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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
(■September, 
The Implement Trial at Auburn. 
The officers of the N. Y. Sl:ite AgricnUural Sociely 
have uii'lenakeii to cuntluut :i trinl of iVInwers ;ind Reap* 
eis, whlcii would fairly le^^l the'-e in;u-hiues in sucli ;i way, 
an<l in so rn;tny different ways, that after tlieir repo-t ie 
before the public, every one giving careful altenlion to it 
may be ab'e intelligenliy to review every siep of their 
progrPS5, an I p;iss a fair judgment upon iheir com-lusions. 
The trial conimenctid upon ihe 10th of July, with the 
nnderftanding that the committee would sticli V* work as 
long as was necessary. The Society was ready on Ihe 
(lay apnninted, hut the exhiDitnvs were most of them be- 
iilii'i hand, causing fully 24 lioiii-s delay, and no small 
annoyanc^e and expense lo ihose who came from a dis- 
tance. The names of the judges are as follows: 
Hon. John Stanton Gould. Chairman. Hudson, N. Y. 
Col. B. P. Johnson. .Mbany. N. Y. 
Sanford Howard. Esq., Lansing, Michigan. 
E. R. Potter. E-q., Kingston, Rho<le Island. 
Prof. Pierce. Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass. 
Hon. Elisha Foote. E^-q.. Wiishington, D. C. 
Henrv Waterman. E'^q.. Hud^'on, N. Y. 
Hon, Ezra Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Hon. Sa.muel Campbell, New York Mills, N, Y. 
Hon. A. C. Conger. Haverstraw, N. Y. 
T. L. Harison. Esq., M<Mley, N. Y. 
They ae gt-ntlemen who are so well known and re- 
specied, that no one wili think of .<-nch a tiling as charg- 
ing intentional parlialttv to any one of tiiem. The compet- 
itors are. we iliink. perfectly sati&fied that the conimitiee 
mean to deal fairly by lUern. The Dynamometer (ilie 
instrument used for testing Ihe di augdt). employed 
is a triumph of meciianical ingenuitv, and is the inven- 
tion of Mr. Waterman, a inemi>er of the commiliee w ho 
ha< successfully u?-ed a laiger one ^everal years in testing 
the drauglii of locomotives. The instrument acts inde- 
pendently of jet ks, iqnaiizing ajid measuring theii' force, 
it records ihe distance traveled over, and the power ex- 
pended, so that aftei' a load, or mai-.hiiie has been moveil 
tmy distance, it may be seen at a glance how many ft-et 
the same ontlay of power would have lifted 1000 founds 
perpendicularly; if it had been so applied, We hope 
soon to gtvp onr readers a description of this interesting 
machine, w ilti illustrations. 
Tliere were 57 entries of Mowers and Reapers, includ- 
ing several en t ties from the same parties in eacli of ilie dif- 
ferent classes, as f n instance, the same exhioitor would 
show his machine as a mower, as a self-raking leaper, 
as a haud-raking reaper, as a combined mower atul reap- 
ci*. an I as a one-horse mower — presenting of course as 
many different machines. 
The v\riter w^ts present the first days of the trial, but 
CO j1 I nui remain ihroughont. The field work com- 
tnenced on the llth, and was contitnied f<»r more than 
two weeks. The mowers were tried first in a piece of 
badly lodged clover, each cutting an acre«and starting 
four at a lime. The Kirby was the only I-w heeled ma- 
chine we ."aw, and there was one. The Eureka, of novel 
const! iiction. \\hich sttuck us as havinu some \ery good 
points. The wheels are set as wide apart as the length 
of ilie .T or G foot cutler bar which is i>etween them, and 
the horses travel C I'eet or more apart, one close to the 
grass and the oiher in the standing grass. The grass, if 
heavy, is left neatly erect. All the most p')pular ma- 
chines were repie^emed, and llie work done, boih in the 
field mentioned, and in others, in grass 'ff 'li verse quality, 
was prevailingly excniifnt. The dynamometer tests 
have not lieen made puldic. 
In the grain fields, so far as cutting went, of course all 
tlie machines did well. The great inteiest centered in 
the mode-; of disposing of the cut grain. Hand-rakers 
woiked well, why should they not ?— Some of the .Sp//- 
Takers did well, but not up to tlie mark. Tlie Droppers 
merited and obtained considerahle attention and favor. 
These leceive the cut giain upon a series of long fingers 
extending backward at ri-^ht angles to the finger bar, and 
when a sufficient quantity has been accumulated lor a 
sheaf, the fingi-is arc dioppcd and tlie stubble pressing up 
between ihe fingers sweeps llie gavel off, while by a 
simple comriv.ince the falling grain is caught an<I h^ld, 
until the dropper is brought into its place again. This 
plan liis Ihe merit of cheapiies<5 and great simplicity. 
