The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-06-08
Minneapolis and Minnesota companies,
and in mowers and binders and harvest

and in mowers and binders and harvest
ers by the Walter "A. Wood company, as.
successors Of the Minneapo lis Harvester
works. In this respect, the North Star
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 threshing machines, en-
gines, and in Irvine binders. It is well
known that the Appleby knotter Of Min
nesota was the pioneer device used upon
al. Stw,ae 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
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, and broadcast
Wonde rfu i display Of this sc class Of farm
machinery upon exhibition, from the old
Jayanese plows, which consist Of q forked
stick, up to the finest wrought and most
handsomely polished sulkey horse plows
or gang steam plows. To the farmer the
exhibit 3I Of ploWs alone is a great curiosity,
plows, plows with wooden beams and
plows constructed eatirely Of steel The
machine men in charge Of all Of these
exhibits have taken especial pains to
make them attractive and unique.
Pyramidal shelves have been arranged
OF each other until the whole affair looks
like a huge pyramid In several in
stances the plow displays have been ar
ranged in finely constructed booths rep
resentlng rustic house or barn, or any
other object characteristic of the farm
Sulkey cultivators, walking cultiyators
entirely Of Steel They are extremely
light and can be handled by strong
tWelve-year-old boy almost as well as
by 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 at a time without previous
marking. There is a chain contrivance
upon reel upon the machine. The chain
resembles very much the surveyors
chain, except that the links are longer.
1t runs through groove and the knuckles
catch spring which plants the corn in
hills at any distance apart which may
be desired by the operator. The chain is
so arranged that when it runs out the
field is crossed and it is time to turn
around and plant back. This machine re-
tails at $3S, and enables the farmer to
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 central shaft,
each resembling the revolving coulter Of
pillow, except that they dish slightly
and are set at angles so as to turn over
what they cut. They will plow and pull
verize to airy depth required. They usu-
ally have seeder machinery attached, and
are of great excellence for seeding fall
blowing in the spring, entirely doing
away with the necessity of back furrow-
ing or baek-setting. The broadcast seed
ers are now being replaced by the drill
seeders, which convey the seed down into
closed or open shoe for each drill which
cuts a 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 have 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
horses, and at $3.50 for the four-horse
machines. The old fashioned har-
row which used to be constructed with
wooden frame are now superseded by
the harrows made of steel throughout.
Machinery for harvesting crops also
present many new features. Irvine bind
ers are 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.
:Ihe corn harvester is novel adventure,
built 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 a day. This
machine cost $35 at retail. Another still
more intricate device for cutting, binding
potato hggers 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 exops
after they are harvested have received
many improvements. Threshing machines
are now built to do away entirely with
feeders and band-cutters. Before the
threshing cylinder is placed a cylinder
with revolving knives arranged with d
device much like an inverted straw car
1..SSAS ~ AtSA SStAAAGo Lie. EUuIl0leS toward
the machine as they are pitched from the
| stacks or loads on both Sides These re-
volving knives cut the bands and push
! q 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 machine
| much more regularly and evenly than one
| or two men can, besides doing away with
an element of considerable cost Trac-
ton engines for drawing plows and
threshing machines have been so im-
proved as to prevent the water from run
ming down off of the growing sheets when
the engine is 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-feeding plan, and many Of
them cut up instead Of down, as former
II, 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 shoyelers to
| feed them. Hay cutters which win dis