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The Kirkwood Iron Wind Engine, of Elliott City, Md., on exhibition, has more 

 than ordinary wind surface, and, being made entirely of iron, is very strong and 

 durable. 



Mast, Foos & Co., Springfield, Ohio, exhibit an iron turbine wheel of very great 

 power, differing in construction from all others, and has many points of excellence. 



FABM GATES. 



D. B. Matlock, San Francisco, California, exhibited tlie California Farm Gate, 

 patented March 4, 1884, and has many new and novel features. It operates 

 vertically, like a window, having weights to counterbalance the Aveight of the gate. 

 The gate is raised by the -driver pulling a cord as the team approaches, and is 

 latched at two heights — one for ordinary loads, the other for high loads. After the 

 team passes through, the gate is unlatched by another cord, and descends gently 

 until closed. It is a dur.-jbie, practical gate, easily operated, not affected by snow, 

 and is as readily opened by a man on a load of hay as on the ground. The gate 

 exhibited was a full-sized farm gate, its practical utility being demonstrated by a 

 horse and vehicle driven back and forth through it without halting while the driver 

 opened and closed the gate. 



Old/ather & Giandstaff, of Bunker Hill, Ind., exhibit a simple, practical automatic 

 gate, very light, and well braced. The gate is made in two sections, opening up- 

 ward and backward to either side, by means of rods above ground connected to a 

 trip that is sprung when brought in contact with the wheel of a vehicle. This is a 

 cheap, serviceable gate, not complicated or liable to get out of order. 



G. M. Custer, Terre Haute, Ind., exhibits a farm gate, very simple and practical. 

 It runs on rollers, and is easily opened or closed. 



IRON, WIRE AND PORTABLE FENCES. 



C. I). Shellabarger, Indianapolis, exhibited a machine for making fence of wire 

 and wooden slats, and a sample of the fence. The fence is cheap, and has the ap- 

 pearance of being serviceable. To attempt a description of the working of the 

 ■machine would require more space than can be allotted to it in this report. 



Cleveland & Darnell, Indianapolis, exhibited an iron post and barbed wire farm 

 fence and grape trellis. This is a cheap, durable fence, very serviceable as to turn- 

 ing stock of all kinds, and is quite ornamental. 



Meal tfc Bradley, Indianapolis, exhibited an iron fence manufactured by the 

 Champion Iron Fence Company, of Canton, O , that is a very handsome, strong 

 and durable fence. Posts are made of four T shaped bars arranged around a cen- 

 tral rod. It has a T shaped rail to which the pickets are fastened by malleable 

 iron clamps, rendering it thereby easily adjusted to any angle of ground. 



