New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
throughout northern Europe and oven in South Aro.

| and South America.
| universal fencing machine" 4" from F'mirs. n Y.
appears to bn valuable invention. is purpose Is "a
syst ,natze farm fencing by INTRODUCING uniform and
interchangeable parts made with mscbnory, and secur
Ing. with economy in material, a stronger and nlors
durable structure than the ordinary rail board enca
An exhibit is made Of the different kinds OF fences man.
ulactured by the machine. or late years the dernes.
OF fence tmbes tho Eastern States, in The portions OF
tho South devastated by the war, and "a tie Western
prares is gradually introducing the European custcu Of
dispensing with fences between fields, and alons
the roads, but ingraned Is the American habit Of
putting ncf6sures around land whether they needed
or not, that several generations will probably elsDss
beiore such an invention as this Will lose Its value
Very curious and interesting Is the display Of elothp,
domestic utensils, tools, toys, and sacred images aud
pictures used by the Russian peasants The large towel.
napkins embroidered at tho ends with red thread and
edged with coarse lace would 10 have embleu,
tic sgncance-to be in fact sort or patrotc oadge
for they often reproduced in the artistic bronzes and
silver ware shown in the Main Building. The wooden
bowls jars and basins painted red yellow and black
in rude and brilliant patterns resemble the similar utea.
ss III the Mexican Court enough to excite the curiosity
of al ethnologist Much OF the pottery OF artistic
form and tasteful ornanentaton and strz.
ngly with tho rather rude work in metals and wood
The exhibit Of American wines is largo. and in ,hs
main satisfactory representation Of this glowng in.
dusty embracing samples from Central New-Nork
New Jersey. Sandusky Gnd the neishbOrng islands In
Lake Erie, from Cincinnati, ct. Louis, and both the
SonOma ard Los Angeles districts o. California good
deal OF ,astf In arranging too displays The
Egg Hlrbor j., growers place their bottles upon wire
Standards and surround them si.h wax limitations Of
the leaves and frl Of different varieties OF grapes
Santa Barbara Call firm bas brought monster grspc-
vine. whose cOlumnar trunk ald spreading branches
form spacious pavilion. Cincinnati house shows
dozen bottles each OF 20 dcrenS kinds Of wine, packed
in handsome hardwood boxes, with tho in golden
e tcrs on the glass lids oior firms sond their products
III pretty paylliOns of Ornamental wood ard brsh.
drapcry.
one can scarcely imagine an operation the farmer
has to perform that sOme5ody is not ready a. tighten
with a patent lsbor-sayiDg machine. There is even
q machine for planting potatoes, which makes the
furrow, drops the tu5eTs, and covers them ";
also a corn-hOer, upon which the farmer cal tide
a: his ease while four knife-shaped bsies
down the weeds end throw the dirt up araunG the hills
Pota odlgenS aud TIA; resultant la kbresk.ns opera
ton which small boys dread. called "pickiny mp pots
toes both performed by little machine THAI inserts
It's sharp no under the h scoops up the contents.
rles them mp on an endless chain belt sitting the ir on.
by the way, and depositing them IN box
Denmark las q small section in Agricul.ura Hall that
has heretofore escaped noce this correspondence
contains % kinds of wheat IN the stock and in small
bags o. varieties of rye p OF barley, and 10 OF oats
Butter preserved tin cans Officially sealed at .he Amer
c = Consulate in Copenhagen at various dates since
1s72 is shown. There also humorous pyramiial dis
plays bcttlcs OF punch, sirups malextrct beer BIZ
ers and cOrdias ana model OF milk refrigerator Tor
dairy ue which, without ice, viii cool milk down to
tompera:u ut which be kept sweet for 80 hours
The sivorpl3ted respers and mowers, with frames OF
ornamental woods, certainly vory pretty 70 LOOK ct
bat It IL questionable whether such devices OF the gid
crs and csb emase art should O3 resorted to FOR the
purpose OF attracting attention Agricultural machines
an1 mv stuts shown tle Fair should be exact dupll-
cacs Of those tho factories OF no farmer
wants silyerplaed harvester any more than he would
want a -,o,d-pated plow hoe handle inlaid with
ivory
Nearly all the corials drank in this country come from
France or Holland. A enerprfsng New-York flrm has
cr tered the field, and shows most OF the we!lknown
yarictie. AID de them OF glass jars containing
the spicy and 0doroUs materials used In their m1nufac
turcoloves ginger, hops orangepeel rhubarb, yeron
lea blessed thistle" sweet and bitter almonds, fenne
camomile anise lavender flowers, cascsrla bark gen
tia root nutmeg. cheyil. cinnamon. and yiOets Ths
Holland makers could extend The list 10 at Sast hun
drcd different articles.
The walls OF the srar's Court in genioIsy built up
of small lassfaced conta.in nuts. grains, beans
spices, &c. aud set IN gothic framework. Thus the
Enclosure nove mosaic II the products OF Spain and
her colonies Much credit is due the Spaniards Tor the
good taste and order shown in the arrangement Of hes
cont buttons 80 all departments of e Fair.
The English confectionery exhibit >oounds iD what are
called in at country rsckers-otto bon bons III hand
sone pcrs, With little illuminate Enclosed that eI-
picies with s'rp report when strings are pulled as
the enls There IL also beautiful collection 0i white
wroaths ard bouquets for wedding eak.s
The RissiaLs show agricultural machinery than
any foreign nation except Canada They have two
rcapers made at WarSJw upon American models, hugo
aud cunbrous t,lssLlc machine, small and well made
thrasher wtAouta separating attachment, number Of
fam ng mills, and portable fasTne-sine.
Oregon carries of the palm fo- che.Ties \ fow speci
nehs sent by express In good condition, aud excite
the wourc or Eastern frt-s overs by ,.. remarkable
s,ze and fine flavor Tho Black l:epatl..n and Royal
Ann l by the judges to be cai, properly tie Napo-
lo0n) are particularly fine
An Indiana firm shows plows made OF chilled iron,
which il claims be the hardest ana Dcot material for
the purpose.
4 harrow formed OF IL steel disks two gangs, that
cut into the grOuEd Ike many htte p0ws turning TIE
Dirt over and pu,yC ing H. is exhibited by Ohio hrm.
Besides serng harrow it is said TO be eHcelien. for
preparing corn land for wheat.