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water, and skilfully arranged both for safety and utility to the 

 dairyman. It was provided in a very perfect and simple manner, 

 with a safety-valve, try-cock and collapse valve. It is manufac- 

 tured by J. A Bushnell, of Utica, N. Y., at a cost of $25 to the 

 dairyman. It will heat the milk of 60 cows with facility, is port- 

 able in its construction, weighing in the whole including the 

 heater, 300 pounds. (The estimation in which this steamer is 

 held among dairymen not being furnished no premium is awarded.) 



* Coon's patent flexible fence, manufactured at Troy, N. Y., was 

 exhibited under No. 127. It embraces a great variety of style 

 and design, and the prices vary according to its plain or ornamen- 

 tal construction. 



No. 128,was a specimen of iron farm fence for enclosing fields, 

 &c. It was manufactured at the same establishment in Troy, and 

 is furnished at different prices according to size of wire, | inch 

 wire varying from $1.50 to $3 per rod, including the straining 

 pillars and all the intermediate compensating parts. The strain- 

 ing pillars are anchored two feet in the ground, and the wire 

 fastened at the ends by a nut. The pillars are styled self-compen- 

 sating in their arrangement, being so constructed that by the 

 contraction of the wires they are brought nearer a straight line, 

 and upon their expansion to their proper shape. The committee 

 would award to this fence the premium of $10 and diploma, for 

 its best adaption to practical and economical use. 



The committee were called upon to examine a machine for 

 splitting leather. It was entered as No. 64, class 8. This machine 

 is manufactured by A. R. Northrop, of Deansville, Oneida co. N. 

 Y., and in the opinion of the committee deserves special consider- 

 ation. It possesses some very essential merits over other machines 

 for this purpose, particularly the vibrating knife and feeding 

 roller. This vibratory movement requiring less force to drive the 

 leather through the machine, and obviating an unequal pressure 

 upon the parts which are more or less elastic. It is deserving a 

 Diploma. 



The committee were also called upon by the president to ex- 

 amine the merits of a churn manufactured by George B. Clark, of 



