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THE GENESEE FARMER, 



terested fanner, who had more time to examine 

 them' than we had, remarked that tlieir macliine 

 cleared tiio grain far better than any other machine 

 on tlie grounds. 



Wheeler, Meliok & Co., Westinghoxjse & Co., 

 and Dow & Fowler, of Fowlerville, N. Y., also 

 exhibited their Lever Horse-Power Threshing Ma- 

 chines. 



STRAW, HAT AND OORX-O0TTING MAOniNES 



Were well represented. H. Iv. Parsons, of Ilar- 

 risburg, Pa., exhibited several sizes of "The 

 Eureka" Crusher and Cutter, which has few if 

 any superiors. Dow & Fowler, of Fowlerville, 

 N. Y., also showed one in operation, driven by 

 horse-power, that crushed the corn-stalks and cut 

 them up exceedingly fine, and left them in excel- 

 lent condition for feed. A combined straw-cutter 

 and coru-sheller was shown by J. S. Taylor, of 



Rome. 



grain drills. 



The numerous grain drills on exhibition indicate 

 that farmers are paying more attention to drilling 

 in their wheat and other grains. Most of the 

 drills shown were excellent, and are so arranged 

 that tliey will sow any kind of grain — wheat, bar- 

 ley, oats, rye, peas, corn and beans. Several of 

 them have attachments for sowing plaster and 

 other manures at the same time, as well as timothy 

 and clover-seed. The drill manufactured by N. 

 Foster, of Palmyra, N. Y., is of this character, an 

 is also the " Buckeye Grain Drain and Seed Sower," 

 and it has this advantage : the grass-seed is sown 

 behind the drill, so that there is no danger of the 

 drill spouts covering it too deeply. 



H. L. & 0. P. Brown's, of Shortsville, Ontario 

 county, N. Y., is also a very superior drill, capable 

 of sowing all kinds of seeds, manures, &c. Some 

 recent improvements have been made with special 

 reference to sowing beans, corn, &c. 



S. P. riuBBELL, of Unadilla, N. Y., exhibited his 

 Broadcast Grain, Seed and Plaster Sower. Jt will 

 sow from oneqnart to thirty bushels per acre. At 

 the ordinary gait of a horse, it will sow thirty 

 acres per day. 



nORSB PITOnFORKS. 



The demand ft)r Dorse Forks for unloading hay 

 is steadily increasing. Farmers are becoming sat- 

 isfied that hay can be unloaded more expeditiously 

 and with far less labor and expense, by the use of 

 a good horse fork, than by hand ; and our inventors 

 and mannfactureres are not slow to supply the de-* 

 mand. We have alre.idy a dozen or st) dillVrent pa- 

 tent horse forks — Gladding's, Bbauosi.ky's, Pal- 

 mer's, &c. The latter, manufactured by Wiieelek, 



Mehok &, Co., of Albany, received tlie first prize 

 at the State Fair last year. Some impruvtuients 

 iiave since tlien, been added to it, and it is nn^jues- 

 tionably a valuable fork. A new candidate for 

 public favor was on the grounds tliis year — 

 invented by Squire Raymond, of Genoa, Cay- 

 uga county, N. Y. It hooks up the hay in a 

 manner somewhat similar to that of Beardsley's, 

 and we should think could be operated with less 

 manual labor than. the fork machines. 



The Horse and Hand Lever Hay Press, manufac- 

 tured by L. & P. K. Dederiok, of Albany, was on 

 the ground, and attracted much attention. The 

 practice of pressing hay is becoming more general 

 as its advantages are better understood. 



The Messrs. Dederiok also exhibited a new ap- 

 paratus for hoisting heavy articles by horse power 

 which has many things to recommend it. 



cultivators, plows, harrows, &o. 



We noticed little that was new in this depart- 

 ment, but there were many excellent cultivators 

 and plows on the ground. Remington & Co., of 

 Ilion, N. Y., had a splendid assortment. Their 

 steel plows are yearly attracting more attention, 

 and their horse-hoes and cultivators are everything 

 that could be desired. For heavy soils, their "John- 

 ston Cultivator" must prove a very efficient im- 

 plement. 



A. B. Travis, of Brandon, Mich.,' exhibited a 

 iclieat hoe, .with an attachment for planting corn,, 

 bean-s, «Sic., that has some valuable features. There 

 can be no doubt that hoeing wheat in the spring 

 would prove very beneficial, and we are assured 

 that this implement will do the work expeditiously 

 and well, at a cost of not more than twenty-five 

 cents per acre. This implement is patented, but 

 Mr. Travis authorizes us to say that any farmer 

 may make one for his own use without charge. 

 Mr. Travis also exhibited a revolving latiddde plow. 



A concentric harrow was exhibited by Moses 

 Sheldon, Calias, Vt., which we think will prove val- 

 uable. It is circular in form, and most of the teeth 

 are less than ten inches apart, but so arranged 

 that when the harrow is drawn forward, the teeth 

 cut the ground every two and a half inches. An 

 iron Jiarro-w, manufactured by Jacor Delong, of 

 Covert, Seneca county, N. Y., has some valuable 

 features. It can be drawn from either end, and is 

 thus, to a certain extent, self-sUnrpening. The 

 teeth are e.isily fastened in tlie iron frame, .Tiid .ns 

 the points we-ir off they can be driven deeper with 

 little trouble. There are few agricultural imple- 

 ments which have received so little attention as 



