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SMUT AND SCOURING MACHINE. 



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Messrs. F. Harris & Sons, Elizabethtown, N. J., exhibited an 

 improved machine for this purpose, which met the unqualified 

 approbation of tlie judges. The machine may be sharpened 

 "with facility as often as required, has stones for scourers, the 

 shape and dress of which are changed so as to increase the sur- 

 face on the periphery for scouring and beating the grain ; the 

 case is made of wire work instead of sheet iron, leaving greater 

 space for throwing off' the dirt. The frame is of iron instead of 

 wood, thereby increasing its durability. It received the Gold 

 Medal of the Institute. A. C. 



VvINE. 



Numerous specimens were presented at the fair, made from 

 native grapes ; there does not appear to be any decided improve- 

 ment over former exhibitions. We make the following extract 

 from the judges' report : 



The sparkling Catawba of N. Longworth, Esq., Cincinnati, is 

 decidedly the best wine offered. It possesses qualities peculiar 

 to itself, and bids fair to become a general favorite. 



