New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-19
THE U. s. AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

ttis year by which is hoped that much profit will be
realized viz: that of continuing the fair over the
greater Part Of two weeks thus there is not the came
likelihood of peculiarly disaster from rainstoIms as if
the whole thiog compressed into four days The
groand: are very large and well suited TO the pur-
pose, but they are eight miles from town by the
railroad, and thu company with want Of hberalty
and foresight, which doubtless sprngs from thsr re-
cent consolidation charges forty cents Tor excueion
trips TIE crowds tins Ear much smaller than they
were at Chcsgo las year. on the corresponding days.
The local officers hsJe cay, however that the heyday
of the fete will on Tuesday or Wednesday next
when there will be fifty thousand on the ground daily
TODAY has been the best Of the three in that respect
and yet there have not been more than ten or twelve
thonsand visitors the grounds The total receipts
thus far have been about - coo, while considering
that the Society gets the OF its grounds az sruc-
tures gras there is no great nc ason to doubt thrF
taking away surplus. Ii Mr.. Treasurer French can
but bear oil draft on Washington for slGOOO, we
NAV reasonably expect the Society 70 commence ca
reer of usefulness Pretty much all OF that Old hum.
bug Of fancy marshsls and PROFESSIONS, and " grand
ban has been done away with, and .he man.
agen ent has been puged Of ts mos oblec)nibe iea-
t6Ies have yet % learn of single officer of the So
cetv ordering bottle of wine at ia expense THE year
whereas at Chicago, there were barrels of ale aud bot
ties of liquors on tap for the great army OF " invited
euestS and the liquor and " feed bill amounted to
msny hundred dollars.
The chow of cattle IL not more than third as large
as at c. icaso, in part owing to the foolish Tear Of
o-tneumonia and in part TO the bitter and sus-
I. med opposition Of the StHe Board OF Aglcnl,ure
There are more horses here than at Chic gO, and quite
as good ones / think You may have lme idea OF the
plumber, when tel you That the 10 saus were hed
the fri day, and score or 50 more aDlma's are
canned in temporary shelter. The Horticultural de-
partmeut is not 10 be opened until next weak by which
time all the fruit from the National Pomologieal Con-
gress AZ Philad, phia will have reached here: It's
sad that what with these, and the contribIuon OF
he fan Gus Ciacionat Horticultural So ley, grand
PoD' illogical and Fl)ral Show may be expected Inc
Fine Arts Halls are very poorly MED, ano IA t'ct y
is difficult 10 the particular benefit to be derived rom
the opening Of this depaTtm ent, for no artist wishes n
ent1ust valuable picr b the tsDder mercles Of mis-
Han ou- oIo I'D, which is never too cl05.ly waicled
The machinery and implement display is very line.
Each ear there 70 be more mo Ner7 and reapers
70 show Il al before, and too often worse ones
than are already before the public. IL IS amentaole 10
zee some poor mechanic bringing inferior harry ester
TO a Fa. at considerable expense, when az glance
sked men the utter iDadequacy Of the implement
10 the uses of farmer So it is with other Agricultural
implements, and SO We may expect II 10 be uutIl the
go)d time comes when wards wilt be given until
every competing implement has been thoroughly tried
in practice. Let It once be known that they must I'M
deIgo this erp rtUeHtam cT8ciS and inventors would
hesita long hfOre trusting halEma,uFed III lchlnes %
the hands Of jury Of award. The Power Hal nero
is by far tie best IL respect Of strength thar the Ma
tiona Society has ever had, sind great Improvement
is in placing he 200 feet line Of sndiog within four or
tive fe,t Of the e1ound. Thus II any accident or de-
raIgenlent hsppens to any pulley it nay be removed
Of the building lie entirely avoided Decidedly the Tea
ues OF this deparnen. are the large thTee-roar
mill at work, and the machinery for boiling cotton
seed, and making the oil. The cane mill, with ia
"csne-carrier." and bagassa-sbOot," occupies a
length Of 40 fse' and the engine Of 10horse power
ELECTS general admiration for ts beauty OF workman
