, 1869-10-06

conmon prairie clsy, taken from tho roa''s'da'
Every bricl.y 10 the State aaould hare tle
machine. Tnla one WIS run with Two hoftes. II
costs no muro TO make two1nch tile than the
'sme plumber OF brick, md Jet they se II dooo'o
The price, to which freight must be added. Lass
Iummfr paid for Ibis slze 10 per 100, tho cost
1t The factory being ti.so. In Ohio anu lndsana'
~o-loch ki!e asc aold At IS 10 Sto per LOCO feet
LIZ pircez hclhg ono foot ZACH. |
FLOWS. |
The show Of ploWs was anrlvalled, The Eo!ue
Of Deere p,cw supplying the pAssefn. We want
10 better pfost Of tho great value OF this ploE
than The fsct o the close Imitation hJ nearly esofJ
pioH- maker N the StAte. Aost SsEtneEa have re-
ieeted The "plow OF all worE, " and now purchase
uue tor each t!ud OF work required. German
Steel hur11ened IL found 10 be better than cast
atetl for mould boasdA id not see a'subsol At
lachment, for which &m thankful; but Deere j
CO. and one other Hrm did have MApea' SUB.
sell Litter" an implement Inst I bare used
for tie paat dozen years with great sss!s:nct.on+
The Skinner gang sud riding plows have been
Improved 81 the uBe Of large wheels nnd better
arrangements ioE handltng. The satIy plow Ia
the coming p!ow ios boys, old men, lnvsl!ds and
crtpptEs, who hare willing hands but pool 1ocouo-
ton.
There wns la1Yo display Of hauuRs OF new
patterns, hut Without trial QUO could Judge little
II their value. ..
Ora wooden roller to two sections, but Of little
Inherent. 4 cheap cast trun roller 10 short sections
could be sold: but farmers Will not psJ 80
to 500 for ruler, when good one csn be sold
By nsss hands d hais those nsuses- Heavy cast
Iogs like those shoald be sold at three or four
cents pound, and the frames can be made for .
few dolla1a. tbs whole shoula not exceed $40
or $50.
Tm ptsrLAv or kkAeEHs
was large, embracing iii the leading mschlnes-
TIE great struggle has been between the hand
raIipg md seltrakng seapess, but the latter hare
Nln- Thle 'conttat commenced IL 1876, At tae
great tE,al between ihe Mnnpy rraper and the A.
Aips se!f.rster. AZ that trial there appeared
reapeY upon which three binders rode and bound
" tie grain: Apd no~. sstef t~ensy four years,
al three machines have ceased 10 be n1Auutac-
tured-thc great cost Of the Atkins serdlugks
ont Of tie market fuote than twenty Jeara ago,
AID the 81 lila 4 Adams two or three seara latet,
The iheA o1 Atkins ts To-day mn actual
TACT, and no rezper ca1 BE- sold without
3 trll.rnke. The complicated aud expensive
Atkins had to be modified, until We now dCe the
Inca presented IN cheap and simple FORM, Oue
OF the hest Of these Is on the John P. Nanny MS
ch1nc-lhc satue machine that tooE tbe nrst pre-
MUM n1 the Dixon triAi on coz1biucd macn,nes
Al that trial the driver drora his team aud
raIea bJ haEd. Over 10000 Of these machines
have bccn mai:e a. RockfUrd. While Ohio sup.
plies u With tha Champion. New York ~itn
WaoiB, Auburn Harvester, CRyugh Chief, kttbr,
AMI others, Rockford eends tnousat,ds annually
into Wisconsin, Iowa, and M.nnesots-;hua verify.
lpH the old sdsxr Of HfRr fetched and dear
fought"
Hnt 10 rcturu to the seif.rAktnR and hand resp.
cfE. Eone dozen years since tho Marsh brOthen
took up the Idea Of the tlndera riding, that had
been failure In other hands: and Dne1ton the
Idea Of binding with wire BY the aid Of TWO nen,
one to rake and ene to hind. GntN 1853 the hAf-
vestcr had made little pfogscss not suore than Su
having been manufactured, nAd not QUO Of lbem
sAtlafactorJ. Uuerson was msking hea,fNsy, and
was like to Wis. Tho EF1in II cat On tho has-
vester fell on 4 roSofSlnR apron aud
was carried TO !hc binderh. Now. II two persons
could b!bA, Il would be t9ual TO tht Botrson but,.
