Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21

one horse, weight four hundred pounds which,
1t is claimed, a man can draw through grass cut
ting ton to the acre-and the two-horse machines,
were exhibited among their other farm machin-
cry. The Adriance Buckeye mower double hinge
external gear adapting cutter to surface Of ground
and the Standard Buckeye, substantially the same
as the Adriance, the former by Adriance, Platt
and Co., 165 Greenwood Street, New York, the
latter by the Richardson manufacturing company,
Worcester, Massachusetts, are fine machines and
have made strong friends and advocates during
quarter Of a century's existence The Warrior
mower company, Little Falls New York, W. G.
Clark, Montpelier, agent, exhibited fine
machine which has obvious advantages, among
which are the ball pitman and the folding bar,
the latter folding back by the side OF the drive
wheel and resting on the end Of the axletree when
the machine Is driven to or from the field.
The flexible harrow particularly designed for
narrowing and dressing Is novelty, made by the
Richardson Manufacturing Company, Worcester,
Massachusetts,. The Perry spring tooth harrow,
by J. NJ. Childs Co, Utica, New York, for pull
verizlng ground and putting in grain; La Dow's
jonted pulverizng harrow, made OF steel discs,
exhibited by Everett & Small Boston, Massachu-
sets; and similar tool, the Randall harrow, W.
G. Walker, Montpelier, agent, all claim special
merits which actual service must demonstrate
and establish.
Among reapers, the Walter A. Wood, Hoosic
Falls, New York, seems to have conclusive evil
dence OF Its popularity In the fact that forty
thousand four hundred and thirteen have been
sold during the year 1881. The mechanism for
adjusting the five sweep rakes SO that the grain
may be left to accumulate on the platform to
form any desired size Of bundle is very simple |
and effective. The Adriance reaper, by Adriance,
Plat Co, New York, and the Gregg reaper, by |
Gregg & Co., Trumansburgh, New York, each !
claim simplicity good work, durability, easy |
draught and ease in handling. The latter is a |
new machine, this being its first year.
Horse powers were shown by A. W. GRAY e. |
Sons, Middletown Springs, Vermont. Their ma |
chimes run with less noise and steadier motion |
than others exhibition, are light but especially
durable In construction, and they have an i'm /,
proved wrought iron lag iron, all OF which merits |
with many Others seem, on the face Of things, to
give the Gray power precedence in point Of merit
The st. Albans foundry show an excellent horse
power, Olds' patent, with large rollers and pat
ent combination cast and wrought iron lag iron
Ods patent speed regulator, for attaching to the
driving wheel Of the power, working on the
principle OF governor on an engine forces down
the brake when the speed exceeds the maximum
rate desired and is an ingenious contrivance.
The powers OF each Of these companies are built
for one, two or three horses. Each company also
exhibit threshers The Gray has a wrought iron
cylinder with wood back, which secures the
strength of cast iron with the elasticity of wood
William Sampson Co., East Berkshire also
hibited one and two horse powers well built for
effective service. Among the miscellaneous ex-
hibits was the Monitor force feed sower and cul-
tivator, by Albert G. Pierce, Burlington. This
machine will SOW any kind of seed or grain, any
desired quantity to the acre. and harrow 1t in at
| the same time. 1t has been In use In Vermont
| four years and seems to be useful machine.
The Little Giant wheel litter, Pennsylvania lawn
mower, Albany corn planter, vegetable cutter,
| Bailey's ensilage machine, and the National
| cider mill were useful articles, in the Ames Plow
Companys extensive exhibit. Windmill for
pumping, built on the principles Of turbine
water wheel, was shown by j. M. Childs and Co.,
| Utica, New York Whittemore Brothers, Boston,
exhibited twenty-inch ensilage cutter, for one
horse power, the knives arranged to shear off the
ends of the fodder instead of making a square
cut thus saving a large percentage Of power.
Everett e. Small, Boston, exhibited Matthews
garden hand seed sower and cutivator, conven-
lent and useful tools. G. W. and c. W. Pease,
Hartford, showed their tanning mill, Bonanza,
which seems to do effective work. The St. Albans
Foundry Company showed drag and circular
saws. Gordon's feed steaming apparatus inter
ested the farmers again this year. good patent
combination scales, made in Binghamton, New
York, and shown by F. R. johnson & Co.,
South Newbury, Vermont, are new claimants
for the public favor against Fairbanks and Howe.
| MECHANICS HALL.
A fine show of stylish carriages and sleighs well
made and tastefully trimmed was made by W. W.
Bean OF West Randolph. His exhibits were a
| speed wagon, a phaeton, a Brewster, a Corning
and three sleghs.
| W. Carpenter willamstown, exhibited a
skeleton wagon, woodfnish, which was nice
piece OF carriage work.
| The Colby Wringer Company, Waterbury, ex
hibited the improved Colby wringer, a machine
that stands the decisive test Of actual service and
grows in popular favor every year. The Colby
has been in the market twenty years, was a
| good wringer to begin with, and the !" improved" "
is a noble son OF worthy sire." This company
also showed their Little Washer, machine of
genuine merit, a vast improvement over the best
Of washboards in point Of tightening the labor OF
washing time saved. effective work, and protec-
ton 10 clothing
Inc montpelier carriage company made good
| uspiay OF their wares inciuoing chiidrens car
r'ases ana sieighs ooys velocipedes girls pro-
peneis' ooi' carriages ana shoohys
| f. NJ oco'ihe' moh'peher' ehhioiteo In iurhi-
'u'o' TWO parior su's' walnut ana painted
cnamoer suit large pier-slass ana other articles
d" Vi super'or Workmanship ana Oh exceheht
ues'en 'eorge A. haii' |nester Depot vermont
oAh'oi.eu an elegant group sui'e OF SIX pieces no
Two ahke' trimmed with satin delaine and sik
P'ush' seVen-pece parior SUIT ana luxurious
| iutkish SOFA, sihaii ana easy chairs were also
eAhioi'ed py hi"'
in garry apparatus there were the Moseiy cab
met creamery Dy the Moseley and Stoddard
manufacturing company, fouitney' vermont;
'he wen known Cooiey' py the vermont Farm
| machine company, bellows fallsi the Camgam
aairy pureau' 'he ary ait-cutreht system, py A. W.
iewkspury ana son' west Randolph; the fergu-
SOU pureau creamery on the colo afy air method,
ny tne ferguson manufacturing company, Bur
nngton; and the Lincoln Patent Channel Can
creamery by Wilham n. Lincoln, warren, Massa-
cnusetts' H. w. stone' montpelier, agent Each
oi .nese cohtrlVances was humerousiy inspected
ny Tue coihmittee Oh the whoie on the part oil the
| uairy men ana women. 10 this general commit