Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-21


During company of Chicago show again
tnls year, ana add 70 their display 4 seven
tOoJ cutter bar machine. rhey snow self
binder.
AdrIance, Pratt & Co. show their rear
discharge harvester ana binder. The ne.
culiattty Of this harvester is i'm the hinder
ana the leaving the bundles. There is no
carr ylrg of the grain up over an elevator
as in binders heretofore made. but the
binder is yearly on level with the cnttpr
bar, and two arms take the bundle after
binding aud toss il off behind the machine
| in this harvester less power is claimed To
be necessary, ~ the grain is not carried
nearly 50 far rs in other standard binders
The Westinghouse Manufacturing com
pany, by their genial agent. j. A. Cour-
Daf, Mallory, y. Y, show their thresher
ana cleaner with stacker attached, also
bag Ter and register. The stacker takes
the straw from the machine and delivers
1t on lie stack, 1t beng ndju-tihle to diff
terent heights rs desired. 1he Dagger de-
MYERS the grain in bags, aud the register
records he mum er of bushels delivered
The machine Is driven by a slX-horse
power traction steam engine, which, when
stationary, drives the threshe aud is con
structed 18th broad tired wheels for driv-
ing on the highway, so when it is desired
TO move, block belt connects the driving
SHAFT with the wheels, and it
then becomes road engine,
propelling itself and the thresber'
The engine is constructed with a smoke
stack which is jacketed, the sparks strik
ing an arrester, and they, with the flames
pass down and around shield, passing an
| angle come out dead smoke as out of
chimney, making il safe so far as sparks
dle concerned. The boiler is horizontal,
while the water fills the flues and the fire
surrounds them so the hues are not 40
much exposed - damage by the fire The
arrangement of the boiler is such as to
render it unnecessary t have the engine
stand perfectly level as in ordinary en-
giues. This Is new exhibit never hay
lag been shown i'll the State before.
CARRIAGES AND sLRiGus.
Read & Patrick of Hines burgh exhibit
| 10 styles OF the Cortland wagons and four
$ yles of sleghs, which for strength, dur
ablllty and beauty are the equal of the
best. The display includes top bugges
road wagons, surries, platform spring
! wagons, and mas attracted much we'll de
served attention. The wagons are all for
sale, and many have improye ed the oppor-
tunity TO make selection from the large
variety exhibited.
TIE Watertown Spring Wagon COM
pauy Of Waterfowl, y. Y. snow nearly
dGzan styles, nc.uding all the styles or
dinarily IN use.
Clalk Il Brownell, of Burlington, show
the Columbus bug4ics, made ia Column
STYLES. They also show four styles of
Sleighs and cutters, made by the stand
"rd Wagon company of Albany, n Y,
w ich for beauty of finish cannot be eX-
celled.
FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES.
The collection of vegetables is the finest
ever shown in the State. There are three
exhibits OF potatoes of over $50 varieties
each. John Wilson, gardener To Col. Can
non, made the largest exhibit of plants
aud cur flowers, not for competition,
showing b varieties OF cut flowers. The
rare5t species is pine apple in fruit. \
large banana pl+ut also attracts general
attention. q. NJ. Peterson Of Burlington
took the first premium tordlspiay of plants
and j. G. GddingS Of Rutland the second
Thomas Calvin of Newport, II. | dis plays
several large punches OF very fine white
hydr4ngias. j. NJ. Hudson of New York
ana Newport shows pink and white by
dlysneias, also four varieties of South
America water lilies, nymphp deutatip.
Whlcn are Grown IN tanks heated by sub
merged pipes confirming warm water.
We have already spoken in detail OF he
exhibit IN the depart ment OF flowers.
fruits ard vegetables. Under he cOmpe-
tent care OF Mr.. n. LcGs:d Cannon the
display hes been very tasietIlly arranged
ana attracts general attention.
POULTRY.
The exhibit in this cl4ts il large and
excellent, G. Q. Pain, East Bethel being
tn" largest eXhiolJOr, having 40 co0ps,
and to enlm rae then would DE q cata-
logue al the kinds OF fowls we are ac-
uuainied with and many more. He shows
several cnops of fancy pigeons which are
psim-. Ballard aud johnson, Burlington,
show dozen c9ops, and have some fine
brown leghorn5, the best in the show,
and the same may be said of the white
minCrcas. They also snow some very
good plymouth rocks
II. I. Ballard, burlington, shows a
dozen coops, and has choice games,
golden Polish and black Spanish.
p. j. Farnsworth, Fairfax, showed
handsome Houdans and the best light
Bramahs in the exhibit and the same
may be said of his white and black
Pollsh, and his trizzles we suppose must
he iirst-ciass, as they looked as if they
had been trizzled by a hurricane, " ing
~ Weaver, Plattsburgh, had laced Wy
andOtts, No
J. f. Wright, Burlington, had some fine
Bantams, Tie best of red game red gill,
black games aud h. Il. h. games, the best
III their several classes, ii coops in all.
Harold Il. Morse, Burlington, had some
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