, 1865-10-10
Chicago Gribn,1e,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1865.
INDIANA STATE FAIR.

Farm and Model Farmcr-For
Wayne. -
| From Our Own Correspondent
.Fonr WArak, Oct :, 1865.
The Indiana State Agricultural Fair ha
been success beyond precedent. It virtual,
closed, af1er five days existence To-day ha
been devoted to removing cattle, machinery
DC, and to paying premiums, The entlr
amount received for the vceI, In all depart
mcnts, Is about fifteen thousand dollart, Will
the expenses, a]l told, will not exceed te,
Thousand. Taking into consideration the fac
that the receipts cover really only three days
while the expenses run through. an entir,
week, the society have reason TO cong7atulat,
themselves upon their great achievement
This innugurates now era III the history o
the Agricultural State Fairs in Indiana Tn
fortunately heretofore the balance has Away
been on the Other side OF the sheet.
+ During the week, I have tclegraphcd pretty
full details of daily occurrences, Incidents
list Of premiums awarded, &c, aud I now
propose to speak Of the exhibition somewhat
I In detall, commenting upon such articles u
seemed particularly worthy of special men
tion. a leading feature In the Power Depart.
mcut, and which attracted much attention
I was
| PoRrAB1E CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. :
| There were two of them On the grounds;
not unlike each other in their principal fea.
tuEes, but each claiming superiority In pecu,
liar points. One is manufactured at HamIl,
tSe ope1 1eI9 II hy osSn ss Lans nys5 Co. ad
Hamilton mill took the first premium. The
same MILL also took like prefniun.at Chfcs.
| 20 last month. 1t Is peculiarly adapted 70 an
kinds Of timber. being substantially construc-
ted, md yet very easy and free in oil Its mo.
| tions. There are four patented principles In
the mill, Which, as represented By the manu-:
factu cr, are essential to the we'll working OF
circular saw mills, and Its operation here
seemed to establish what was claimed for It.
The mill, while on the ground. cut twenty.
! TWO boards, one foot wide and twelve feet
lsn7, in one minute and tifty seconds, with
by. twenty inch cylinder. lnoliced also in
t..is mill saw Of peculiar construction, hay
lug teeth that can easily be replnced By neg
ones, when the old ones are broken and worn
| OUT This improvement In saw teeth Is pa,
tented and the teeth manufactured by spauld.
ing d Bros, OF Chicago. These teeth cut
very smoothly and PERFECTLY true I Wit
messed the operatlous Of saw with these
teeth. It cut boards at the rate af nearly la3
feet per minute, or abont 1000 feet per hour.
regard this improvement for inserting saw
teeth Us worthy tho attention Of all
4
The other circular saw mill On exhibition,
was Lane & Bodley's patent, manufactured BIZ
these gentlemen at Cincinnati, and represented
In Chicago by G. j. Richards, whose ndver-
tiscmcnt sec In tho TRIBUNE. / deem It due
to McssrH. Lane q Bndley to state that for
certain reasons that governed the action Of
the committee, they declined to enter into
competition for the premium. saw Messrs,
Lane 4 Bodley's mill In operation several
times, and was strongly impressed with its
| adaptability to the purposes of the inventor.
| 1t sawed as feet OF lumber In $50, and lid
improvements OF detail md convenience. It
il designed and constructed on sonnd mechau-
ica1 principles, with a full knowledge on the
part Of the makers, Of the nature Of The work
II Is intended for. This mill Is different from
othes circular saw mills IN at least three i'm
matter OF lateral molten. There seems to
be at lesst ono great difficulty in uuing saw
! with lateral motion, and that IL, It prevents
saving lumber Of q uniform thickness; and
the owners fthis mill feel satisfied that Inter-
u motion " not only not useful, but positively
| mill The feed belt Is only nsedt.. no backing
belt being required Cone or difsrcntIal pull
1eys arc used, so that By remoying the belt
from enc 10 another, different feeds may be
had. The advantages OF friction feed are SIM
| plicity; means Of huuloring the saws by
much more rapid backward motion; a
means OF Instantly arresting the mo-
| tion Of the carriage at pleasure.
