The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-11
OUR VIENNA CORRESPOND I'm GU
VIENNA, August is, 1878,

VIENNA, August is, 1878.
The Superior Machine company,
from Wheeling, Nai, send II very inter-
esting little moving machine upon
new plan, or method OF cutting, or
rather of transferring the power from
the drive wheel to the knife upon the
shaft. Between the two drive wheels Is
a wheel, the broad rim of which
is concave and also grooved like a
screw, and works upon or against Il
shaft from end to end, which isgroovcd
in like manner, therefore this shaft
revolves and ut one end of the shaft is
the crank and attached thereto the
knife. This is the power Of the screw
applied to moving and reaping ma
chimes, and the construction il the
most simple, us there is. but one wheel
and one screw, and the machine must
run astonishinsly easy when COM
pared with all others yet built.
Good judges of machinery express
great admiration of this new conner,
and predict for il Il success, express
ing no doubt as TO It's ability in all
respects, unless it might he IN cutting
heavy grass, but even here it is said to
work WELL
a thrcshing machine is displayed,
but has not yet been put in motion, as
there is no one to take charge OF it.
Six beautiful lawn mowers, shining
with silver plating, make one long for
n strip of velvet sward upon which to
see their powers displayed.
Collins d Co., who carried off the
prcminm at Paris, exhibit some excel
lent ploughs, which, in style of finish
and plating, and the elegance and taste
of the section Which they occupy, do
not fall behind the finest mowers. One
of these ploughs is of moe than ordi-
nary interest, not only on account of
the elegance of its finish, but princi-
pally because of its form. Two ploughs,
one fifteen inches behind the other, are
sustaine by two wheels, about three
feet high, which have IN axle and
tongue. Over the axle is Il good seat
for the driver, and by his side lever,
by which he can gauge the plows rs to
depth, or lift them entirely out of the
ground. Four horses, driven in regu-
lar four-in-hand style, are employed.
Thus much for the department
wherein America will doubtless win
her brightest laurels. And il is of more
importance to us that we should pre-
sri.i iiiis branch of our national in
d.4,t.y s, Il more favorable light than
the 81 ,er branches, for by demonstra-
ting o,ss agricultural advantages to the
g,sn.es. If the Old World, we shall the
3.o,s ,.ss.ay induce them to come to
u, -, ajy the benefits of our brains
wlliic we reap the benefit OF their mus
cies- This may seem a little bit ego
tistic, but think it justiiiah!e ego
tism founded OH truth.
Herbert Spencer says that "most
men make it their aim to get through
life with the least possible expendi-
ture of thought but think he would
have expressed himself somewhat diff
ferently had his observations and ex-
periences been among the people of the
United States instead of among those
Of the Old World.
Muscle is the great motive power
here, while with US it is brains. Our
farmers farm with their brains as
well as their muscles, and that fact
more than any other is the cause of
the difference In the social position of
farmers and the peasants of
the Old World.
There is also an Illinois sulky plow,
with easy seat for the driver, who
guides the movements of the plows by !
his feet, which rest in stirrups.
In this particular respect, that of a
seat for the driver, there
can be no question that English ma
chimes fan far behind the American.
With, perhaps, a single exception, the
seat I'M the English machines is in ga
entirely false position, both as regards
comfort in sitting and also convenience
II managing the team; while in the
American machines, trithoia excep-
lion. the seat is placed in exactly the
rig,,t Mace, near the main wheel, and
l,ctween the wheels when the machine
Is two-whccicd, Is comfortable in
shane. rests ON springs and, when pos
s;t,c. movable, 50 as rightly 10 balance
Tho drivers weight These points we
m;rlf have overlooked as unworthy of
notice. had not Cur attention been
allied To the entire absence of them
N the arrangement Of the seats Of the
q the English. and in reality
con, forfal,Ie seat for the driver adds
n,,eI, 20 tie value Of machine
f.:lons.l James l.. TAFT, Commissioner
4 Industrial Resources Of the State Of
.iaIn,na. has made a report to the
Of that State lcopies Of
rhich have been sent 70 the ExPosi-
lanl. se,sine forth The saiubrity Of the