Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
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CONTRIBUTIONS 70 Ills Department o
The Tribune are respectfully Solicited
4ltl.csa,
AGRICULTURAL EDIToE,
Dcidcdrc TiiJaac,
Wilmington, Doi.
The New Castle County Exhibition.

SOME NOTES TAKEN nY ONE OF ORR FARMER
CONTRIBUTORS
Mcssrs Etlit0rs II attended the annual
Exhibition OF the New Castle Co, Agricul-
'ural Society, at their grounds near this city.
Inc day was very fine, just such u one in
deed as would invite all into The open air.
inc grounds are pleasantly situated in
beautiful valley.
Accommodations as regards grounds and
buildings are all that could be desired And
yet, comparatively speaking, there was no
exhibition
The farmers were not there. There was
no stock there, except three cows and three
young cattle, dhat was all, and they were
| quietly grazing i'll II remote part of the en-
! closure; no agricultural implements, except
what was said TO be Il corn shelter, which
| consisted of Two cast plates, with small cogs
cast on one side and used, BY rubbing the
two sides together, by means OF lever,
operated by hand. THIS is Improvement"
with vengeance, VIC had supposed the day
OF Smelling corn by hand had gone by, but
it seems some one thought otherwise. Be
sides This there was o.c other machine. II
is u plough, cultivator, harrow, and what
cyerc else you may choose to attach to il.
Ii consists of Il strong wooden frame mount
ed OH wheels, and arranged so one can at
tacli any of the above named articles with
little trouble. IL has pole and swinglc trees,
for two horses, with divers scat. This
machine is a great improvement on the old
method Of cullivating The soil, and is des-
tined ultimately, TO make as great a reyou-
ton in til'agc, as the Reaper and Thrcshcr
have done In their respective departments.
| The name of the exhibitor did not learn.
! This was all there was strictly speaking
Of IN agricultural exhibition. Within the
building there were some things of interest,
especially in the Ladies department, which
have been named more in detail, in last
weeks issue. We desire at present merely
to give general impressions. Our townsman
II. +. Pickles, had fine display of stoves
and other articles in lis line; also Wilson
u Wood of stoves, &C., both parties having
| improvement in their stoves for raking down
and taking out the cindcrs, those of Wilson
4 Wood screen attachment, making it very
| convenient. One person had quite variety
of fruit, apples, pears, peaches, &C. Our
friends Lemon & Co., (right by named) had
quite n good display Of candies, some of
which they manufactured on the spot.
In the Ladies' department noticed
Wheeler e. Wilson's, and Grover & Bakers
Sewing Machine Both were doing their
work well, end were skillfully operated, run
ming up seams with great beauty and dis
patch.
| Quite number of patch quilts were on
hand, very beautiful indeed, two of them
attracting particular attention; one being
exhibited by Miss S. A. Lamborn of Fair
Hill, containing ten thousand pieces. Ii
was very beautiful, being Of silk, and the
coors so arranged as to represent stars. 1t
must have taken much time and labor to get
it up. The other was calico patch quilt,
made BY a little girl five years of age, and
was very neatly done. AT another stand l
noticed n nice display Of children's clothing.
There were no other articles that were
new or of especial interest, and taken alto
gether, | would say that the Agricultural
Exhibition Of New Castle County was not IL
distinguished success. A FARMER.