The Dickinson press., 1893-06-10

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stick. up to the finest wrought and most
handsomely polished sulk'sy horse plows
or gang steam plows. To the farluer the
exhibit OF plows alone is great curiosity,
There are chilled steel plows. chilled iron
blows. plows with wooden beams and
olows constructed entirely of steel. The
machine men i'll charge of all of these
make them attractive and unique.
l'yramidal shelves lavc been arranged
so that plows are seemingly piled on ton
If each other until the whole affair looks
like huge pyramid. In several in-
stances the plow displays have bcen ar
tanged in finely. constructed booths rep
rrSenting. rustic house or barn. or any
Sulkey cultivators, walking cultivators
and shovel plows are now constructed
entirely of steel They are extremely
light and can be handled Ivy strong
twelve-ycur-old boy almost as well as
by a man. The frame work is graceful
overweightel look that it used to have
years ago. The greatest curiosity in this
,lass of machinery to tue 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 chain contrivance
apon reel upon the machine. The chain
chain. except that the links are longer.
1t runs through Il groove and the knuckles
catch spring which plants the corn in
hills Mt 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
,round and plant back. This machine re-
tails at $3S, and enables the farmer to
plant ten acres a day if necessary
4 new machine which has obtained great
popularity in the last few years is the
tisc harrow, which consists of seven or
sight discs arranged upon a central shaft.
each resembling the revolving coulter of
a plow. 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
glowing in the spring, entirely doing
away with the necessity of back furrow-
ing or back-setting. The broadcast seed
ers are now being replaced by the drill
sceders. which convey the seed down into
closed or open shoe for each drill which
cuts a mark or drill in which is seat
tered the seed, followed by IL 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
These machines retail for $50 for two
horses, and at S13O for the four-horsc
mac hines. 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. Twine bind
ers are built much lower than formerly.
The frames being constructed of one solid
piece OF steel in many instances. They
ire built of two or four horse power size.
The corn harvester is novel adventure,
built so as to run between the rows of
,orn. 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
morse 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 $50 at retail Another still
more intricate device for cutting. binding
and shocking corn costs $500. There are
potato diggerss of every known device
and degree of efficiency. Machines are
displayed for digging peanuts and sack
ing them. Mowers and hay rakes have
aot changed much in general plan, except
that they ara 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. Threshing machines
are now built to do away entirely with
feeders and band-cutters. Before the
threshing cylinder is placed cylinder
with revolving knives arranged with a
levice much like an inverted straw car-
rler, W hich carries the bundles toward
the machine as they are pitched from the
stacks or loads on both sides These re-
voivlng knives cut the bands and push
4 layer forward off the top of the bum
lies 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
IN element of considerable cost Trac-
threshing machines have been SO i'm
proved as to prevent the water from run
ling 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 ensilluge and of sugar
capacity or power. They are made on
he self forced-tcc'iing plan, aud many of
them cut up instead of down, as former
", thus avoiding the cutting of sand and
grit by the knives. Corn shelters of
very description and variety are upon
exhibition. from those which require hand
power UP to those which require horse
feed them. Hay cutters which will dis
pose OF thirty tons an hour are to be
seen there in several exhibits. Feed mills
ire displayed of all varieties and capaci-
ties: Feed mills of a capacity of sixty
bushels an hour bring s42 at retail One
pr two exhibitors display machine for
going over fields from which the corn has
No II far nflt "A
he stalks within one or two inches of the
ground. Then there Is a machine here
for the purpose of going over newly
mown hay and shaking it up SO that il
will cure in short time. 1t is called a
iay fedder. Then there is Il contrivance,
appearance much like thresling ma
chine. which husks and shells corn at
the same time. and runs it, after clean
.ng, into sacks. There are tanning mills
galore and contrivances for cleaning smut
out of wheat, and for curing and drying
damaged wheat now much used by cleva.
tor men all over the country. The ONLY
ievices omitted from this vast collection
are machines for pulling beans, turnips
and beet.. Whoever is smart enough to
supply. this deficiency will be able to coin
million or two. but it seems like perpet-
lal motion. almost impossible. The farm
.r who performs these trying labors l
nave no doubt wishes many time that
some sInIrt inventor could provide some
method Of tightening this drmdgery. Some
snterprising genius has devised a ma
chine for harvesting cotton. hut none of
them have been hardy enough to tackle
inc bean problem, notwithstanding that
[ ncle Sam is issuing several thousand
patents week to hopeful inventors for
almost every eontrivancc under the sun.
he agricultural implement show is some
thing that every farmer in the land
ought to see because ii will enable him
after examining it all to pick our what
he wants and get the very best for his
purpose which the world of invention
affords. 1t is also a display which cx-
hibits more tl'an any other here. the skill
of the American i'll contriving machinery
to meet the actual needs of the people
and tighten the daily rioil of the busy
toiler Ralnb AIcKcnzi,.
NO PROSECUTIONS.
Pittsburg, June 5.-The criminal court
has nolle pressed all the cases against
the officials of the Carnegie company
for completely in tine Homestead trouble
last summer.