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THE ILLINOIS FAKMEK. 



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October 



John Dement, of Dixon, was again tlie fortunate 

 winner, draft, 475 lbs ; cuts, 13 inches wide. The 

 committee say of the Deere & Co. Moline plow 

 "highly commended." The committee regret that 

 there is no second premium Draft 425 lbs ; cuts 

 13 inches wide. 



THRESHING MACHINE AND SEPARATOR. 



J. I. Case & Co., Racine, Wisconsin, 1st premi- 

 um — silver medal. 



BEST 8-HORSE POWER. 



J. I. Case & Co., Racine, "Wisconsin, 1st premi- 

 um — silver medal. 



CLOVER HULLER AND SEPARATOR. 



J. A. Carpenter, Beloit, Wisconsin — silver me- 

 dal ; cost 170. 



CIDER MILLS. 



Six entries. Competition very spirited. Ope- 

 rators making and selling cider on their own ac- 

 count at ten cents a glass, or at the rate of three 

 dollars a bushel. Our good friends will see that at 

 a dime a glass that windfall apples are worth pick- 

 ing up for this purpose. 



1st premium, silver medal, F. C. Winslow, Free- 

 port ; cost of mill seventy-five dollars. This is a 

 new mill, and so far as we know, untried, at least 

 no thorough trial of it has been made. It has the 

 appearance of being valuable, and the committee 

 guess it will prove satisfactory on trial. 



Clark & Utter, of Rockford, show a very excel- 

 lant mill ; strong, durable and simple. Price $60. 



Austin & Boal, of Chicago, exhibited one of the 

 Hutchinson mills, which did rapid work and made 

 several hundred gallons of cider. The Spring Hill 

 mill was also at work. There was at least three of 

 the exhibitors who had plenty of apples and were 

 ready for a thorough test, and yet the committee 

 made a guess and tied the blue ribbon to a mill 

 that may and may not be valuable. It certainly 

 has one or two serious defects, though in the 

 pressing it has a new feature that if successful will 

 give it a prominent place. It is due the orchard- 

 ist that this machine should have been tried, and 

 not thus impose a premium machine on the pub- 

 lic in this manner. We protest against being thus 

 victimized by any committee. We want trials 

 when trials can be had and if the committee err, 

 it is not more than human ; they may do it honestly. 

 This is not the only complaint made against the 

 same committee, of which we may have more to 

 say. 



Horse power corn sheller, 1st premium, silver 

 medal ; Sanger & Co., Joliet. A. Adams & Coi's 

 machine did not arrive. 



HORSE HAT FORKS. 



1st premium silver medal; T. G. & M. N. Pal- 

 mer, Chicago ; four entries. This is a very strong, 

 durable and handy fork, and has been busy illus- 

 trating its working facilities. 



HAT PITCHING MACHINE. 



Four entries, silver medal ; T. G. & M. N. Pal- 

 mer, Chicfigo. This is the best implement that 

 we have ever seen, and in company with the hay 

 fork has had a large share of attention. 



STRAW AND HAT CUTTER. 



Six entries, silver medal; W. D. Schooley, 

 Richmond, Ind. 



SMUT MACHINE. 



Geo. E. Throop, Chicago ; silver medal, j,^ 



Largest and best display of Agricultuaal Imple- 

 ments, silver medal : Emerson &Co., Bockford. 



Dr. Crone, of Decatur, shows a lot of turned ax 

 handles ; commended. 



James Mason, of Polo, had a corn stalk cutter, 

 a machine, by which it is claimed a boy and one 

 horse can cut and lay in bundles ready for shock- 

 ing, six to eight acres a day. The cost is $180. 

 The machine is highly valuable. 



PLOWS. 



Best two-horse turf plow, Deere & Co.' Moline, 

 2d premium ; silver medal. 



GANG PLOWS. 



Seventeen entries, making a much larger show 

 than last year. It is evident that the demand for. 

 this kind of implement is on the increase, or we 

 should not see so much competition. The silver 

 niediil was awarded to J. F. Black of Lancaster, 

 111., while the implement of E. Lewis, Kankakee, 

 and that of Jacob L. Runk, Nashville, 111. were 

 highly recommeded. 



ONE HORSE PLOWS. 



Silver medal to John Dement, of Dixon. 

 One-horse double or treble plow, silver medal to 

 Deere & Co. 



TRENCH PLOW. 



Four entries ; J. F & W. L. Black, of Lancaster, 

 was awarded the silver medal. 



SUBSOIL PLOW. 



One entry ; but it did not work to the satisfac- 

 tion of the committee. 



NEWLT INVENTED IMPLEMENT. 



One entry ; '"Simply a gang plow ; no award." 



TWO HORSE INDEPENDENT CULTIVATOR. 



Fifteen entries ; abundant competition and all 

 worthy machines. The committee say : 'The 

 committee find so many excellent machines of this 

 class that it is extremely difficult to make a dis- 

 tinction." With a few exceptions, all the horse 

 cultivators exhibited show great excellence in con- 

 struction, and did good work in the field. The 

 premium, a silver medal, was awarded to Furst & 

 Bradley, of Chicago. 



Two' horse cultivators, with combination for 

 seeding and planting — eleven entries ; showing 

 that this new style of implement is rapidly becom- 

 ing popular. The silver medal was awarded to C. 

 Denton, Pekin, 111. 



Thomas Short, of Fairmount, 111., had a very su- 

 perior machine in this class which may some day 

 graduate into usefuUness in the corn fields. 



GRAIN DRILLS. 



These are nearly all of new styles of seeding ma- 

 chines, and in some cases show a wide divergence 

 from the grain drill. McSherry, Eneisley & Co., 

 of Dayton, Ohio, took the silver medal. 



BROAD CAST GRAIN SOWER. , 



Gatt, Tracy & Co., of Sterling, took the silver 

 medal. 



CORN PLANTERS. 



Now comes the tug of war, juft where the great- 

 est excitement exists. Ten entries. The commit- 

 tee are at loggerheads with the competitors, hav- 



