The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-26
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT OF
AGRICULTURAL MACHINES
AT VIENNA.

The Imperial Agricultural Society OF
Vienna, under the patronage of his I'M
perial Highness the Archduke Carl
Ludwig, will hold in Vienna on MAY
4, s, 6, and Z, 1895, an international ex-
hibition of agricultural machinery.
The United States Department of Ag
riculture has been requested to call the
attention Of manufacturers of all kinds
OF machines used in agriculture, horti
culture, forestry, dairying, brewing,
distilling, etc., to this exhibition and to
invite them to send their machines for
exhibition.
All exhibitors whose machines need
power must supply their own motors,
but these will be part of the exhibit
The exhibitors will be privileged to sell
machines, but none can be removed
from the exhibition until it's close.
The lists for applicants for space
from America will remain open until
April Is, 1895; those from European
countries close March Is Reception
of exhibits will begin April % and end
April 80. Cards of admission will be
issued to the exhibitors and to the per
sons in charge of the exhibits. Arrange,
ments will be made concerning the
entry Of all exhibits free of duty and
the privilege of transportation over the
Austrian railways, and a communica
ton from the Austrian Government
has been forwarded to the Government
of the United States requesting free re
entry of all exhibits from this country
to the exhibition in case they should
not be sold in that country.
The exhibition will be divided into
the following departments: Agricul-
ture and agricultural industries; for
estry and forest industries; fruit and
viticulture; animal industry dairying;
fish culture; veterinary work, and
horseshoeing; electricity as applied to
agriculture and forestry; and an annex
for seeds and artificial manures. Under
agriculture and agricultural Industries
there will be exhibits OF machines and
implements for the preparation of the
soil, for sowing, harvesting, thrashing,
cleaning of seeds, and for the harvest
icg and preparation of silage; field
tramways; motors for driving agri,
cultural machines; hay-saving ma
chimes; and machines and implements
used in malt houses breweries, distill-
cries, Sin the preparation Of lees for
agricultural uses, sugar work, vinegar
making, and starch making In the
department of forestry and forest in
dustries there will be included exhibits
of machines and implements for the
saving of forest seeds, preparation of
the ground, culture of the trees, and
wood cutting; forest tramways; motors
for driving saws, and machines and
implements used in making excelsior,
wood pulp, and paper; also for the
utilization Of by-products of the forest
Implements of vine and fruit culture
| and wine making; also for filtration
will be shown. Under the head of
stock raising, machines for the prepa-
ration of food, self waterers, food cook,
ers and stall furnishings. Implements,
hatcheries, artificial fish ways, etc.,
will be included in the fishery exhibit
This partial list indicates that the plan
of the exhibition is to include all the
departments of agricultural activity.
Transportation, unpackiDg, and set
ting up is to be at the cost Of the ex-
L Il L IL.
charge of the Commissioner of the
Committee
At the close of the exhibition all ex
hibits must be removed at the expense
of the exhibitor by May IA.
ALL communications should be ad-
dressed to the Committee of the Impe,
rial Agricultural Society of Vienna, No.
13 Herrengasse, Vienna.
TAIEY ANN ORnRR