And third, the simultaneous and Independent
head blocks The advantages Of these head
blocks Will be readily appreciated by any per-
son familiar With tie operations Of thsse saw
| mills. These are but a few leading features
I Of the saw mills stated In bricf, and We
| think they nrc such as will commend them to
| the attention Of lumbermsn,
| 1HREsnIxa MACHINES.
There were five thre>hing machines or sepa-
rators on the ground, and The contest for the
premium was very lively and prolonged one,
resulting In gtying the premium to a. Gaar &
| Co.'S Gold Medal Separator, manufactured BY
| these gentlemen at Richmond, Ind. This
s0uc machine has almost universally taken
| the f1rst premium at State and county fairs,
when and wherever exhibited. It Is the pro-
duct Of constant aud watchful labor, aided
by experience. The whole machine Is con-
structcd upon the most approved principle
md in the most durab'e manner. The cylln-
der 10 made Of wrought iron. The wheat and
the shoe, aud slide down the same before the
wind strikes It,, This admits Of heavier
blast of wind being used without the posi-
bility OF wasting wheat, and at tho same time
cleaning it much better. A valuable improve
mont added to this machine, y .s Cochran's
Of the advantages Of this stacker Is Its conyen-
ince IN folding and carrying under the rear
! end OF the machine, thus saving all the labor
I Of loading and unloading. It Is placed in
position that IS both safe and convenient, and
docs moi Interfere with any other part OF the
proremeut Is the shield placed at the apex OF
the stacker, Which is almost invaluable during
| the progress of high wind coming fso,u the
| direction ofthe stacker, protecting the stack
er from It, influence. SILL another improve
mcnt added e the separator is Cochran's
patent Grain Measurer, Register aud saeker-
BY simple process. operating somewhat like
gus meter, the grain Is measured, registered
and sacked, as 1t comes from the machine.
These Arc few Of the points Of excellence Of
The gold medal separator. All Information
about II eau 1e obtained BY addressing A.
Gaar d Co, Spring Foundry and Machine
Works, Richmond, Indiana.
srAvE MACHINES
There were two mac hines in Power Hail for
manufacturing stAvcs-Iiurlbut e. Brothers
Tight Work Stare Saving and Dressing Ma
Cline, end Hay d seely's Champion Stase
saving Machine. The Hurlbut s1nchine took
tIe hrst premium. The TRIBUNE has here
tofore, IN several instances, commended tLis
machine, and what has been said may be re-
iterated With confidence It does its work
Will! remarkable speed, and does It we'll,
Some Of Its advantages may be enumeratedns ns
follows: Great saving Of timber ; saving The
staEes with The graln Of the wood the ability
to follow around with the circle Of the log,
and produce 9 stare with tho grains,
the kame as If rived by hand and 1t produces
staTes at least five. dollars per thousand
cheaper than they can be rived or dressed by
hand. The oil'ce Of Hurlbut Brothers ia in
Chicago, at the corner Of Maxwell and Henry
streets, on the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne
railroad.
ihe champion staye saving machine, pat-
ented by Hay g. Sceley, combines simplicity
and effectiveness in remarkable degree.
ANY man who can tfle saw can run II. It
and outside with precisely tie same accuracy
and s1aoothness; and # can also ) be set for 1
saving starcs for hogsheads, tierces, etc.
From casual survey Of this stayc machine l i
feel confident that It Will do Its work well.
SUGAR ErAPoRAToRs AND MILLS.
Ihefe "efc some ten patterns Of evapora- !
Intor took the first premium. This appara-
tns is very, generally understood BY cane
Elowers, and minute description of It Is not |
necessary. The great points secured By the
Cook pan are. first, perfect DELEGATION by heat
a,lntne; ,.lta aad next; the concentration Of the
.ible exposure OF the solution to the destrnc-
uve action Of heat. As result Of these, the
syrup made In Cooks pan Is always bright,
clear, heavy, and free from that: Offensive
taste and odor produced By prolonged boil
ing, and the caFbonizatlon Of the ftcula con.
tanned in The Juice. We notice that the appa-
Eatus y very easily managed, and the whole
operation Is simple and expeditions when
number OF pans and great array Of furnaces,
damlsrs, tubs, coolers, ETC., are used. The
most casual inspection Of the syrup made By
his apparatus, reveals the fact above stated,
that it has not been charred OF half dccom- |.
posed by long exposure to heat. We need
hardly say that the Cook pan is one Of the