The Worthington advance., 1876-07-27

A CENTENNIAL LETTER.
The managers Of the Women's Pavilion
AVE made several mistakes that detract in
10 small degree from the attractions of their
In several instances ladies who
nave offered articles of the greatest value
aavc been neglected or fatty refused exhib
tion until now that the merits Of their Offer
ngs are seen as the crowds flock to them in
'ther departments the directors OF the Wo-
mems building would take them in. Nota-
h9ntress Of Colorado, who wrote them, more
han year ago, asking permission to exhibit
in their department, her collection of 200
animals, including all the native fauna OF
Colorado, except the stone marten and per-
laps one or two others-and 800 stuffed birds
in cases, birds nests, &C., all prepared, and
most Of them gathered by her own hand
But they never answered her application un-
and till after she had arranged with the Col
orado Commission to exhibit in the Colorado
department. And then they wrote her that
her letter had been overlooked, and they
would like to hear from her again. They
did not offer her place in their Department..
1t is no disparagement to other exhibitors to
say, that there is nothing exhibited in the
Women's department that excites halt the
interest or attention that Mrs. Maxwell's ex-
hibit does.
TRIAL OF REAPERS AND BINDERS
was held the past week, at Schenck's station,
some twenty miles north of here, on the line
OF the road to New York, and large number
Of machines on exhibition here, participated
in the trial: Director General Goshorn, by
published hand-bil1. had announced that the
competitive trial, ordered some time ago,
that voluntary trial by exhibitors might be
made. And Superintendent Landreth gave
notice that such trial would be held on
Thursday, F.iday and Saturday of last week.
l was there to see on my own responsibility,
and at my own expense, and followed the
machines for some i've hours, under blaz-
ing hot sun, and at another time shall give
the result OF my observations. At present l
wish to speak Of reapers and reaper trials in
tured conviction, after long observation, is
that usually they are great sham. Almost
always, majority OF the Judges are composed
of men incompetent to determine the real
merits OF the competing machines. They are
not experts, and are not half so well qualified
to judge justly as majority OF farmers who
use these machines: 1t is rare that even one
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that the award made at such trials command
general confidence: ,Apropos Of this subject,
good story is told, which, if not true, at
least represents truly the popular belief. It
is said that MIR. Landreth, the Superintendent
of Agricultural Hall, wrote to Mr. Reynolds,
Of Chicago, Secretary Of the Great Industrial
Exposition there, asking him what he
thought would be the effect Of holding com;
petitive trials of Agricultural machinery, and
bestowing awards. Mr.. Reynolds, it is said,
replied that it would work great injury but
for one reason, and that was, that nobody
now was fool enough to care anything fol
such awards.
BUYING MEDALS.
In addition to the incompetence of the
judges, there is the liability to be influenced
to render partial judgment to tavorites
Wealthy machine makers having had Ions
experience in this business, with medals and
stars emblazoned all over their banners, as tro.
phies OF former contests, enter the field deter.
mined to win new laurels, and are not al
ways Over-scrupul0us as to the means of OBJ
tanning the victory. Indeed, the renowned
commanders of we'll disciplined armies migh
take lessons in strategetic tactics, and in The
art OF mining and saping,. OF these veteran
knights Of the harvest field. And the judges
sometimes in the innocence Of their souls
and sometimes with sinister motives, scarce
~ concealed, walk right into the trap set fol
them, and often render q verdict that has M
more relation to the facts of the trial, than
proposition in Euclid has to the fables O
Esop: These judges are often appointed by
the influence OF prominent manufacturers
and there is often as much partisanship man
Tested at these trials, as in a political caucus
speak OF what l have seen and what know
The field selected for the trial was yer,
large one, and the grain on the south sid
stood upright, but that on the north ant
west part was quite crimpled with heads in
terlocked, and some OF it was badly lodged
And the grain was too ripe and the straw
very brittle. ANY fair reaper can cut and lay
decently upright grain but the test is, vii
it do work well in grain i'll bad condition
Few of those on the ground could cut and de
liver lodged grain. Most of them cut up
right grain we'll enough, but only small
number laid the bundles smoothly and even
ly. Indeed, all OF the revolving arm-rak
reapers lay the bottom of the bundle cross
wise, as any one can see by examining it.
THE EsTERLY REAPER, OF WHITEWATER, WIS.
with reel and one arm-rake working in
quarter circle, is the only machine here tha
lays the bundle perfectly even. Equal to an,
in all other respects, it excels all others il
this.
But reapers have had their day, and hence
forth harvesters and binders are to take tn
lead. A good harvester Saves the labor O
two men, for two men can bind as fast as .
harvester can cut, but it takes tour men t.
bind after reaper. The imperiections of al
llarvesters here, except one, are, that they d,
not separate the bundles, and hence in bind
ing there is always some scattering and waste
that they oil use canvas with belts and rul
ers to carry the grain, and as the canva
stretches in dry, and shrinks in damp wealth
er, and the straw winds around the rollers
and the leaves and tine straw clogs the gud
ge0ns, they are continually getting out of or
der and cause much delay in adjusting ant
cleaning.
EsTERIY AND SONS HARvEsrERs
dispense with all this machinery, and a re-
volving and vibrating rake strikes the butt.
of the cut grain and carries it up and on to
transvere table where it is pushed by re-
versible rake TO the binders. If the grain il
light two bundles need make but one. Boil
rakes are driven by small spur wheel on til.
main axle Of the driving wheel, working in .
and pinion. The whole machine is simple
operates perfectly and commends itself to al
visitors.
My conviction is, that we have not reached
perfection in harvesting machinery. We
must have in the future, what we have not
now, harvester and binder that will Gu,
and bind grain in all stages, unless badly
lodged, and deliver it in good condition with.
out watse. Such machine is demanded
Such a machine we. must and doubtless shall
have at no distant day. The best machines
we now have are merely indices Of what are
to Ike. SM.B.
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