Ct, that a'sO teQanrd tNp mHp, md ut tho Blme
i11lo Noud save the cost Of the Iron. In 1888 tho
nachfho wxs mads : success and nucfnor gays mp
the contest. since then tnore th4n ten thoas1Att
have teen .n.s. aud today Il ssandE the ttrA, of
stl the st1f.fAktng reApefB. Tht8 ffum TIC dfak
pfAci.cs& 7tbpef Of iiuIsey up to the present
ssEO thers has .een \ steAdy onsar1 ptogrpsA
Ftrst tho rect; thco 1ou3 sttuRglo With tho self.
iAter: kbd We arc now having xoatntf eotks%t
between the sct OF sutotDastc rake, nnts thn u1a.
chlhe that carr4ta !tr bMlett. Thu extra eoa, ei
The ls,ttf ID sgainas II hut, ko The sslrAkor ~
Hsss. shc !doA il rora'as. saa Tcnius will tnaAu II
MIN.
Tho dropprr attsehment,th was M popular lYo
Of thFrc ycaia vince. II nnw only applied 70 n,nw-
p1s tn spccsai ucesasoax That IT, iafmtr who nsy
AAxc t~e OF three acsts .! ,,Ack ~hrnt, oats, or
wht%! To tH., xas! hss TIC xof, thn hrop{,eF cAn
| s'o sssAehea n = asna!l cost 10 TO tho WORT.
1hs xsAsa nil. haa Aito s'eer lnus,lrt. TIN oil
I tuArs, thai anAwet good purpose tn sAady OF
Rssyeity soils, do rot work In our roll Rpi have
tsru set asssav This com ,sansesn Easn thon >
1 mt nrxr Fhrxn t. -Stkp
| lite The corn rlRnturk Tho decatur Agricultural
1 Work. haai IA.r one Of thts elAaa,
TAc display o! sAnnarg mills waa larger Than
uanAl Tut there IA little Improvement; Jot all nro
nore or les valuable, though thera u Wide mar
| gta for impsoysMtut+ WnSt No NAnt 10 a mill n
ae. OF s!ddles TOT separating VARIOUS A,1et sesla
aid gfaIn4. IN looking over tho lots OF bcans,
there were two or more s,xes, being Of different
! vnt1el1ch 4 properly constFucted riddle placed
IN a common fanpinx mill woult separate these
for market. Must Of these mills separate grass
! setd mud tlaxseef but tho uonh,o with them II
| tho want Of 4 smooth surface instead OF tho wtsC
| cloth to pass over; pesforAted zinc Is not sum.
! Gent.
Com planters we're not IN large number, but ii
1ne Fpk kcimens Of workmanship. Drowns,t s,tlinol.
planter Is the ackunw:edged staudArd. A nen
| feature IN 1his Implement for cnect-rnw planning
| 10 follow the daily planting, Hss IN aetre Opera
Lion during the fAlr: 1t worked By hoe stretched
the Whole length Of The lanA- Thia line run
through pulley and spaces otI the hills; 1t ar
pesren 10 do the WORK in1ended and can bc at
tacned to al piauters.
| FRu11a
The display Of fruits xaa small and combined Il
tho vicinity Of the fa!r, mostly from Maeon Logan
and Chanpsigu Counties TIE cau.e for shla b.
been full, explained II The Beginning Q, this let
ter. Ii fscs, nearly ali t..ese collections wer
from men who hAd fruit treeA for sale Nherps