Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-27
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celebration without peanuts and lemon
ade or boarding house school feed"
without the chewing gum as the last
course. The cattle were somewhat de-
iayed in reaching the fair but they are
here, now, and iii their places 1t is
true that there are not rs many as
usual. but then perhaps the quality
makes ny for what they lack in num-
Der. Every COW was in its place, Tues
day morning, ready for the critical eyes
OF the public. The hair of each animal
has been made TO lay down in it's own
particular manner. and the horns of the
animals wearing such things were
secured and sandpapered to make them
look their very best
The display of agricultural nipple
ment3 is one of the most interesting
departments of the exhibition. 1t is
here that the farmer sees the real ad-
vance and Improvement in the mechan-
les of agriculture. which after all is
one OF the best tests OF the condition
or farming. Not in the breeding OF fine
stock is Improvement more noticea Bile
than in the invention and manufacture
of beautiful and useful farm MAG hin
cry. When one looks at such coliec-
ton OF Implements and machinery of
the farm as is here shown he gets q
better idea OF the progress of agricul-
ture than by any other means The
day of the old and common machines
has gone by, and that of simple or conf
plicated ones has taken it's place-but
all are marvcls of invention and work
manship, made of the hest materia! and
r.
farm and field. dairy room and home
Under the large pavilion to the left
of the main entrance, the greatest
amount Of floor space by any one ex-
hibitor is that occupied by r. B. Dun
ming & Co. of this city This firm has
really established a branch of Their.
Bangor store upon the fair grounds for
the week. They make an exhibit of
goods from more than Is different con-
Germs and manufacturers for whose
special implements and machines they
are the agents for eastern and central
Maine. Then to make their exhibit
more complete. they have for free dis
tribution copies Of an interesting cata-
logne Of more than 100 pages liustrat-
ed and fully indeyed, which is worth
taking home and preserving by all
farmers
Including in the Dunning exhibit are
the following leading articles: Odds
gasoline engines, four sizes attached to
feed grinders, wood saws, cream sep
aratOrs and ensilage cutters. Their
line of dairy goods comprises the Stod-
dard churn. De Laval cream separators,
Worlds Fair cnurn. Waters butter
ticles for the dairy room. including
! butter. stamps, milk bottles and cans,
etc. They show full line of the diff
ferent sizes of Barnes pumps for deep
wells and cisterns and force pumps A
large collection Of different sizes Of the
celebrated iussey plows is included in
their display. They also have the Fair
banks farm scales. Whitmans cider
mills, and a large display of The SYRIA
cuse side hill, level land and sulky
r1ows. A most useful machine FOE
those who keep poultry on any consi1-
cradle scale is the green bone cutters
for reducing the green bones of the
kitchen to n poultry food-a most indis-
pCLsaha machine. 1t is in three sizes.
which sell for from Sc to SIS. The c A.
White mop Wringer is n useful little ar
ticle which the punning Company is in
Producing. Erected in rfront of thai
headquarters are three OF the Challenge
Windmill, made at Batavia, N. va
larger display in this line than has
ever been made nj any Maine State
fair.
Next to the Dunning exhibit is that OF
the Wizard Plow Co. Batavia. n. Y. of
which r. W. Cole is the New England
agent. The company shows nine differ
ent sizes Of plows. including their swivel
or reversible pattern, sulky ploW, ana
plows for heavy road work; wheel rake
and Morgan spadlna harrow. They also
exhibit the Universal bean harvester.
which is believed TO be the first bean har-
NeSter shown at q fair in Maine This
harvester is two-horSe machine. having
blades which run an inch under the
sround, gently putting up the beans in
them into one windrow when thoy are
punched for the harvesting rack.
The BelcheT x Taylor Agricultural co.
Is represented by r. ID. Earle. the New
England selling agent. This is one Of the
oldest firms of its kind in New England /
and its goods are all standard articles |
Chief of their exhibit is the Baldwin en-
silage cutter and carrier. OF which more
than SEQ were sold last year-a machine
which sells for $50. They also have a linz
of the Arlington and Yankee swivel ii VS.
IN seven sizes. The Yankee pulveriZer IL |
one of their best-known implements II
has two gangs of six disks esch. the disks /
l6 inches in diameter. and Sells for SD |
The National reversible sulky splaw is al so i
shown. OF the old style harrows they ex |
hib!t the oxford and spring tooth but IN. |
general the disk and sulky harrows are |
taking the place OF the old spring tooth |
Earrows. The Clipper smoothing harrow,
which sells for $l3. takes the place f,the
old Thomas smoothing harrow. ana is an
of great value. They also chlw
the Eclipse and King of the cornficld corn
planters.
ID. G.. Slater. Essex Junction, VT. rep
reSentS the Empire cream separator of
U. lilh M las, .iz.c- LII. Cl, i..- tre,-