Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-09-08
FAIR GROUNDS.


FAIR GROUNDS. Nt
Harvesters and other Agricultural H.
plements in Actual Operation.
From Saturdays Fair Daily.
An unusual opportunity is nt
being furnished at Gill & Garret,
fair platform to examine, in practic
operation, some of the most celebrs
ed agricultural machines that ha'
been made, and which, when exhibi
ed abroad, added increased fame,
the Expositlons of the Old World,
Americas widespread reputation f
successful ingenuity. Part of the,
are being shown by D. R. Brow
general agent under ]. E. Haynor
& Co., for the Walter A. Wood Con
pany, assisted by w. L. Vic. tt
Deere line is in charge of R. j. Bo
we'll. Where these accomplished gei
tiemen are known it might be out
place to say word about their u
tractive and business qualifications
but our farmers may not be aware
the sbrt Of reception that awaits
that may call upon them. Thos
likely to have occasion for such agri
cultural assistants as are describe
below had better, while on the Fai
Grounds, avail themselves of an ex
animation, assisted by such UNUSUAL
competent agents and statesmen.
THE WOOD rwINE BINDER.
Most prominent among the ma
chimes in practical operation Is
Woods Twine Binder, the most sue
cessful that has been offered for sale
and of which over 10000 have beel
disposed of during the present season
Its action is perfectly automatic
Every bundle it ties is of equal siz,
and is discharged entirely separated
from loose gram but, to he appreci
ated, this binder must be seen ant
examined, as the most elaborate de.
scription of it yet made fails 10 con.
vey an adequate idea of the effective.
ness it adds to old style reapers.
THE SWEEP RAKE REAPER.
Alongside the binder is a Woods
Sweep Rake Reaper, also driven by
steam, and showing the movement OF
its knife and rakes. 1t has five rakes,
either or all Of which, by means of a
small lever, can be made to reel or
rake at will, without stoppage OF
change of seat by the driver. This
machine, unlike its competitors, can
be folded up for transportation and
passed through space of four and a
half feet.
WOODS ENCLOSED GEAR MOWER.
Next in order is the Woods En-
closed Gear Mower, driven by en-
cased cog gearing. Its great feature
is direct draft from it's bar and not
by its pole or wheels, 1t has also an
adjustable screw bar by which its
finger bar is kept 10 line and operated
80 as to insure the passage of its knife
through the centre of every one of its
guards, each Of which together with
its inside and outside shoe, is provid-
ed with steel ledger plate, lessening
the cost of renewal when dulled five
hundred per cent.
There are also on exhibition a SUI
perior Wheat Drill and Star Sulky
Hay Rake. The former is the best
finished and most perfect forced feed
drill made. and can be supplied with
either common or spring hose. The
hay rake hss twenty steel teeth. so
tapered as to impart strength where
it is needed Its spindles are of
wrought iron, and can be adjusted so
as to be in line with shaft or axle,
and the fitting and easing back to the
ground of its rake is greatly facih-
tated by The weight OF it's driver.
THE GILPIN sULKY PLow.
Among the most effective of the
implements to he seen on the grounds
is Gilpin Sulkv Plow, manufactured
out of the best and hardest steel by
Deere & Co. The specimen referred
to is connected with steam power TO
show how easily it is inserted into
and raised out of the ground when
attached to team, by single lever,
instead of the from two to four ordi-
narily resortcd to. Everything about
it is of the most substantial character.
There are no splices, loose Joints or
other complicated appliances liable
to arrangement. Its axis is continu-
GUS, and its lever possessed of power
to level it at any and all depths. At
the same time it is of SURPRISING
beauty, light of draft and capable Of
opening wide and deep burrows, fin
ishing up its work perfectly. 1t is
little to be wondered at that 40, 900
of these plows have been sold within
the last six years, and that it has
given perfect satisfaction wherever
it has been introduced.
THE DEERE ROTARY CORN PLANTER.
Upon the same platform is Deere
Rotary Corn Planter, gotten up -by
Deere, Mansur & Co., and made OF
the best materials in the most sub
stantial manner with endless chains
in place of cog wheels. Its axle is
high enough to pass over ordinary
stumps, and its simple and rotary
drop is regulated by revolving plates
perforated for all kinds of corn, from
broom corn to the largest Tennessee.
Connected with them are deep in