Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
A Good and Full Exhibit In all Glasses of
the Department.

The exhibit of agricultural implements
is very large this year, many of the goods
displayed being unable to gain shelter
under the big tent devoted to the use of
the department, and accordingly occupy
large space in front of the tent Albert
q. PIERCE dealer in agricultural lmple-
rnents in this city, has perhaps the largest
individual exhibit, although several other
dealers press for close second. Taken
in the aggregate the exhibit is very com
plete and he must be super sclentltic
farmer who is in search of anything in
this line, not here exhibited. Among
other things Mr.. Peirce shows the Boss"
ensilage and fodder cutters, both power
hand and lever cutters. His display of
harrows and seeders is very fine and con
tain the many improvements suggested
by past experience A force feed seeder
and harrow is shown which first scatterS
the seed broad cast, then harrows it, and
registers the number of bushels sown
and the number of acres also. There ARE
also on exhibition corn planters, tedders
moving machines, plOws, horse powers,
thrashers, beside many other farming
tools which it is useless to attempt to
enumerate. Perhaps the most compli-
Gated and interesting machine is a light
steel harvester and binder which VIII
cut long or short grain, bind it, and
hold six bundles at a time. Every part is
worked with the utmost ease from the
drivers seat and though the machine
looks cumbersome, it weighs only 200
pounds and is drawn by two horses easily.
Parker & Wood of Boston. also have Il
fine exhibit of farm machinery and
tools. a one-horse ensilage cutter, Is
shown, which has an hourly capacity of
5000 pounds, and hand ensllage cutters
with a capacity of 1900 pounds. They also
Sh a nn -
pabe of many transformations, mowers
aud reapers of several sizes and styles,
plows both sulky and hand, one horse
corn planter which sows per day three
acres of corn, with phosphate, grain
drill with phosphate attachment which
sows grain, phosphate and grass, is not
effected by rocks or roots and registers the
bushels sOWn and the number of acres
covered. This firm mas in addition fine
dis play of ice tools for marking, cutting.
breaking oil and housing the ice, and two
kinds Of light running lawn mowers,
which are somewhat ahead of anything
else of their KIND.
Occupying large space in the east end
of the tent in which the exhibit of agrlcul
turHl implements Is uldie, is the display
of the Cortland wagon company of Cort-
land, y. Y, the largest company of the
Kind in the country. This exhibit is par
/ ticulagE fine. They show both wagons
and 7ieigh7 Of every style, from a cheap
unt-holse, li-Lt road wagon, TO Il ndId-
/ some and elegant double turnout and
every piece ~! work l. warranted. The
exhibit Is in charge of \. +. Arid he
/ Ame- PloV company also have "a large
space aud show d. Inc u-5Oii mcuj ui piUN-,
. cu!uNaturs, and heavy farm machinery
/ Among their spcCiaItic~ are DE- Bailey s.
/ Leading En,ilHge Cutter ia Two sizes
/ the National cider mills, the Garfield hay
/ tcGder, the Leonard mO"er the New Eng
/ land chilled ploW, and the Centennial
swivel pillow. The Ames Pillow company
/ have a very fine exhibit OF Incl.
| piOws, both hand and eulkY. VGl
/ WuicrtoWn Spun4 Wagon company
/ show a GOOD assortment of wagons, both
/ in the natural wood and painted. THE
Luleka Mower company of Utica, y. y.
/ has a very fine machine ON exhibition
with front cut, which l. easily handled
/ Charles g. Allen X Co. OF Barre, Mass.
show the Yankee horse rake. which has
/ many good points and j, very finely fin
/ ished. j. NJ. Childs x Co. of Utica, show
! the Tiger mower, several horse rakeS and
/ Stricbler's reversible deadlock hay clcNa
! tor. The lliGgauum Manufacturing com
/ pHuy display cider mills, II flexible di~t
| harrow, corn shcl!er, p,oW~, hHrroWs ana
corn and potato Planters. II. y Ray OF
this city, has on display some haudsum.
sulkie, and wagons Ide syracuse
/ Cnillel-pl1W company exhibits its plOW~
OF several designs. The Xix Harrow and
| Planter company Of Kalamazoo, Mich.
! show some OF their machines which plant
/ harrow and register the number OF bushels
Bond Of Cornwall has fence makin-
machine which is quite a curiosity, turn
! ing out wire fences already made. X. y
| Brown of Whiting, exhibits an adjustable
bag holder for any size bag. which mus
certainly be the farmers iinn friend.