Thete was also a very interesting machine exhibited be- 
fore ihe commiltee, but not placed in C'unpeiition, upon 
which two bindets riding, bound the grain as fast as it 
was cut. It is the invention of C. W. Marsh, made by 
Stewart & Marsh (Piano. Kendall Co.. 111.). Stewart, an 
exceedingly rapid and expert binder, rode alone and 
bound the wheat for a sliort time as fast as cut, when the 
maidiine was driven very slowly. On the whole, the 
hand-rakers are regarded as a thing of the past, ihe drop- 
pers will probably take their [dace, and people will not 
be satisfied wiih self-rakers which do not deliver to bind- 
ers nt>on Ihe niachlue. Thf trial was a very tedious 
one, much more so than wa« necessary Some members 
of the committee evidently lacked practical sagacity; 
and the commiliee needed a good roieman. one who 
would do no work himself, Init simply direct others and 
inalie things po with spirit. Siill we have nodoubt of the 
great value of the results, whicii will be quite as great 
for the manufactuiers as for the purchasers. The report 
is not looked for before the Stale Fair, and we presume 
it will haidly be given in full at that time. During 
ttie niower and reaper trial, other impiements. hay 
teilders, hay forks, pre--ses, horse-foriis, hay lo.iders, 
etc., were exhibited, and after the trial they v\ere 
examined and tested by tlie commiltee. 
Contaitiinff a threat vartrtu of Items, uiciudntg many 
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OoTcrninent IjaiKl an4l I.inn(1 OT- 
Hccs— We have a good tnany letters asiiimj where the 
best Government lands are located. We pronardy could 
not express onr own preferences without getting a^ood 
of letters assuring us that the lands and pmspects in a 
1 ilozen other sections v\cre eqiial or superior. In most of 
I the new Stale*:, and those recently ihe seat of ;var, the 
people are ;mxious to liave settlers from Ihe old Siaies 
I come among tiiem, an I a leiter to the Governtnor Secre- 
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Troiil»le >vicU tlie Ornpc I^eaC— A. 
F. Gillelt sends us a grape leaf, upon which are many 
rough protuber.inces. asking what the tnm'deis. If he cut.** 
these open, he will find a minute larva within. We have 
seen this several limes, but never where we could watch 
its development and ascertain what the [wrfect insect Is. 
Snratog^a. — This resort of fa.<liionalde people 
anil invalids, win) ciowd its hotels ami one another from 
June to October, seeking heaitii in lis saline waters or 
atnusemem In the sr^iety they ihere form and find, (his 
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tiie State Fair. The fair pnnnises lo be of unusustl aitiac- 
liveness, and there are many things to inieiest and enter- 
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Nelson <fc Son. New York, w itli an historical and de-^crip- 
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lithographs, and form not only a pleasant souvenir, init a 
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Hog- Cholera.— I. Plaqnet,Ill3.,F S. Haskell, 
Mass.. S. B. Peck. Mich., and others.— The fallowing will 
ansv\er your queries, in regard to ff malady concerning 
which many things are betlei- known ihan how to cure it. 
Many names have been applied to tins disease, it lieing 
known in various parts of the world as '* Blue Sickness," 
or '■ Blue Disease." " Pig Distemper." -'Rpd Soldier,'* 
and *■ Hog Cholera,"' and veterinarian's liave tiieorized 
much on its nature. It first affects the digestive or- 
gans ; Ihe blood undergoes changes favoia'de TO transu- 
dations, whi.di occur in different parts of the body. 
SympMm?.— The first thing thai generally directs at- 
tention to the disease is the sudden death of pne or more 
pigs. On a cIo>er inspection the animals are noticed to 
lie dull, caring neittier for foo i nor water, creeping be- 
neath tiie straw oi" into some dark place ; ihe head i< held 
low. and the ears drooping. Signs of :»b<lomina! pain are 
ofien well marked, and. as a rule, there is a disposition 
to lie on the belly. The animals are niuier some circum- 
stan'-es wdld. frantic, or quite unconscious. There is 
occashinally violent retelling or vomiting of food or 
mucus, and bile. In itic early stage, the freces are of 
normal consistence ; urine, pale; later, diarrhosa sets in, 
excretieiits becotnins dark and fetid. The pulse beats 
frniii ion to 120 pp'- minnie. the action of the heart being 
barely perceptible. A staring lo.ik. tendency to press 
on the abdominal organs, rolling about, inability to stand, 
etc.. are indicative of increasing pain. There is a slrign- 
lar jerking or spasmodic breathing in all cases, complicat- 
ed by congestion of the lungs. Amarkel weakness of 
ti»e hind quarters Is observed from the commencement of 
the attack. The animal slaggeis. its limbs cross each 
othei.and at la-^t are paralyzed. It can n-it squeal or 
grunt, and thei-e is a subdue I hacking cough. Blood 
setiles in the skin more or less over ih'- whole Imdy. dis- 
coloilng ihe?'kinaiid mucou' membranes sometime be- 
fore death ; this gave origin to the mime '• B ne Disease.'* 
