be  shiat  out  of  all  chance  for  possible  awards.  I 
c.annot  see  why  such  men  do  not  club  together 
and  make  the  exhibition  competitive,  lea\iug  out 
such  as  arc  oppo.sed  to  it  ailtogethcr.  Of  course 
the  grounds  will  be  free  to  all :  but  tliis  would 
not  inlcrfore  with  that  freedom  in  the  least. 
Why  Mr.  Geddcb  did  not  resign  as  soon  as  the 
Cominission  showed  the  cloven  foot  on  this  mat¬ 
ter  would  bo  a  mystery  to  luu  did  I  not  know  that 
tlie  Iin))lemont  men  were  auxious  to  show  their 
machines  at  work  aTid  wore  rinually  anxious  that 
a  man  of  his  experience,  judgment  and  faiimess 
should  manage  such  exhihition.  To  a  man  lilie 
him.  these  are  ]ioworful  reasons.  In  conclusion, 
permit  me  t(j  K.ay  that  every  machine  should  en¬ 
ter,  as  it  is  highly  probable  that  the  Jury  intend 
to  he  present.  Snouruonx. 
While  various  side  shows  and  feeding  shops  have 
received  everything  they  asked  with  a  little  more 
thrown  in  for  good  measure,  this  Agricultural 
Department  has  been  obliged  to  go  through  a  pro¬ 
cess  like  pulling  teeth  to  get  even  jiaasahlo  recog¬ 
nition.  In  the  first  place,  their  huilding  site  was 
pbwied  in  the  extreme  back  part  of  the  grounds 
and  is  about  the  mo.st  miserable  structure  of  tlio 
Kxliibition.  It  is  .about  half  the  size  it  should 
he  and  almost  literally  pasted  together. 
An  interest  of  as  nnich  importance  as  this, 
representing,  as  it  does  l.rrgely,  that  which  is 
good  in  cUizcjiship,  moral  in  chai'acter,  and  luo- 
ductive  of  the  wealth  and  soliility  of  the  nation, 
should  not  be  looked  ujmu  as  entitled  to  le.ss 
consideration  tliau  the  Barnnm-show  part  of  this 
great  luhn  natioiial  Exhibition.  Yet  the  s1j<.iw 
part  is  inodu  more  prominent  and  receiv<is  vastly 
more  attention  from  the  Commission  tlian  the  pro¬ 
ducing  interest.  They  seem  to  think  that  eacli 
man  who  wears  the  badge  of  Agricnltmal  Hall 
has  “  hay  seed  in  liis  hair  ”  and  lhat  they  areltound 
to  give  him  the  go-by.  The  visihu's,  however, 
iliuik  very  differently.  One  has  only  to  watch 
the  intelligent  and  solid  appearance  of  those  who 
are  generally  foimd  in  tliLs  Department  to  ap¬ 
preciate  the  clas.s  and  kind  of  poojjlo  who  are  in¬ 
terested  in  it.  These  i)eoplc  come  to  learn  and 
not  to  he  atiiused.  The  various  eating  houses  and 
hom“  8ho]>s  Inive  for  them  no  meaning,  except  as 
a  poHsildo  convenience  when  constant  motiou  has 
made  tliein  hiiugi-y  or  thirsty. 
But  somebody  must  be  dissatisfied,  and  I  sup- 
ya)SG  the  (Commission  calculate  tliat  those  people 
who  st  ay  at  home  aud  mind  their  own  business, 
as  the  agricuUmal  class  do,  are  the  safest  p<^o- 
plc  to  snub  and  perhaps  they  will  never  discover 
their  niistako.  There  is,  however,  a  sliglit  mut¬ 
tering  of  tUstant  thunder,  w)ii<;li  may,  iti  time, 
develop  into  a  storm  of  dissatisfacstion  about  the 
Comiuissiou.  The  last  cuhikI  may'  break  the 
s/rmo’s  back,  then- — stand  from  iindor  ! 
DAIRY. 
