150 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Safety Gate for Railroad Crossings, by Benj. Atkinson, Indianapolis. This gate is 

 lowered by means of a crank, operating a pulley, on which a wire cable winds and 

 holds it down until it is released, when it raises itself. An important feature of it 

 is, that it is so constructed that there is very little danger of its being prevented 

 from working by freezing or sleet. 



Slate and Wood Mantels, Orates, and Fire Places, by Will Terrell, Indianapolis. 

 This display consisted of a tine assortment of these goods in great variety of styles, 

 from which persons fn want of 'any of them mightexpect to find something to suit, 

 whether taste or economy were the dominant influence in making a selection. 



Horse Shoes, by Will Wikoff, Danville, III. This is a splendid display of hand- 

 made shoes, handsomely arranged on a card, in a great variety of form?, that adapt 

 them to curing or relieving as far as it can be done by shoeing, all the defects of 

 the horse's foot, whether natural, or from disease or accident. There is also all 

 kinds of shoes needed on horses for different kinds of service from the heavy draft 

 horse to the speed ring. These shoes furnish indisputable evidence of the skill of 

 the workman making them. 



Horse Shoes, by Maloney Bros., Indianapolis, Ind. This firm exhibits a handsome 

 ■card of hand-made horse shoes, comprising a great variety of forms intended to 

 ■cure or relieve the defects or bad habits of the horse's foot. And, also, all kinds 

 used on horses in the various kinds of service required of them. The workman- 

 ship displayed in making these shoes is of superior character. 



Elevation Flood Gate, by M. E. Scherer, Arcadia, Ind. This is a flood gate so con- 

 structed that it may be raised straight up, like a window sash, out of the way of 

 ■drift of any kind. A hollow, or box post, is placed on either side of the stream, 

 that have slots through their inside faces, and wires, that form the gate, pass from 

 one post to the other ihrough these slots, and are fastened to blocks inside. These 

 blocks move up and down on rollers, and sustain the tension of the wires. A wire 

 or other rope is attached to these blocks and passes over pulleys to a windlass, with 

 a crank and rachet, on outside of one post, and the gate is raised and lowered by 

 means of this windlass, the water having nothing to do with it. 



Post Auger, by J. E. Heavier, Winchester, Ind. This is a cheaply constructed 

 auger that bores post holes rapidly, and with little expenditure of power. It con- 

 sists of a pair of steel blades, with outlines something like corn cultivator plows, 

 which are bent in a sort of screw twist that takes them into the ground without 

 much pressure. These are fastened to a forked handle with their points near 

 together to enable them to lift out the dirt. , 



Doors, Sash and Blinds, by Cutler & Suvidge Lumber Company, H. T. Bennett, Agent, 

 Indianapolis. This is a good display of work in their line, and comprises all styles 

 in general use, well made of the best material. 



Dressed Lumber, by Shaffer & McGinnis, Indianapolis. This firm exhibited a lot of 

 their siding and flooring, which was dressed in the best style, and were excellent 

 samples of first-class building material. 



