Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-30
Agricultural Tools.
The Various Devices for Aiding the
Farmer In Hts Work--the Carriages.
Horse Goods, etc.


| Horse Goods, etc.
/ The space under floral hall which is al
! lotted to the display of agricultural and
/ farm implements and carriages was in
! sufficient this year To- accommodate the
/ demand, which necessitated the showing
| Of many of these implements outside of
/ the building About one-fourth OF the
! floor space was occupied by the exhibit OF
the Belcher Il Taylor Agricultural Tool
! company Of Chicopee Falls. Mass. and
| their exhibit was decidedly the most at
| tractive that has been shown IN this de-
| partment for several years. There were
| 30 pieces in this exhibit Among the
! tools shown were the Eclipse weeder, a
new tool, sulky pillow, eight walking
/ plows, including the Arlington, Yankee
and OneOnta clipper, four styles of har-
! rows. the Stevens fertilizer sower, the
Eclipse corn planter formerly made by
concern which the Belcher Il Taylor com
pany bought out year ago, the Prout
hoeing machine with wheels, the National
horse rake, the Billiard hay tedder, with
combined pole and thills, and the Gale
Baldwin ensilage and fodder cutter which
attracted much attention. This company
showed more tools in Brattleboro this
year than they have shown anywhere this
year and they have exhibited at the Port
land, Bangor and other large fairs. The
exhibit was in charge Of j. Il. Rest and j.
VI. Morse
H. j. Clark of West Brattleboro, local
agent for the Adriance, Plat 4 Co., farm
tools exhibited two mowers. two harrows.
one horse-rake and three plows The
mowers were the special attraction in this
exhibit, but the attention was merited by
several excellent points In the machines.
The Daniels machine company OF Wood
stock exhibited an ensilage cutter with a
capacity of about six tons OF green fodder
per hour, the cuts being three eighths OF
an inch long
A. W. Gray's sons, the well-known man
ufaCturers of horse-powers and threshinc
machines, exhibited a model power and
grain separator a Champion evaporator
was shown by G.. II. Grimm ~ Co.. OF
| Rutland, for which the claim for superior
| ity was the corrugated eyaporating surface
and the ability to siphon the sap from one
/ section to another without carrying over
/ the impurities The Vermont Farm Ma
/ chine company Of Bellows Falls exhibited
| the Williams improved evaporator, which
| they claim Is superior TO all others because
/ II has greater evaporating surface and
/ allows the syrup to br drawn of oftener
/ than does any o,her eyapOrltor.
In a special tent hear the agricultural
/ tools department We're exhibited five cream
/ separators by the Moseley u Stoddard
/ Manufacturing company OF Rutland. They
were of the Alpha Disc Bow type and il
was claimed that they would increase the
/ product from 10 to 30 per cent more than
can be Obtained by any other system. One
/ Of these separators was ina operation, the
motive power being a large sheep. The
| Stoddard barrel churu was also exhibited
/ by this company. An Abenaque gasoline
engine was shown by the Atenaque Ma
/ chine company Of Westminster station.
which was recognized 10y the farmers to be
/ the right thing for motive power. Il j.
| well adapted for various kinds of farm
work and for steam launches.
The remaining exhibits in this depart
ment consisted OF carriages, sleighs. horse
/ goods, delivery wagons and heavy farm
wagons. VI. 5 Leach OF Hnsdale. Y. f..
had $500 worth Of these articles He
showed 10 buggies and top carriages Of his
own manufacture, Of fine finish and of
good evidences of durability. His two
heavy wagons and his heavy cart were
! specially adapted to farm work. He also
! exhibited large quantity Of single and
double harness, blankets, robes and other
horse goods.
+ d. Williams, a Bratteboro carriage
maker, made a special exhibit of five OF
the Williams low down wagons Including
two milk wagons, one each of meat, bread
and grocery wagons. These wagons are
| built to stand hard service and are specially
convenient The running gear of these
wagons is of special make. Two other
wagons of similar design were shown by
the Brown Wagon Manufacturing company
of Easthampton, Mass.
+. II. Howard and Rockwell d Sherwin,
the local carriage makers, were on hand
with fine exhibits. Mr.. Howard showed
three buggies, three top carriages one sur
rey, one road cart and some sleiehs. Rock
well u Sherwin showed a dozen buggies
and carriages and several sleighs. The
style, finish and durability of all these
vehicles was all that could be desired
Pneumatic tire buggies and top carriages
were exhibited by F. J. Newkirk of East
Hampton, Mass, and the Excelsior Car
riage company of White River Junction.
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