The  building  for  tlio  Dairy  display  is  now’ 
nearly  completed  and  some  exhibits  liavc  already 
arrived.  Jn  ooiiversation  with  several  of  the 
Executive  Ooiumitlee  of  the  American  Dairy¬ 
mens'  Association,  who  are  in  command  there, 
tlioy  claimed  tlial  the  IUtu.vl  Ni:w-Y'okker  had 
greatly  retarded  them  in  their  work  by  its  series 
of  articles  on  tJie  “  Conteimial  Dairy  Bing” — 
that  it  lead  produced  a  sort  of  distrust  in  the 
miuds  of  many  who  otherwise  would  bo  exhibit¬ 
ors  and  roaulUid  in  a  lack  of  iutorest  in  this  De¬ 
partment.  In  spito  of  all  this,  however,  they  are 
working  hard  and  intend  to  make  the  display  a 
success.  Tlio  .Towott  pans  arc  being  put  up  and 
the  Don  Clad  people  .arc  making  preparations  to 
erect  a  set.  The  ariangenient  of  tlio  building 
seems  to  be  a  good  one  and  Mr.  Pope,  the  buper- 
lulendeiit,  says  he  eau  lalm  us  good  care  of  the 
perishable  goods  as  any  Butter  ft’  Cheese  mau 
could  do  at  liome.  Mr.  Blaiuling,  t  he  Architect,  is 
conspicuous  tor  his  activity  and  seems  to  have 
worked  out  an  excelloul  plan  with  much  judg¬ 
ment.  Mr.  Harris  Lewwwas  on  hand  with  liis 
eye.s  open,  as  asiial.  and  if  he  didn't  quote  Hcrip- 
tinu  so  much  1  tliink  he  would  rnako  a  fair  Dai¬ 
ryman  some  of  these  days.  When  Mr.  Pope  sets 
las  teelh  and  says  he  is  going  to  have  a  good 
show  in  spite  of  all  the  opposition,  it  looks  as  if 
bo  meant  business.  Of  course  1  cannot  be  ex¬ 
pected  to  have  much  knowledge  of  your  actiou  in 
the  matter  of  the  "D.airy  Bing’’  of  which  these 
gentlemen  all  complain  so  bitterly  t  but  I  can 
see  that  the  Dairymen  of  the  United  States  will 
never  have  another  such  opportunity  to  display 
their  goods  as  this  one  is  and  1  should  advise 
them  to  send  forward  their  cxlnbits  and  each  one 
contribute  his  mite  towards  the  success  of  this 
Departmeut.  If  we  are,  at  no  distant  future,  to 
supply  the  world  with  Dairy  products,  as  some 
fully  believe,  now  is  certainly  the  time  to  jiusb 
that  iudusk"y  forwoi’d  and  the  Centennial  is  un¬ 
doubtedly  the  ]jlacc  to  do  it.  Let  us  have  some¬ 
thing  at  Philadelphia  which*  is  commensurate 
witli  this  rapidly-growing  iutercst. 
tions  of  points  applicable  in  judging  rakes  and 
tedders. 
A  scale  of  1()(KI  has  been  adopted  in  relation  to 
mowers  and  reapers,  hut  none  yet  decided  upon 
in  connection  with  rakes  and  tedders, 
I  also  request  a  schedule  of  parts  of  machinery 
comjjriHCid  in  the  construction  of  rakes  and  ted¬ 
ders,  each  to  he  taljulated  an<^  sent  to  the  manu- 
facturers,  requesting  them  to  atlix  the  measurti- 
nicuts  and  weights  of  a  list  to  be  given  to  the 
judges,  pi  be  used  by  them  iu  making  up  the 
awards.  Bosjiectfully, 
Bcknh:t  Landueth,  Chief  of  Bureau. 
j^rC.  Henry  Konky. 
Among  the  hits  of  information  developed  by 
my  investigations,  the  following  speaks  for  it¬ 
self  : 
I’UOI'OSICD  AORKEMENT  BETWEEN  nAUVRSTKU 
.M.VNUFACTl’llEU8  AS  10  OOAIf'KTITIVE  TRIAL 
A'l'  THE  l^ESTENMAL  EXHIBITIOS. 
