, 1874-06-06
Tho Emperor or Russia us a Granger.
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From the Lo,l.'o, Tt,es
1t must lave seemed strange to thoBo who
read the Court Circular that Hts Iulperial
Majesty the Gear should havo found time to
visis the Flonaish Farm tho vory day after Ills
arrival at Windsor, to assist at tho trial OF
ateam threshing- machine. But tue fact is that,
II tho machine In question bocomos aa popular
as it promiaes to b. 1t must mako . most ma
terial increase in tho wealth Of Russia by giving
all extraordinary impulse to agriculture aud COM
1erca. Russia has almost unlimited capabilitioa
al wheat-growing country, but tho vast cxtent
Of her halfcultlyated plaina stands in tho way OF
thar proper development. Excellent land ia ta
many caaes alnoHt a drug, for tho Bparsely scat-
tered population nsakos labor scarce, a1its PUTS
threshng by flnil cut Of tho question to any con-
siderable extent. Dy tho tinlo the grain is do1v-
crod ut tho nearest market it may not m? tile
coat Of production aud tho carriage Thoao thin
y populated stretches OF Hat arc Clio vosy places
Tor tho profitable employment Of staarn, but
thnn unluckily, there arc fewer traea than mon,
and oven scrub and brueh-wood arc ofton want
ing. As Tor coal. ita price, as laid dorm at tho
with tho new extension OF tho railways you
might often bare to haul it great dIetnnces Ga
tho other hand, tho Buperiluous straw is u posi-
tive embarrassment to the farmers II il stacked
is used for manuro, tor The soil Is
naturally excessively rich. md cultivated
for tho most part on the system OF a
slugle crop following two years OF fallow. Cast
ing about for d substitute for ordinary fuel, it
occurred to tho Russians that straw might serve
their purpose, and thoy did auccoed IN applying
1t In c1nnay and costly fashion. They dug
great pits constructed with C. side funnel; they
brought tho ongine-box over tho mouth OF the
fnnael, and they did their throshing sant bien
que NAL. But tho procosB was too expensive to
come much into favor. Tho valuable engines
brought to ths pit, and thoro was . great wasto
Of hoat with an inmcuao consumption Of straw.
In 111t
nary locomotive, SO thatit might be ,rorkod up
to ss full power, and to MI appearance tile solu-
ton has been workod out satisfactorily In
tho engine the Gear inspected ou Thursday.
Th' a5 aaa aaRsrasMns Ma,a il tho joint invontio1 Of
aomes, Sims T. Head, .and OF Mr.. schemloth,
Russian engineer; aud although 1t is only now
that the Czar Las soen 1t in uction, It has al-
ready obtained tho approval OF the most CON-
potent agricultural authorities. We have al-
lished on tho Nionua Exhibition, rhero it was
ono OF the great controH OF attraction In tito
agricultural machinery hall, and we have no i'll
tention bow Of entering into technical "details.
acting apparatus, driven BY q strap attached to
i.self.. Tho straw is passed III between couple
Of rollers, which spread 1t out lightly with
lateral and fan.lilke motion, exposing 1t to the
required to supply It, and /. roancos tho aver
ago consumption Of straw to Bomething like
four ti,nes tho weight OF coal. Il in exceeds
ingly simple and iudool ita general utility must
depend almost entirely On Its simplicity in
accustomed to tho most primitive implements,
and whero the most ntilled artisan to DO found
within reach ia probably an ordinary village
blacksmith. The trial Witnessed by tho Czar
wont or most satisfactorily. Ho arrived at the
Flemish Farm, driven BY I1or Majesty, aud ac-
compan!od by the Grand Duko Alexis, tho Duke
and Duehoaa Of Edinburgh, and oti1er distin-
gutahed poraonagou; The Grand Duke III pur-
tionlar, who examined the machine carefully,
expressed his high approval.
Previous to lho great development of rail-
why's, the invention, ingenious IN It ls, would
have beon oi local rather thau OF natiollal value
Nor II ean hardly fail to Change the syatom OF
producing countries Of Eassoru Europe, whlo
1t Tll give III impetus to the prosperity
ot THO grain ports, aud exercise q
happy influence In tho graiM narIetB. Tho
cultivation; when he can aeil nil tho grain le
Gun grow at profit, ho will grudsa leaving Ills
ground TO Ito waste; aud, as countries nearer
hona increase their production, the price Of
ouy ih0a Rq STsssd o M ptoG1o s H. SSsa nSs Is
t!on u likely to 10 usoful. Tt oonsunes other
vegetable productions as easily III Rtraw, and We
believe y haa already haen approved and adopted
1y tho Khedivo WHO farms Ills own lnnd Of
plaraohB, his predecessors. Steam power IL in
valuable there for irriYating the cottou-lelds or
tho caao-patohes, AMI tho s!alks OF tho cotton
place OF tho fael which has hitherto boon
brought from distance. But wo may hayo said
enough to show that Mossrs. NanHo,iios' engine
WAS worth tho attention OF tho Caar, l,otwith-
standing Tho number OF his State engagements.
Tho Domain Of oAt.tunu nI.lrgss.ax.
Tho 1lordpnMx correspondent Of tho Londou
1Vin8 TRADE Ieuialp states that the oyont OF the
month IL tho raruted Ha!o Of tho noble don.nin