FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VII. 637 



branches of farming economy; also articles suitable for the various depart- 

 ments of house and farm. 



Many meritorious articles \vere presented which we would be glad to 

 notice if space were allowed us in this report. There were in these several 

 classes above fifty entries, making a display of very great interest. The 

 committee consisted of the following gentlemen: Thos. H. Benton, Johnson 

 county, E. Andrews, Henry county, Wm. Stoker, of Ohio, S. H. Devol, of 

 Wapello county, David Mowry, Jefferson county, and M. Singler, of Van 

 Buren county. 



In addition to the above the board, at a regular meeting, appointed the 

 following committee to examine and report on foreign manufactured ar- 

 ticles, viz: Paul C. Jeffries, , Erastus Haskins, , and Timothy 



Day, of Van Buren county. The report of these gentlemen will be em- 

 bodied in the report, on the classes above mentioned. 



No. 1. Diploma to Wm. Heflin, of Illinois. No description of his pat- 

 ent corn planter has been left with us It was much commended by all for 

 the simplicity of its construction, the adaption of the several parts to the end 

 proposed, and for its comparative cheapness. 



No. 2. Diploma to A. B. Munn, of Keokuk county, for Randall & 

 Jones' improved seed planter (Sprague's patent). It is a hand planter- 

 which costs but ten dollars, and with it one man can easily plant ten acres 

 per day as it drops and covers in a very exact and uniform manner. The 

 whole machine, with corn enough to plant an acre, weighing but ten 

 pounds. 



Diploma to S. P. Booth, of new York, for a model fanning mill. The 

 exhibitor placed in the hopper, gravel wheat, beans, timothy seed, nut 

 shells, etc., and so admirable is the construction and arrangement of the 

 sieves, passages, etc., that the timothy seed was all deposited by itself in 

 its proper receptacle; the larger bodies fell into a separate box, and the 

 wheat by once passing though was found to be entirely freed from every 

 particle of the admixture. 



No. 4. B. B. Tuttle, Jefferson, best fanning mill, five dollars. 



No. 5. Newton & Stevens, Lee, best farm wagon, ten dollars. 



No. 6. Henry Wheeler, Van Buren, second best farm wagon, five 

 dollars. 



No. 7. Chamberlain & Coutes, Lee, best buggies, diploma and five 

 dollars; honorable mention. 



Nos. 8 and 9. Diploma and book to Elijah Dollarhide, of Fairfield, 

 Iowa, for the best model farm and yard gates. We regret that we have no 

 description of this article. It is said to be admirably suited to the end pro- 

 posed. 



No. 10 Obel Stanwood, Van Buren, best ox yoke, one dollar. 



No, 11. Diploma and book to John McNelley, of Keokuk county, for 

 an improved bee palace. It claims superiority from its simplicity, cheapness; 

 for a contrivance which prevents the moth from reaching the comb; for the 

 facility with which a swarm may be put in it, the honey extracted, etc. It 

 was very much admired by everyone who examined it. 



No, 12, To W, C. Garretson, from J. G. Garretson, Imperial loom, 

 Henry county, diploma and two dollars. 



No. 13. Geo. Griggsby, Lee county, best grain cradle, one dollar. 



