New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-15
rur GREAT 1GRrCUL TURAt ExHIBL
ZION At ST PETERSBURG.
, Of The N. Y. Tribune
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. !, 1860,

10 ready before the close of the year. The Min
;.t,rs are now engaged in examining the fifty |
two reports of the Emancipation Committees, TO
Sraw I'D the final act and to submit 1t to the |
form,, approval Of the Senate That will be
the most memorable event in the history of
Russa. and millions of Russians as well
as millions of people from all parts of the
world. viii bless Alexander III. for having given
liberty to forty millions Of intelligent beings. We
must not compare the Russian serf 10 the negro
of the South the former is naturally highly in-
teIlieeut deyout, kind-hearted, polite, and loyal,
and the state of degradation we find him in
arises from the brutal manner in which he is
purpOsely treated by his owner; nGHa rcgula
sine s1eeptioRss-but the instances are few. The
Russian serf is of the same race as the man who
Keeps him in bondage. The Empress Katharine l.
had been a serf, ana great many Russian mobiles
who now hold high Offices and titles. have also been
slaves
In what manner the nobility will be compensated
for the loss of their seIfs is not known yet. hold
that the nobility is not in the least entitled to com
pensatiOn, because no earthly being had right to
establish Slavery over free people, ne they once
were and instead of paying the nObles they, on the
contrary should be obliged to remunerate the serfs
for the services they and their orefathers were forced
10 render to their yrants since the day that curse
beiel them.
The nobility know that the time lie at hand when
they will be- deprived of egiOus OF lobOrers and have
Of late begun Ia import all sorts of ab0r-saving
machines The Government, also aware of the
entire revolution which the emancipation VIII create
in the agricultural districts, has encouraged all IN
dertakines which tend to substitute machinery fer
manual labor and ordered great Agricultural Ex-
hibhon, which was opened about four weeks ago.
Early this Spring the programme was issued
The prizes amount to about so Goo rather small
amount for such object, especially when for less
important ones millions are thrown away. Agrcul-
ture seems in all countries TO get but small share
from what it produces. Neither is this exhibition
free The entrance fee varies from 70 ~ 40 cents,
and only q few DAYS were set apart al cents for the
people in sheepkios The whole exhibition is any
thing but Russian. The agricultural machinery and
implements are mostly English and American, or
built by Russians from English or American models.
Rarg0ms & Sims have the largest collection of all
sorts Of machinery and portable engines The En-
gIish pow predoninates among that class OF impe
ments. They are entirely of iron, with very long
mold boards aud various complicated arrangements,
which may answer well for England but viii never
do for the steppes of Russia. gOOdly number OF
American plows, from the warehouse of Emery
Brothers, Albany, N. T.. signalize themselves by
their practical, compact look. Since the exhibition
of 1851, in London, where the American pillow
made first its debut, nearly al the Continental plOw
makers have copied il, and we here many with
the American dial-clevis, and with the American
manner for fastening the cutter and putting the
whole plOw together The Europeans do not
ceed in making ss fine and light castings Of the
plow, and use wrought iron.
The collection Of harrOws is the most complete |
have ever seen. met there the American triangu-
lar, and trianguar-ioldng and square harrow, the
Scotch and Geddes harrow, the English zig-zag bow,
h and square barrow, the Norwegian turning harrow,
N meadow-chain harrows, and many others. Even IL
VI Russian wooden harrow, made Of pine sticks and
willow bands, without a piece Of iron on il, not
even nail yet making strong and useful imple-
ment for narrowing in seeds and light soil, was on
exhibition.
large number Of broadcast seeders, tanning
mills, straw cutters all after English patterns or
English make, I'll the space.
Great Interest is excited with regard 10 the reap
ing aud moving -machines. l saw there Walter A.
Woods New York ci-devant Manny's reaper McCor
mick's, with Burgess and Key improvements; Sey
IDour, Morgan Il Aliens Ilusseys, and one bUltby
German-Russian OF S8ratOf the VOlg0. The latter
rs built after the American pattern with some new no
tions very strong and intended for oxen; regular
ongne to battle against difficulties. There art also
two grassmowing machines, one by Mr.. Wood, and
another by Mr.. Allen. Woods reaper and mower
had quite success here, and understood his agent
sold great many in the interior Of Russia. But
should there in future be heavy duty on machinery
it would not pay TO import foreign implements.
RaBsOms 81 Sims exhibit great number OF
fhrashng machines, with and without wiunowiDg
apparatus and the Russian manufacturers seem to
give preference TO the English thrasbing. machines,
which do not do so much work, and are more com-
Thcated and more expensive than the American
thrashng- machines. There is nlsd large quantity
of portable engines. built by RansOms * Sims. A
German Russian Of Riga exhibits also portable en-
CINE which deserves great praise for its practical
arrangements and workmanship; il proves that
Russia could build her own machinery, and not be
obliged 10 depend altogether England or other
countries. Among all the exhibitors of agricultural
machinery, there is not a single Russian name.
The machines made in Russia come from German
Russian establishments; even the man With his
reaper from Saratcf, 900 miles from here, comes
from that famous German settlement on the Volga
The Summer having been uncOmmonly warm and
long for this latitude, il very favorable to the
growth Of vegetables. and we see mammoth cab
bages and all sorts Of root crops piled up in pyra
rnids; and the collection of grain, in ear aud
thrashed, il very extensive. Various specimens of
rye, wheat barley, and oats ore spread out for the
curious to examine. Hy attention was especially
attracted by new Kind Of wheat from Poland, with
. colossal, elongated grain which must produce ex-
ceedngly well in rich soil There is also Il sample
of wheat said to have been found in the folds Of q
mummy. and some short round, white wheat from
the fertile lands fthe Ukraine and the Governments
Of SaratOf and Penza Also, some very large speci-
mems of rye, and black barley snd naked barley
without beard. Russia is the country for O3tS, and
the specimens exhibited aTe very fne, and many oi
them are new 10 me- Indian corn ls poorly repre-.
scented; few puny ears Of tho early kind compose
the whole collection. The collection Of prepared
foreign and Russian hemp end fax is curious, aud
shows how much finer and sikhke the foreign art
Gle is than the Russian Among mass OF al sorts