The  undersigned,  manufacturers  of  re.'ipcrs, 
mowers  and  harvesters,  believe  that  a  oomi>eti- 
tive  trial  of  machines  at  tlm  HpproaeJiing  Cen¬ 
tennial  Exbibilioii  in  Philadelphia  would  he  .at¬ 
tended  with  much  expense  and  consumiition  of 
time  on  tlieir  piul,  and  require  their  att  ention  at  a 
season  wlion  it  is  m’geutly  needed  in  carrying  on 
their  regular  business.  They  are  also  of  the  opin¬ 
ion  that  no  siihstaiitlnl  bonelit  can  arise,  either 
to  their  husinesK  as  mnnnfaotni'ersortotho  com- 
muiuly  at  large,  from  such  a  trial. 
The  circumstancoB  uiidei’  wliieh  the  tri.al  must 
necessarily  tako  plac’O  will  not  afford  a  fidl  and 
fair  tost  of  the  relative  uuints  of  the  machines, 
inasmuch  as  the  Uiolingnishing  merit  of  one  nia- 
chino  over  anotlier  at  this  day  is  only  jiercoiitible 
under  exigencies  of  rongli  ground,  soft  gi’ouud, 
heavy,  hcaten-down  grain  and  grass,  or  other 
extraoidinary  conditions.  \Vliat.over  superiority 
one  machine  might  exliibil  over  otliers  at  such 
trial  would  probahly  be  due  to  unusual  accuracy 
of  construction  of  tlie  detailed  parts  of  a  ma¬ 
chine  made  with  a  siiecial  view  to  this  tri.al. 
Such  iK'Ciuaoy  of  workmanidup  in  detail  would 
never  be  uxlnbilod  iu  tho  ordinary  consU’Uction 
of  said  tnaobine. 
Upon  these  and  other  grounds  which  will  read¬ 
ily  occur  to  mamif.actnrers  iu  this  depai  tment, 
we  express  ourselves  as  earnestly  opposed  to 
such  trial,  aud  do  hereby  agree  not  to  enter  into 
such  trial. 
(Signed)  ]).  M .  osaoKN  &  Co. 
L.  AUI.TMAN  lY  Co. 
AULTMAN,  Mll.LKR  &  Co. 
Aukianck,  Plait  &  Co. 
Kcsskli-  &  Co. 
Walter  A.  Wood 
Mowei’  uii'l  Keapliig  ilachlue  Co. 
About  the  first  of  Juno  the  jireparatioiis  were 
well  nigh  completed  and  Mr.  Geddes,  .Superiu- 
tendant  of  Field  Trials,  was  scut  for  and  order¬ 
ed  logo  ahead  with  his  estimate  of  expenses  and 
to  receive  his  entries.  Judges  wero  scluclod  aud 
their  names  submitted  to  the  Executive  Gom- 
niitleo  and  an  approbation  of  $110,000  asked  for 
witli  the  uiidcr.standiug  that  only  a  part  of  it 
would  be  used  and  a  large  part  of  that  which 
was  used  would  be  returned  in  entry  foes.  It 
was  estimated  by  Mr.  Geddes,  tliat  about  $5,000 
would  cover  the  expeuae  and  that  ho  could,  safe¬ 
ly  count  u[ion  $4,000  entry  loos.  This  would 
make  the  net  exjienso  to  tlio  Contoumal  Gom- 
raissioii,  hut  $1,000.  Imploments  were  sent  to 
the  grounds  l.u  he  ready  when  tho  day  arrived 
aud  a  large  amount  of  expenses  was  incurred  in 
such  preparations  by  tliose  who  had  entered  and 
intended  to  outer  for  the  couiiieutiou.  Up  to 
this  time,  as  nearly  as  I  eau  learn,  Mr.  Landroth 
aud  Mr.  Geddes  wore  totally  ignorant  of  any  in- 
tontioa  (if  indeed  any  sucli  existed)  on  tho  part 
of  the  Gommission  to  Uuosv  a  straw  iu  the  way 
of  the  trials.  What  was  thc4r  astonishment 
when  at  the  eleventh  hoiu’  of  the  last  day  they 
wero  informed  that  no  approiiriatJou  would  be 
made  and  no  Dial  could  take  ploiie.  Then  for 
the  lii’st  time  was  made  manifest  the  power 
behind  the  thi’one.  The  $2,875  already  sjient 
upon  the  grounds  is  wasted  and  the  largo  sums 
Bixmt  by  competitors  are  gone  for  uauglit. 
