Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-07-09

srreu press, made here, Nsyss hani
harse oT sisam power uiaif hsFei uulleiis ;
hahl lever, made ia Amiie county, Mss
Simmoni - smhisaiioH for hand 90 po9r
eri Eeasly hand, lnade al filishurF
Robertson combination lever, msie "a
Indiana; seeberger 5 iegA's improVei
balins press, for siaall farmers, male IN
Cincinnati anl exhibited A, sarran, 10
Royal street, AsN orleans con mb'ns'loh
balancing press for Plsalailons' ani '@-
proved Compress for cotton, bolh made hY
h, T.. Morse, AleaPhls-lhe Compress 'ss'
ing a premium. mi,
Ansne the section machinery exhibited
were Sleadman's cotton press sereS, by
Cushingi Leeds & Co.'S screw new cot
ion chopper, by J, u, bunn, OF Georgia :
Tuhnaris superior esllon planter, eShiol.
tel by Doliey; 4. Carver Co.'S cotton sesi
Inter, Shaw > cotton seed huller aud ssPa'
Iaior; a Philadelphia gin ani huiler eam-
binel, aud Alberlsoh eoilan gfn house
aud horse rover combined, exhibited by
Gushing. \ cotton seraPer by Reynolds
OF CRYSTAL Springs, Hiss and a cotton
seed drill aud planter, by 5, l., Donnell, OF
llun,bollt, Tenn. Much Interest vas eS-
cited by tho section worm destroyer" In
vented aud made by G. SIelnman, OF Napo'
leonyllle, Assumption parish, Ia, A frame
with wheels, supports an ordinary steam
boiler, provided With tubes to distribute
The steam, and reservoir containing tue
destroying fluii, which Is the Inventors
secret. There are mechanical appenlages
for the proper bestowal and distribution OF
this ilnid. Mr.. =. exhibited also 'eolicn
butterfly destroyer To both machines a
premium was awarded.
The exhibition OF steam engines and
boilers eonhetel herewith, or driven by
steam, was larger than ever seen at any
Fair In this country. Mr.. L. lvens OF this
city, took the highest prcmiu over iiheen
competitors, FOR his portable engine and
boiier,-a large and splendid machine,
made here the engine has n self-feeder.
The machinery in the large hall Of depart
ment L was driven by his beautiful sta
iioncry engine. The other portable en-
gines were from Duyall Co, Ianesville,
Ohio Waiertown Manufacturing Co.,
ihro' J. u. Knight Ames Iron Works, Os-
wego, New York, thro' W. L. Gushing J
Winchpll Il Co., Cincinnati, thro Wynne y
Farr; Corning Iron WOtks, New York,
ihro' e. u. Slack Lane x Bodley, thro,
Gushing; J. Il. Mooney, Cincinnati; and
Norwalk Iron Works, tlto' Bodley.
Leeds Il Co, of this city, took the highest
award for the best stationery engine and
boiler. They exhibited this, as running
two improved circular saw mills; vertical
beam engine, running sugar mill OF their
own pattern and double oscillating en-
CINE for hosting purposes-all of the best
material and finest workmanship. The
other stationary engines were from the
Norwalk Works; the Corning Works; and
Lane & Bodley All these engines, portn-
bic and stationary that did not take first
prizes, received premiums; SO highly did
The Committee esteem them.
have spoken of Berryman's automatic
boiler feed and low water electric alarm.
Cone & Co. tf Cincinnati, n hrat rate s.ean,
lifting boiler feeder. Bliks & Co.'s steam
pumps excited great admiration among
maclinists, j. Judson, of Rochester, New
York, Represented by Bodley, took the pre-
mium for the best governor for steam en-
gines. / have noticed Sturtevants steam
driven i'fan and pressure blowers" and
his "exhaust and dryer fans" d. & j. Ed
wards took the first premium for their
steam guagc and vacuum guagci Cushing
received an honorable. mention for the
Utica steam guage. lie also received the
premium for Lane s. Bodley's shafting and
langera, did u. J. West that for Poole &
Hunts pulleys, an honorable ment ion also
p. s. HIS shafting hangers.
OfAgriculiural Machinery there was
enough to make Fair all to itself. l have
noticed Coleman's successful portable corn
mill. Cushing took the premium for
SiraIbs portable flour mill. d. J. West
took the premium for Felion's portable
"plantaion MILL" which grinds corn, cob
and sluck together, for feed, and makes q
good meal mill besides.
There was host of corn shelters, straw
and fodder cutters, hay and straw cutters,
corn stalk cutters, corn stalk, hay ard
straw cuttersl for hand or for power, and
from all parts of the country. The pre-
mium was awarded to the "Utley diamond
blade, sickle edged feed cutter invented
by Geo. Utley of Petersburg, Va, and ex-
hibted by D. d. Philips, of Mobile. The
The cornstalk cutter, of b. F. Grimes, of
Memphis, received an "h6norabe men
tion,' and the hand corn shelter Of c. NJ.
@ Harn, of Bolivar, Tenn, premium.
A premium was also awarded to N. W.
Slade for his hay cutter for power, and n
silver medal to McNst s. Butler, Of Gin
cinnnti for their cornstalk cutter. Both
represented by B.J. West.
There was an army of harrows, rotary,
pulverizing, etc. riding horse rakes, horse
hoes, han mowers, hand reapers, combined
mowers dnd reapsrs moving machines,
ped-vine rakes, hay rakes, hap rakes, rid
ing and walking cultiyators, etc, noticed
blue ribbon given to House s Williams Of
Griffon, Ca, for their seed drill and fer
tilizer distributor; to j. II. Jones s. Co., of
Nashville Tenn; for "best walking culti-
vator.n have given list Of articles in
this line and the premiums taken by
Wynne & Farr, and Sizer & Owen.
Mr.. B. j. West, of this city-one of the
largest exhibitors took the premiums for
chest moving machine" and "best mower
and reaper conbined'-the "world' made
by E. Ball & Co., Canton, Ohio, and sill
yer medal for the "best hand moving ma
chine" made by W. W. Nox, of Pittsburg.
The gearing of the "World" is all losed,
and is all cut out by machinery from solid
metal, thus ensuring freedom from clog
ging, exact, even running and durability.
Mr.. West exhibited large variety of
plows, walking and riding cultivators, and
other valuable farming and labor saving
implements. He is the agent here for sew
eral first class machinery houses: the "Mo-
line Plough Co." Ill; the 'iBuckeye Bell
Foundryn-their bell taking the first
prize; and Poole & Hunts celebrated
Foundry at Baltimore, for the manufac-
ture Of portable and stationary steam en-
rinesi Lenelps American double turbine
water wheel I; Morrells fire engine, deep
we'll and force pump, etc.
Several hand looms, all from the West,
were in competition. The premium was
awarded to W II. Marrenore. There was
no lack Of pumps either. i have noticed
all but Norwalk Works steam pumps and
NJ Gowan & Bros band, fore end suction
pumps, exhibited by 7. D. Bodlsy.
Mr. Bodley carried off, as usual, the
highest premiums, over many and formida-
ble competitors for the celebrated stafford
cultivaior' for corn and cotton, and the
'.Satterly Gang Piow,1 ss The 'sbest practi-
cal arrangement for gang plovs- These
invaluable implements are made at the
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