New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-20

dies. TIE american blows are ackDo wledged supe-
ror 70 all ofhers in several PARTICULAR ana sney
nave no rivals in excel ence save Tie Engnsn' lneSe
last are very substantially made, and they have
moro appliances for guiding aud governing than
ours but that the gsin in this respect counterbaances
the increased complication and expense Is not al
mitted by nil possibly they may have tle prefer
euce Tor vey heavy soils and where II Is though oe
srable to turn fiat furrow: the inclined iurro" 10
| however, gaining in favor with farmers hefe.
| m.plowing has been extensively tried in I'm
lard on different systems and ullsized specimens o
each are exhibited here. In one the locomotive
travels over the ground, hauling the pio"s after
in another the Ilows are pushed before IL. ,ue orc
which seems most feasible the power 10 stationary
aud the plows four in number, are dragged pa'h
and forth between the engine and he anchor appa
ratus, at the opposite fde Of the field, by means o.
wire ropes Each OF these PLANS Is ineci ahicaiy
successful but it has boon demonstrated 'hs' Tue
work can be much moro oheaIly done by horse,,
except, perhaps, where the soil 10 very heavy IL
would not therefore, pay ut all in our soi', where
the average blowing is us hight as the nghtesI mere
The agricultural locomotive engine is something
that we have not at ell in the States Several styles
are ON exhibition from Englsh builders aud they
look quite formidable among the simple farm imple-
meuts. They are applied to the various uses
of steam in farm work, thrasblng, wood-cu'-
ting, &c. Each engine Ia constructed TO trans
port itself and it's apparatus from one farm 10
another and in noghborhoode where the roads are
good they succeed well. The ordinary portable en-
gines for farm In no respect superior TO ours
A very cheap stationary cast-iron boiler for farm
or conservatory purposes where only 10 or2O pounds
pressure il required, exhibited by j. Weeks a. Co.,
received a medal The boiler 10 tubular, and cast
all in one piece Tie exhibitors claim that The plan
Of ts construction il tuch as TO proven, bEeakage BY
eXpan.on and contraction.
| There 10 great variety OF tbrs sblng.machinee,
with separating apparatus attacnedi some are more
elaborate in construction than ours, possibly more
| ofplx t,tt IL cv ia.
English machine seems to be the Childs Owen
which was invented on our side Of tie Atlantic.
, there are exhibited IN this class iron stalls for
horses admirable for fitness of design aud complete
1 ess Of fnirb. The rack, mapgeTi aud wateE basin
are all OF iron, the manger aud basin lined with
white porcelain enamel. The floors are OF brck,
wood, or grooved iron, ss preferred, but each ID
provided with perforated iron gutter. Wood il
preferred for the PARTITION was, ss iron hes been
sometimes broken by kick TO the damage Of the
kicker. One Is boXstal," with Vanished oakon
door, needing only silver name-paie TO make It
complete. Others are provided with halter straps,
weighted 30 a. to prevent all possible entapglement
One has IA zinc roller at the edge Of the munger ~
prevent CRIB biting.
IL the saddle and harness department near by,
4. Blackwell No. $50 Oxford street, exhibits a
=" patent safety spring to prevent horses from run
ming awav" IL il an elastic India.rubber strip
abou, q foot long. end being attached 10 a COM
non straight bit, the other bueed TO tie ndiDg or
driving reiu, which isattaehed to curb bit. The
cont OF Junction il adjusted that ordinarily tho
hone will feel only the small BIT, whereas In case
Of sudden restiveness heavier pail on the rein
brings the curb 10 bear. Ihis simple coutriyance
may be applied TO any riding OF driving bride, and
tor tendor.mouihed horses, VINO will not bear the
curb but still ike 10 run away occasionally, 1t iS
invaluable.
a Danish milk pan for large dain.s il honored
with a medal, which seems to be we'll deserved. Ii
Ia Of iron hLed with white porcelain enamel; the
dimensions are ak feet by two and hall feet IL l.
% arranged that ope end may be easi raised 10
pour out tie milk desired. The cream 10 removed
by mean. OF a long banded skinner, 4 light stup
OF wood between two wheels adjusted 20 travel
down the edges Of the pan, pushing the cream
before II into reservoir stationed At the end 10 re-
ceve il. This reservoir ia placed on wheels, and
may, II the row of pans ID long, have railway of
lls own to travel over.
A swedish pan, Of tin provided With a perforated
tube through which the milk Is allowed TO pass out
leaving the cream IN tic bottom OF tie pan, In also
awarded ID medal.
An English hand machine for making tiles for
drainage and hollow bnck fos building purposes
has taken medal in this Glaze ss an implement
adsrted for the u,e Of flrmers A man and TWO
boys make in it 700 tiles Of q in. bore, aud Is
IN long, or 1900 hollow brick, der diem. The price
IA about goo A large steam-poyer machine for
the manufacture Of both solid and hollow brick. i.
shown Ia Operation in the western annex by Al.
Clayton & Co. Ii ID a combined three-prOcess
machine" for ciay crushing, rngeing, ard brick
moldng at one time. IL Ia worked ~ II l2-horss
JsweT engine, and 10 capable oi turning out from
10000 TO 5000 solid, perforated, or tubular
bricks per day, according TO the quality Of
material used. The exlbIl0Ie claim that |
oomb.uci with their patent system Of kilas
aud drying apparatus, these machines have, where |
they are adopted, reduced bfiok-makiog TO a regular
factory systein, which can be carried on indelend-
entity OF seasons weather, uuiuierruI tedly /
throughout the year. III briok-inaking, the old pro-
cess OF hand.work has maintained LIE PORTION duriug
agos Of innovation and invention Which have nearly |
baushed manual labor from rome branches Of mnnu.
iicturc. Ii seems odd that the brck-mader OF our
Gay clad ia garments which have at every step from
the nw mateull been subjected to mechanical
MANN ulatiOu, the very cotton OF his thrt having
been ginncI, md spun, AID woven, aud sewcd BY
machinery should lod on IN biz work in The sauc
.l.w and clunAy fashion, ana with nearly the sanie
planocs witch the ancient Egyptians used; Yet
uch has been actually the fact uptO within the las
few YEAR,; not that inventors had neglected tLin
particular field, but became the yeIy many Efforts
made To bring IN mocauiCal aid had uniformly re-
suited in failure. Peculiar mechanical diticultics
had 10 be overcome IN the production OF practically
suoc.rsfl machine, and this was not until recently
accomplished. All experiments lad necessarily to
be conducted one Of two essentially different
ptinople-: by "COmprt ssion," !. e., forcing I'll,
clay either IL wet dry state, INTO uCI-is 10 form
the brick, or by Expression l. a., forcing the
clay, ia plastic state, through n die wbloh Should
consolidate aud shape 1t during ts pas,age. Both
pr, cctts have been extensively aud yanousy tcstei
With the former, gIeht difficulty waS found in Ier-
fectly filing the mould, whether with wet or dry
c.ay the lower cTonor Of tie brick remaining iln-
perfect, even after tie clay had been submitted to
enormous pressure while III the mould. Another
Iiiioulty wac III delivering be brick from the mould
rapidly and without injury TO lts form. Ia The Use
OF dry clay, tie inconvenience from each OF these
causes perhaps somewhat les felt, but THE IA.
wolves the erection Of AL apparatus Tor crushing and
sitting, beside the oumbrous AID expensive pressing
uachine aud the quality VI BRICK produced ID not
generally admitted 10 equal that made from plastic
al