In  some  quarters  of  Agricultural  Hall  the 
feeling  is  very  bitter  against  tho  Commission  for 
thi.s  actiou.  Every  one  seems  to  acquit  Mr. 
Laudreth  eiitiiely  iu  the  matter.  They  say, 
however,  that  it  is  simply  a  fraud  upon  them  to 
permit  expensive  preparations  up  to  the  very  last 
minute  and  then  l  ender  them  absolutely  nugatory 
by  one  ai'biDoi’y  sweep — that  it  is  evident  to  any¬ 
one  that  the  financial  qnestion  has  not  produced 
this  result:  but  it  is  some  sDouger  interest. 
somewhei'0.  Of  course  it  places  SL'.  Landicth 
and  klr.  Geddes  in  a  position  of  conspicuous 
awkwardness  without  any  fault  of  thek  own  aud 
the  only  thing  left  for  them  to  do,  it  would  seem, 
is  to  roundly'  abuse  the  Conimissiou  winch  neither 
of  them  w’iU  do  so  long  as  they  hold  appoint¬ 
ments  under  it.  TJus  actiou  I  learn  is  only  one 
of  the  snubs  which  the  Agricultiu-al  Depai  tment 
has  received  at  the  hands  of  the  Commiasion. 
From  the  beginning  of  the  preparation  of  the 
ground  to  the  present  time  the  liigh  authorities 
seemed  to  have  looked  with  contempt  at  any¬ 
thing  to  which  >vas  attached  the  word  agriculture. 
Cljt  Crntcnniiil 
CENTENNIAL  CORRESPONDENCE, 
Atlas  Hotel,  1 
Philadelphia,  .June  15, 1876./ 
FIELD  TRIALS. 
To  see  the  grand  competitive  field  trials  of 
agricultural  implements  was  tho  ol^oct  of  my 
oomiug  here,  but  diHajipoiiitmcnt  alone  was  my 
reward.  I  have,  however,  the  coiisolatiou  of 
knowing  that  I  am  not  alone  in  this,  for  many 
people  who  have  sjient  considiTablo  lime,  labor 
aud  money  in  preparing  for  tho  trial,  now  lind 
thomselvoa  in  the  same  condition.  The  great 
Gcutennial  International  l’’icld  'J'rials  will  not 
take  place.  1  iiresumcd  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
would  like  to  know’  wliy  and  ‘therefore  did  my 
level  best  to  discover  the  cause ;  but  found  it  no 
easy  matter.  Hoping  to  get  bottom  facts  I  at 
once  interviewed  Mr.  Burnet  Landrelb,  Ghief 
of  liiircaii  of  Agriculture.  Wluln  I  found  him  a 
very  jileasant  geiitlomuu.  1  failed  to  get  many 
facts  from  him  as  lie  did  not  desiro  to  say  or  do 
anything  whicli  should  look  like  disrespect  to  his 
superiors  ami  cvelcntly  seemed  to  think  tliat  a 
full  stateincnl  of  facts  would  place  tho  Centen¬ 
nial  Executive  Gommittco  in  no  vci’y  favorable 
light  before  the  public  as  to  tJiis  one  subject  at 
least.  Left  to  my  own  resources  J  was  obliged 
to  get  them  from  Mr.  Geddes,  Superintendent  of 
Field  Trials  and  tho  exliibitors  themselves  who 
are  interested  in  tho  subject. 
It  seems  that  as  early  us  August  2U,  1875.  those 
trials  became  a  fixed  fact  as  will  be  seen  by  the 
following  extract  from  a  circular  of  that  date. 
