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the dmught, and settle down on the mouth of the fire-tube, that is to prevent 

 the flames to come into direct contact with the tube plate. 



" ' As you see from this, the practical employment of your engine shows 

 things of which, perhaps, you did not think at all, and which will cause you 

 to avoid any alteration perhaps already intended. Since I find the introduc- 

 tion of your straw-burner to be in the interest of agriculture, I leave it to you 

 to send this letter to Messrs. Garrett's for consideration, and to regard this 

 letter as a public one in every respect. ' " 



Messrs. Garrett's threshing-machine is furnished with a heavy 

 drum, a fan blast for elevating corn running on the drum spindle. 

 There are no straps on one side of the machine, and only two 

 on the other. The frame is of iron. The concave is cut longi- 

 tudinally into two halves, so that when worn at the lower edge 

 it can be turned. The straw shakers are latticed to prevent 

 broken straw (straw is exceedingly brittle in Austro-Hungary) 

 from falling through, and the caving screen and riddling surface 

 generally are made large. 



American Implements. — America was almost exclusively repre- 

 sented by reaping and mowing machines, and as these implements 

 are so well known, it seems unnecessary hereto enter into details. 

 Strength and simplicity are of especial importance in these, as 

 well as in other implements intended foT Austro-Hungary ; and 

 in my tour through those countries I heard frequent complaints 

 against the light and unsubstantial character of many reaping 

 machines. It may also be observed that owing to peculiarities 

 in the training of bullocks, the platforms must be placed on the 

 left-hand side of the pole instead of the right as in England. 



Agricultural Products. 



A detailed description of the agricultural products would be 

 apt to carry us insensibly into the domain of general industry. 

 The " agricultural features " of the Vienna Exhibition is a wide 

 term, embracing not only domestic animals and implements, but 

 wine, flax, tobacco, oils, furs, woods, &c. The consideration of these 

 would carry me beyond all contemplated limits, and without the 

 objects before the reader, the task would be unprofitable : I shall, 

 therefore, confine myself to a very general notice of products. 



So large a proportion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is 

 devoted to forests and agriculture, that natural and raw products 

 occupied a large share of the Exhibition buildings. 



Take for example the East Agricultural Hall. Upon entering 

 it at the south-eastern doorway the visitor passed through a large 

 assortment of wines, many of which had received familiar 

 foreign names. Bordeaux, Lafitte, Sauterne, Alicante, Bour- 

 gogne, &c., were associated with Russian names, to me alike 

 unreadable and unpronounceable. There were fine shows f)f 



