Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-10-01
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Modern Machinery, Tools, Wagons
Carriages, Etc, in Attractive Variety.

Modern Machinery, Tools, Wagons,
Carriages, Etc, in Attractive Variety,
The department of agricultural nipple
ments was the Mecca for farmers in quest
of the latest and most profitable devices
for extracting the goodness from the soil.
In this department the largest exhibit was
made by the Belcher & Taylor Agricultural
Tool company of Chicopee Falls, Mass,
who brought % pieces, making one of the
largest exhibits that this company makes
in New England. The Gale Baldwin ensi-
lage and fodder cutter with carrier, was
one of the latest improvements shown.
The Stevens fertilizer sower was a new eX-
hibit and possessed the new feature of a
divided pole, readily convertible into thills.
Prouts hoeing machine, eight styles of
plows, and four of harrows, with the latest
improvements, four styles of lever cutters.
a vegetable cutter, corn shelter and two
sturdy patterns of barrows. made the bal
ance of the exhibit. The compa avs next
exhibit will be during the weeks fair at
Danbury, Conn, but it will be no larger
than its exhibit here.
II. j. Clark of West Brattleboro was a
large exhibitor of farm tools, showing two
Adriance Buckeye mowers, one with stand
ard gear and one with chain gear, one New
Yorker horse rake, and one spring-tooth
harrow on wheels with seat. w. A. Syl-
vester of West Brattleboro showed the Sue
cess weeder and cultivator, for which he
is agent.
NJ. S. Leach of Hinsdale exhibited a
heavy farm wagon aud line of Concord
wagons and top buggies. The specialties
upon which Mr.. Leach has built up his
successful business are the good material
and thorough work which he puts into his
farm wagons, the dump carts which are
used in several cities, and grocery and de-
livery wagons, both single and double. He
also makes a special Concord wagon built
for comfort and long service. Single and
double harness, robes and blankets were
also shown by Mr.. Leach.
Rockwell & Sherwin made a fine exhibit
of five carriages of their own make, includ-
ing Concord wagon, road wagon, piano
box buggy with top, two-seated canopy
top surrey, and two-seated light express
wagon. They also exhibited a Concord,
a corning body with top, and two sleighs OF
factory make. F. D. Williams, the origina-
tor of the low grocery wagon with canopy
top, showed one each of his grocery and
milk wagons of the same general style,
which he claims are lighter and stronger
buggy of his own make.
The Leader Evaporator company OF
Enosburg Falls exhibited an evaporation
which they claim established their right tC
their name because of its great amount OF
heating surface combined with the reverse
current feature, which save time, labor
and fuel. They claim that their gathering
tank exerts less strain on the sled because
it is low down.
The Foster outfit for tapping maple
trees was especially interesting to sugar
makers. This outfit consists of a paten
bark rosser attached TO bit, which doe:
away with the old-fashioned way of rossns
with an axe and injuring the tree anC
also gauges the depth of the hole, a paten
galvanized spout. and a hinge cover fo
keeping out snow and rain. The outfit il
made and sold by A. NJ. Foster of Cabot
A. WeatheIhead of Guilford exhibited
his success, the traverse sled with escl
runner hinged independently of the others
and II. n. Wilder of Guilford showed TIVE
sleds of practically the same style but o
better finish.
The Rochester portable engine ant
wood saw was shown by w. n. Dunklee
in charge of E. S. Tubbs of Guilford. A
feature of this exhibit was that the hea
for running the engine was obtained b.
the combustion of kerosene spray mike,
withsteam and that there was no DANCE
of an explosion.
The Osborne mower, wire tooth rake
spring tooth smoothing harrow, seedin
harrow and rival disc pulverizer wer
shown by H. c. Merrifeld, agent, of Gull
ford. The roller bearings, reversible
wheels and light draft are claimed as fes
lures of the mower. Two Deering NOV
ers were exhibited by j. E. Gale of Gui
ford, for which the ball and roller bearings
durability and light draft are claimed a
superior points, making it easy to ride an
handle.
A quantity of the unfading black roofin
slate, which is known to be of a superiC
quality, was exhibited by the Guilfor
Slate company. The Hamer washe
which can be operated by a child, Wa
shown by the agent, S. j. Foster of Bra
tleboro. This washer is recommended /
hundreds of Brattleboro people.
The Vermont Farm Machine compaI
of Bellows Falls occupied its usual spat
with the Williams improved evaporat,
with iron arch, galvanized sap buckets al
sap spouts. The company claims that Il
greater evaporating surface will allow Il
sap to run thinner and the syrup to
drawn oftener than any other evapoIat
and that whittier and better sugar is the I
suit.
In tent near floral hall was the exhi
it of G. II. Grimm d Co. of Rutland. I'll
consisted of the Champion evaporat
with arch, the claim for superiority bell
the corrugated evaporating surface, t
ability to siphon the sap from one secti
to another without carrying over the il
purities, and the convenience of the 81
tional evaporating tank, a storage tan
gathering tank and sugaring off arch, a
the Grimm steel range, whose vital p,
tions were of cold rolled sheet steel fac
with asbestos. In another tent the Dayt
Manufacturing company exhibited
Insurance" vapOr gasoline stove a
demonstrated the safety in the proper |
OF gasoline.