The Portland daily press., 1885-09-22

West, and the rocks and hills and fertile
fields of every section of our own New Eng
land, have alike contributed. 1t Is also
something more than an agricultural exhibit.
1t is the medium of collective exhibit OF
Maine industries. Maine ingenuity, skill.
brain work and business. So far as 1t goes,
it affords medium of comparison, especially
in the matter Of grains and corn, with differ
ent counties of our own State, as well as
with different States of the Union. Commits
sioner Ham gives liberal education in his
exhibition that NO one can afford to pass by.
There are over 400 exhibitors in this de-
partment alone. Ex-Mayor Hams exhibit
is on the second floor of the exhibition
building in the west wing outlooking on the
main entrance to the grounds. 1t fills the en-
tire wing, with tables along the walls and
down the centre of the floor. Six windows
light it, not to speak of the radiance shed by
the light of the commissioners countenance,
which is not little. Probably the best way
to get there is to get into the steam elevator
and be lifted to the second floor and then
turn due west and walk into the commits
sioner's parlor. If you go away without
y
the show upon the grounds. 1t is arranged
in manner essentially like that of the
Maine exhibit at New Orleans. Cereals of
various kinds occupy the attention at the left
entrance of the exhibit There is corn III the
ear from Arkansas, Michigan, Connecticut,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Missouri,
Tennessee, Idaho, Kentucky, New Hamp-
SHIRE Massachusetts, Ohio, Iowa, Vermont
and Maine.
The upper story of the building is occu-
pied by the Maine State Pathological Asso-
citation and is filled with tables bending be-
meath the weight of tables loaded with deli
cious fruits. The signs "please not handle
serve as needed warning, Tor the tempta-
ton is strong to touch if not to taste the fruit
of Maine orchards.
Samuel Rolfe displays thirty-five varieties
of pears, and L. J. Perkins has thirty-three
varieties shown, while A. j. Hersey makes
pleasing exhibit. The table bearing the ex-
hibit of A. F. Winslow, North Falmouth, al
so presents fine appearance. The exhibit
here is arranged by counties, that from Cum
berland county comparing most favorably
with the others.
The glass blowers with their familiar glass
engine occupy space in this building.
The elevator here is great improvement
and gives perfect satisfaction.
Beneath the grand stand is the exhibit of
agricultural implements and appliances.
Everything of mechanical nature to glad
den the heart of the farmer is here. The fol-
lowing are some of the most important of
the exhibits:
The firm of Belcher & Taylor, manufac-
turers of farming tools at Chicopee Falls,
Mass, make their first exhibit at our State
Fair. They are much pleased with their
quarters and will come again. A National
Reversible Sulky Pillow, horse rakes, New
England cultivators and horse hoes, feed cut
ters, hawk-bill knives, steel plows, swivel
plows, fan mills and sulky plows, for which
there has been a great demand since their
exhibit at the New England Fair at Bangor.
Parker & Wood of Boston are annual ex-
hibitors at the State Fair. Beside their
standard exhibition of clipper mowers, hay
tedders, heel hay tedderS, horse-rakeS, swivel
Remington and Dove plows, they make a
special exhibit of seeds and vegetables
grown from them showing their distinct va
rieties. These are not entered for any pre-
MUM. This firm makes a very extensive
show, occupying a large space. Cider mills,
hay-cutters, True's potato planter and Whit
mans corn hoe, smoothing harrows and
pulverizers and lawn mowers. Also full
exhibit of wooden whre, and complete set
of Woods celebrated ice tools.
P. C. Tarbox of Lewiston exhibits the
Warrior mower, rake and harrow and the
Tiger range, spring tooth cultivators, the
Billings corn planter and other implements.
Messrs. A. L. & E. F. Goss, the well known
Lewiston firm, exhibit the VIM. Anson Wood
mower and reaper, manufactured at Youngs-
town, Ohio.
John ]. Frye of Portland, makes a good
display of moving machines, plows, cultiva-
tors and horse hoes.
Kendall & Whitney, Portland, display ma
chimes and implements decked in all colors
of the rainbow, making very pretty sight
Hussey plOws, hay cutters, harrows, Yankee
horse rakes OF the last three named arti-
cles we are informed they have the State
agency. Their exhibit, when complete, will
comprise full line of all kinds of agricul-
tural implements, churns, butter workers,
etc.
The Richardson Manufacturing Company
of Worcester, Mass, shows varieties of now
ers, including the famous Buckeye" also
the Ballard hay-tedder and the Kemp ma
nure spreader.
Mr.. A. A. Mitchells display from Port
land, when complete, will be on a par with
the rest. He represents the Clipper Ma
chine Company of Keene, N. H., and dis
plays potato diggers, mowers and pulver-
izers. Mr.. Mitchell also exhibits Bay State
fertilizers manufactured by the Clark's Cove
Gltano Co., New Bedford, Mass.
G. B. Olin & Co. of Canandaigua, n. Y,
have one of the most extensive displays in
the buildings. Their spring tooth harrow
is one of the most saleable farming imple-
ments in the market. Thousands of them
are turned out from their works annually.
Then there is the Robinson potato digger
with hitler and cover attachment, which is a
very ingenious machine.
Two large machines gaily painted in light
blue stand out prominently among the small
er ones. They are one-horse power circu-
lar saw, with speed governor, and two
horse power thresher and cleaner, exhibited
by A. W. Gray's Sons, Middletown Springs,
Vt. This exhibit is under the charge of Mr..
G. Bickford.
A. L. Dennison of Portland makes good
display of moving machines and cutters. T.
B. Avery of Boston makes display of half
car load of agricultural implements, in
Guiding mowers, harrows, rakes and his fa-
nous plows.
At the City Hall the exhibition more par
ticularly representing the efforts of the
ladies is especially fine and will receive more
than this passing allusion. The art collec-
ton occupies the small hall and is well worth
examining.
The wagon that is over one hundred wears