Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-21

1t has some advantages over any other
with which we are acquainted.
F. NJ. Strong, Vergennes. shows the
Little Giant road machine. which was
awarded silver medal.
A. G. Pierce. Burlington. shows the
Monitor force feed seed sower and cultiva-
tor. This is broad cast sower. and
broad. cast sowing by machinery is RAPIDLY
taking the place of drilling" in. This
machine covers the grain as it is sown
and does all much more evenly than can
be done by hand, the grain comes up more
evenly than when hand sown and covered
by harrows. The teeth are all hoisled at
once and the same motions throws the
machine out of gear. The Gorham was
the first machine of this character, and
the Monitor we think decided improve
ment.
The Odds horse powers we're shown by
the St. Adams Foundry, which we notice
to speak Of very simple device applied
to the band wheel, which governs the
speed. 1t is as certain and positive as the
governor on a steam engine, and should
the belt break the horses would not run
out of the machine. 1t received silver
medal.
R. A. Foote & Son, Middlebury, show
he Cassidy sulky pillow. This pillow differs
essentially from other plows, sulky or
otherwise, in having no landslide, being
simply mould board, with point attached
and the necessary machinery for carrying
it. 1t is claimed to run much more easily
than any other sulky pillow, and we should
think it would do 80 over any we ever
saw.
w. w. Bean, West Randolph, had a
han lsome show of top buggies and sleighs
Geo. Beckett, Williamstown. harness and
jewelry; George A. Hall, Chester Depot
handsome furniture, MS nicely upholstered,
both in material and workmanship, as one
wouli see in city manufacture.
In fertilizers, the hatfield and Soluble
Pacific Guano showed samples.
The Ferguson Bureau Creamery Com
pany of Burlington made . good show OF
their wares, and the Cooley, Wooster
Lincoln chameleon and Moseley cream
cries were on exhibition, as we'll rs the
usual variety of churns, washing ma
chimes. and various miscellaneous matters
BUTTER AND CHEESE
were few, only three we believe of butte
and few more of cheese, and the maple
sugar and syrup was little better. Pardon
Bushnell, Waltsfeld, had tub of very fine
white sugar.
FRUIT.
The show of fruit was, as we have he
fore remarked of UNUSUAL excellence and
amount, four times or more than ever
shown at state fair.
Among the exhibits none was of greater
interest TO US than that of A. o. Hood,
Wnooski, not only for its size and excel
lence, but because this large exhibit of
fifty varieties of apples, and several of
pears, WAS raised where seventeen years
'go there was hardly an apple raised, and
he old residents told Mr.. Hood that it
was useless to set out trees as thew would
all die. Mr. Hood SAYS the first thing to be
done is to set II line of trees on the north
side and all about the orchard would he
still better. He futher says that the sun
ut about 2 O'Clock kills more trees than
winters cold, and he guards against this
by setting a board in such position as will
shade the trunk of the tree at that time
Mr.. Hood had good samples of the Sheldon
pear, which he ranks as equal to the Sickle,
The Bal tlett, Flemish Beauty and others.