 20 il. squsTe iDteD0ed for either Eood or
coal. Above the 1ues is a steam. reservoir lest
high. with smoke flne passing through II. thu. IN
tube OF boiler iron feet 10 hight Is c,htalLei
fire b. X, boiler, feam teseryor, aud smok--nle. Ia
front 81 the boiler there Is IesperexteDson, when
supports regular respibg arrangement OF cater D+r,
dNIoers, reel, &c. and shch may be attached or re-
moved az " N. hOIOn II gwen " hblNcr ny
lorg fitting lever which worked directly by sn ex-
ten sion Of the piston. The reel s turned by belt
pastirg q shaft worked by the dri'i1g vince 10
NOV grass the cuGCbsr Ia 10 Sered, or 10 head gram
is elevated by loug lever hung on the main
axle and passrg back nearly to the steers nan,
who works the lever by means OF piniOu
srd rack. The cylinder Is 81 inches diameter, WITH
IIne-i, Oh stroke, oDd hiss hok motion 10 ensoe IL
to revere The pump Is worked by crank on aff,
which msy be made 10 gear into the ~ wheel sh sit a.
I.quiied aid water pumped iuto the boiler ~aea the
machine her ia motion or o; rest The drivers sfe
tuInea by pinion, shiCb s turned by oevei wheel
working INTO pliOn Oh the crank shaft. An or1na-
~ barrel o. w1'er IL carrei on the axe alongside the
b, er. To poT, the reeping apparatns Is removed,
ard then the machine travels IN coetary direction u
At i Cos ia Iegpirg the pl)~ing beog done O710d
sid tie Iespug before as II moves along. cross
bear which "a ends beyoui the driving shees IL lao
inches in size. Ca il i've wheels eaIins At0 each
other, ana driven from the crauk.shati. To the
center OF each wheel IS boled iron bar sths by q
iBches nj feet lOng, on each eLd ct ~hlch "a sntI
pos share without lana side, which cuts ten ioches
ceep if required The Gu, is three inches VIDE so
thst each revolution Of the Grm makes a cnt OF six
iuches and the machine travels forEa'd tbs
distance 10 the came time. Each p'oT point be-
pg feet inches fro the center, the ts0 ends MAKE
cnt lateIaly OF ~ inches, aud the whole i've CUT
ters make furrow Of feet as near as may ba. For
ditcbDg the plog-whee's are removed aad an ex'ri
shat inserted which ia driven drec: from the ofaGk-
shaft The shaft tur, a wheel to which another form
al excavaior Is attached The same small pillow Is a.
ore ED of the iron bar, but spade or scfapcr re-
pisces tbst at the oher. 1t throws the dirt to one
ice distributing 1t TO 20 feet OF grodbJ Ia pro
potion 10 the speed Of the machine Tbs fly wheel
m6y Of course be uted to turn stationary farm @a-
chiIery Of all kinds
The irve,,oI claims 10 have powei abou. two sores
in all for experiment, aud 10 have moved about an
scre The whole apparatus, OF horse power weighs
oLly 400 poulds and lie presumed 10 co, abou 5000.
TIE application of steam 10 plo zlrg has been talked
about and expected, but the ices of wo,kwg reaping
machines by the same power has only been entertained
by Of the more fir-seeing friends Improvement.