Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Before this is another plank bar IN Whlch
are fixed ten knife like cutters, and is itself
a smoother. We think this one of the new
things worthy of trial.
j. P. Dewey. Montpelier, shows the
Buckeye moving machines, one and two
horse. Both Mr.. Dewey and the Buckeye
are too well known to our readers to need
especial mention from US.
The Warrior mower company, Little
Falls, n. Y. show one and two horse
Warrior mowers and the Randall pulver-
izing harrow. The Warrior has the
enclosed gear, and the pitch OF the guards
can be changed high or low by lever
while the machiue is in motion. The
Randall is wood frame disk harrow.
c. NJ. Lufkin, Alstead, N. H.. shows
several Lufkin plows, old and new pat
tern, the new having the self shifting
cutter, which looks to be practical.
Mudgett's hay tedder was shown by Mr..
NJ. This tedder is light and simple and
works well.
Adriance, Plat & Co.. Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, show their Buckeye mowers and
the self-raking reaper, Hon. f. d. Mason,
Richmond, agent. The reaper is said to
work easily and well.
Gregg & Co., Freemansburg, show the
Osborne pillow sulky, for the attaching any
land side pillow and the Gregg self-dump
rake. This rake dumps by II torsion
clutch, which acts at once, is simple and
durable. They have also the Meadow
King hand dump rake, which is arranged
so that the weight of the driver helps to
dump and the device is effective. They
also show a two herse Meadow King
mower.
c. G. Allen & Co., Barre, Mass, show
the Yankee horse rake. This rake has
many good points. is easily adjusted and
has Il very ingenious arrangement Of
have ever seen for equalizng the draft
0. B. Landon, Milton, shows an assert.
ment of the Syracuse chilled plows. The
one of all which most interested us was
the chilled swivel pillow with jointel
which had a shifter to change it for tn,
turning. Our readers know we have al
ways advocated swivel plows, and the mai
who makes the best swivel pillow will do
, service to our farmers.
Everett & Small, Boston, Mass, SHOW
their Matchless swivel pillow, the LaDov
, harrows, lawn mowers, hand seed sewers
etc.
Gravs Sons of Mddletown Spring
, showed some of their well known hors
powers and threshing machines. whic
ended the show of articles in the larg
/ tent.
q Outside in their own tent the St. Alban
/ foundry showed their horse power.
i threshing machines, drag and circula
saw machines. Vermont probably make
the best horse powers in America, as th
O st. Adams machines took the first prize :
). the New England fair this year, and tn
@ gold medal here.
The Walter A. Wood company, Hoosi
$ Falls, N. Y, showed one of their ne
# mowers, a self-raking reaper and the
o new self-raking, twne-binder reape
i This has an automatic binder which onl
binds bundle when a sufficient amour
4 of grain is gathered, when it puts a strin
around it, and tying knot, cuts away tn
4 tied bundle.
! POULTRY.
- There was a large and meritorious sho'
h of poultry-the largest ever shown at
state fair, comprising more than hui
bred coops.
Fred Emmons Montpelier, shows seve
, coops-four of black breastedi red game
and three of yellow duck wing bantam
a George Davis, East Montpelier, show
large collection of Cochins and Brahma
George Z. Willard, Barre, showed yer
large turkeys, and N. A. Templeton an
, j. II. Young of East Montpelier shove
some nearly as good.
i d. w. 9owles, Barre. showed twent,
- eight coops-the largest single exhibit az
J., on these he was awarded twenty nil
prizes. Charles Morse of Plainfeld toe
the premium for the next largest exhibi
!. Chester Cady, Barnard. had four coo
10 of brown and white China geese-goo
q birds.
FLORAL HALL.
-, We have been SO unfortunate as to 10
-, some of our notes of floral hail. and son
meritorious articles may be forgotten.
- The exhibit in floral hall was not larg
;. The continued rains lasting till Thnrs,li
IF forenoon had depressing effect on Il
A. articles for this department, which, fro
~ their very nature, are especially affect
by bad weather.
49, On entering the hall the first THU
! which meets the eye is a fire screen whit
- reminds one of the IArguS after dem
II cratic victory. The cloth is covered wi
pictures of poultry. with now and tn
-, the figure of man or landscape
- An even dozen would enumerate all t
;, bedquits in the hall, and some of the
~ are very handsome. Mrs. L. j. Robel
u shows one. "basket" quilt, which
q, rather a specimen of exquisite qulti
than of infinite piecing.
Mrs. Charles Bassett, Barre, show han
some embroidered night dress and thr
= braided ones-the first containing gre
'u deal of work, and the others are very pr
o' ty. Mrs. Bassett also had some We
& handsome braided rugs. These braid
''' rugs hold a warm place in our esteem
10 they represent heap Of comfort for t
"" ". work they take, but they will kick up
~ the floor after they get worn.
~ Mrs. Henry Mutt Montpelier, sho
81 twelve pieces of homemade linen, VIII
''' we think must have come down from
no generation where such articles were ma
"' Miss Matte Seymour, Barre, sho
y, handsome tatted tidy.
''n Mrs. G. II. Cross, Montpelier, show
handsome knit chair cover and rug of