Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-09

N.~ ~ utA0 ~ 0AA A0A
ers by the Walter A. Wood company, as
successors of the Minneapolis Harvester
works. In this respect, the North Star
state presents somewhat of a novelty
among Northwestern states. Most of the
agricultural machinery comes from Ohio.
Illinois, Indiana and the Eastern states:
The Minnesota. exhibit. however. does not
make an Indifferent showing among the
best of them in thrcshing machines, en-.
| gines. and in twiEe binders. 1t IL we'll
known that the Applcby knotter of Min
III. two. binders, and it is to-day the
knotter in use on most of the Irvine
binders upon exhibition here.
The whole display here may be classed
into machinery for tilling the soil. ma
chinery for harvesting crops. machinery
for treating crops after they are harvest
ed. and machinery for treating grasses
| and grains for food purposes.
In the first mentioned of these classes
are to be found, plows. harrows, disc
harrows, cultivators, drills. aud broadcast
secders, corn planters. etc. There is a
machinery upon exhibition, from the old
J%avanese plows, which consist of u forsed
stick. up to the finest wrought and most
handsomely polished sulkey horse plows
or gang steam plows. TO the farmer the
exhibit of ploMs alone is a great curiosity.
plows. plows with wooden beams and
plows constructed entirely of steel. The
machine mon in charge of all of these
exhibits have taken especial pains to
make them attractive and unique.
fyrnmilal shelves have been arranged
Of each other until the whole affair looks
like a huge pyramid. In several in
stances the plow displays have beer ar
ranged in finely constructed booths rep.
resenting a rustic house or barn, or any
other object characteristic of the farm.
sulkey cu!tivators. walking c%ultivators
entirely Of steel. They are extremely
light and can he handled by a strong
twelve-year-old boy almost aS we'll as
by a man. The frame work is graceful
and has lost the clumsy and somewhat
overweighted look that it used to have
years ago. The greatest curiosity in this
class of machinery to the Northwestern
farmer is the double horse corn planter,
which plants two. and sometimes three,
rows of corn ut u time without previous
marking. There is a chain contrivaMcc
upon a reel upon the machine. The chain
chain. except that the links are longer.
1t runs through IL groove and the knuckles
catch u spring which plants the corn in
hills at II distance apart which may
be desired by the operator. The chain is
SO arranged that when it runs out the
/ llcil In CIOSSSu anu ~ is VluS VO tuTIl
around and plant back. This machine re-
tails at Sis, and enables the farmer TO
plant ten acres n day if necessary.
A new machine which has obtained great
popularity in the last few years is the
disc harrow, which consists of seven or
eight discs arranged upon a central shaft:
each resembling the revolving coulter of
n plow. except that they dish slightly
and are set at angles so as to turn over
what they cut. They will pillow and pull
vsrize to airy depth required. They usu-
ally have seeder machinery attached. and
are OF great excellence for seeding. fall
away with the necessity Of back furrow-
ing or back-setting. Tie broadcast seed
ers are now being replaced by the drill
s%eeders. which convey the seed down into
II closed or open shoe for each drill which
| cuts Il mark or drill in which is scat
tered the seed. followed by a set of wings
which close the earth over it. Many OF
them nave grass seed sowing attach
ments. The closed shoe is considered an
advantage over the open one in wet
ground. because it is not so apt to plug.
These machines retail for $50 for two
mac chimes. The old fashioned har-
row which used to be constructed with
wooden frame are now superseded by
the larrows made of steel throughout.
Machinery for harvesting crops also
present many new features. Irvine bind
ers IRE built much lower than formerly.
the frames being constructed of one solid
piece of steel in many instances. They
are built of two or four horse power size.
The corn harvester is a novel adventure.
quilt SO as to run between the rows of
corn. drawn by one horse. One man sits
on each side of the machine and the corn
falls into his arms as it is cut. When
each man has secured an armful the
horse is stopped and the corn is placed in
shock. Two men in this. way have aver
aged six to eight acres II day. This
machine cost $35 at retail. Another still
nnd sb intliGn.e c dssi ces for s s%ttinS S, binding i :;
potato diggers of every known device
and degree of efficiency. Machines are
displayed for digging peanuts and sack.
ing them. Mowers and hay rakes have
not changed much in general plan. except
that they are made as light and durable
as possible by the use of steel.
Machinery for the treatment of crops
after they are harvested have received
many improvements. Threslins machines
are now built to do away entirely with
feeders and band-cutters. Before the
.a;tehshl,,s CYLINDER is placed a cylinder
device much like an inverted straw chr
rler, which carries the bundles tow.arI
the machine as they are pitched from the
stacks or loads on both sides. These re-
NOlVlng KNIVES cut the bands n puSh
a layer forward off the top of the bun
dies each time they strike them. The
bed of the carrier is also in motion
scattering. and distributing the grain.
The new device is said to feed a macline
much more regularly and evenly than one
or two men Gun, besides doing away with
an element of considerable cost. Trac-
ton engines for drawing plows and
threshing machines have been so inn
proved as to prevent the water from rum
ming down off of the growing sheets when
the engine il going up or down hill.
This used to be an element of danger to
life no less than of destruction to the
engine. Machines for cutting wheat and
the treatment of ensillage and of sugar
cane are numerous and are made of any
capacity or power. They are made on
the self forced-fceding plan. and many Of
them cut up. instead Of down. as former.
~. thus avoiding the cutting Of sand and
grit by the knives. Corn shelters of
every description and variety are upon
exhibition. from those which require hand
power up to those which require horse
and steam power and three shovelers to
feed them. Hay cutters which will dis
,,,o - S1s.A., k1n. 49,. I,~,,. ,-o 49, L.,