chip and steady action The wuOls-appAatus, en-
CINE m.ll and all-aIe sold for $4,000 by the Niles
Works Of this city. 4 constant uuvarying motion is
given 10 the roefs by the Of double gears for thus
the weight is always being carried past eeners aud the
power maintained
ore very noticeable feature Of this show il the num-
Der of portable E3wnills and portable engines. find
on Iquiy that farmers getting to uss portable en-
gnes very generally Tor r shOg, and ali wel-%lshers
20 American agriculture will look hopefully for the
time when we viii have this great Improvement as
generally in as il is among the farmers OF Great
Britain. Owners Of plantations along the Mississippi
River have been examining with interest the operation
Of swo large and powerful draining pumps One Of
them invented by L. Reynod5 Of Aurora, Indilna, is
pumpDg-or can pump With full pressure Of steam
Al the Tae of 200 gal'OUs per minute. The water is
up two steven inch pipes and discharged through
single fourteeninch pipe il stea5y stream
The pump combines both the centrifugal and screw
principles. An encssed conlcal screw, consisting Of
Two cones with their apices outward T. biancs the
end thrust of the shaft, gives the ~st'r certain
ans mt II centrifugal motion, ami thus the large body
of wSt-r is pa.sel through moderate si2sd pump 4
Louisiana planter told to day that wien they have
a crevssse the water sometimes stands b depth of
three feet all the plantation, aud causes loss Of
half 20 wolhrds Of ths crop of cane whereas by the
aid of such pamp as this he could drain his la1d in
forty eight hours. Reynolds must have had strange
confidence in his pump, TO bring 1t here without the
slightest previous tral but s only another instance
OF the iemeIiJ of inventors. There another ain
iDg-pump boie, which is also bstter knpwu 10 New.
IObers asitsemployed for wTeckicg purposes by the
Board of Undertakes. One Palmer, OF Cincinnati il
the inventor, and explains his pump consisting of
two casCirOn psons, or concaye AM convex rollers,
revolving in con unctiOn with each Other EI.ctionl
surfaces compensated fr in ts action, by the
employment OF gibbs AID followers acted upon by TIE
Of N ,te- an of v
T. it win raise j79 gallons Of water per minute fom
The holds OF our deepest yts sels.
In the Mechanics Hall there is good show of fur
niture of il highly ornamened with c3ryiDg and
some fine cutlery and PLACED goods Near the door
there is proof safe, more highly ornamented with
bropzed work, plating, and paint than any ever saw.
The exhibitors, Hall Car7l & Co., OF Cincinnati, are
confd ut of its s1lamlnder and bdgrproof quail
ies that they offer liberal Inducements to any one who
viii burn up OF rob it There is man at the other
end of the budipg who s giving practical proofs all
day long Of the merits Of his patent artificial eg. He
walks on IT, turns it's Joints 10 and fro, works the
springs, and keers up a RAINING ere of commentlry
that attracts constant crowd. The American Watch
Company special agent keeps watch and ward over
the Of beautiful samples of their watches which
they have sent for exhibition. Ever snce this Com
pa1y started il has confined itself 10 the manufacture
OF arge-sze hunting watches, for men, bat recently
il has yentured upon tbs introduction Of l.pl4te /
watches end those Of still smaller size for female welrs
1t IS to be hoped tba; IN this branch Of their busii
ness they may make lasting reputation for superior
WORM iBhlp, as lbey nave IN Jne IL ger SIZE III would
be unfair 20 leave this bIding with )ut noticing soms
Te1IigeTafoTs which stand at one side, especially az
enables us 10 speak Of mean way come people have
Of acting. Side by side are two refrigerators one |
Scbooley D. and the other Bsriet's. They are both /
contrue,ed on the sensible principle ha cold air sinks
aud warn air rise, and that If would keep meats
cool in box, the best way h TO put the Ice above
them and let the cold air sink all through tia meat
chamber and escape az the bottom, and n) d. az we
uyioly have Def Te-pUt the ice on tho bot on and
let il run without half doing its intended work
how Sch0oey claims that Bradley has nfrnged on
him (which Rgadley deuies bu. which mav mr. NAV 90,