Field  Trials.  —  Man ii fact mers  designing  to 
compote  iu  the  field  will  be  at  liberty  to  use  the 
maclnne  or  maclimes  placed  by  them  on  exliib- 
ition  ill  the  Agriunltnral  Building,  or  may  use  a 
hiss  costly  one,  provided  it  is  identical  in  cou- 
sDuction  and  working  parts. 
August  20th  1875. 
Iu  addition  to  Ibis  Mr.  Laudreth.  by  authority 
of  the  Ooimnission,  Jiired  aud  caused  to  be  plant¬ 
ed  with  gr.asses  and  graiu,  ninety-four  acres  of 
land,  just  outside  of  Hid  city,  foi’  the  jiurposo  of 
these  Dials.  For  rent,  labor,  fertilization  aud 
iuciduutal  experisea,  tlie.so  lands  have  cost  up  to 
date  the  sum  of  $2,875. 
As  soon  as  the  competition  became  a  fixed 
fact,  tlie  woik,  prossnre.  influence  aud  pipe  lay¬ 
ing  with  the  Commission  began.  Quito  a  num¬ 
ber  of  the  large  mamifaelurors  who  had  already 
received  many  valuable  awards  began  to  do  uU  in 
their  power  to  prevent  their  occurrence,  covertly 
at  first  and  subsequently  in  an  open  and  undis¬ 
guised  manner.  Tneso  men  had  eveiy  thing  to 
lose  aud  nothing  to  gain.  Slioukl  a  new  imple¬ 
ment  or  QUO  comparatively  unknown  c.arry  off  an 
award,  it  would  depreciate  the  value  of  those 
which  //tei/  had  aU’eady  oht’aiued.  With  these 
powerful  incentives  the  ob.structors  worked  like 
beavers.  They  caused  the  Centennial  Comniis- 
missiun  to  bo  oflleially  and  personally  flooded 
with  letters  containing  reasons  why  Field  Trials 
should  not  take  place.  They  set  intluential  men  to 
talk  to  tho  Excentivo  Coinmittoo  for  tho  same 
purpose  aud  did  everything  whieli  nieu  of 
their  ability  and  brains  (and  the  implement  men 
of  this  couuDyare  about  the  'nrighlest  wo  have) 
could  deviso  as  a  prevoutive.  They  .seem,  how¬ 
ever,  to  have  failed  in  receiving  any  decided  ex¬ 
pression  of  opinion  Dorn  any  of  the  Executive 
Committee  aud  began  to  think  that  the  Trials 
were  a  certainty.  Nearly  all  this  work  of  ob- 
etrucUou  was  done  covertly  and  without  tlio 
knowledge  of  Mr.  Landretli  who  was,  iu  the 
meantime,  going  ahead  with  his  preparations  in 
accordance  with  tho  original  intentions  of  tho 
Comimssiuu. 
Finding  themselves  doubtful  of  success,  a  con- 
veution  was  called  ostensibly  for  thepui’pose  of 
devising  and  proposing  a  plan  of  operations  by 
which  a  faD  Dial  could  be  had  aud  just  awards 
could  bo  uiade,butia  point  of  fact  entering  another 
obiDuciing  wedge  to  any  D-ials  being  had.  What 
was  accouiplinhed  can  now  he  seen,  though  at 
the  time  of  the  couveuDon  it  ivas  only  partially 
disclosed.  BtiU  the  careful  preparations  under 
tho  imoiodiatD  supervision  of  ;\Ir.  Laudreth,  who 
seems  to  do  ail  his  woi'k  carefully  aud  conscieu- 
tloualy  aud  to  perform  au  immense  amouut  of  it 
too,  were  steadily  progressing  and  the  following 
circular  was  issued  to  exhibitors : 
CIKCOLAK  LETTER  TO  EXUtBlTOBS. 
Gentlemen  ; — ^The  Couteuuial  Commission 
have  provided  for  a  field  Dial  of  rakes  aud  ted¬ 
ders,  aud  111  a  few  days  will  mail  you  forms  of 
euDy.  The  rules  of  the  Dcpai’tmout  of  Agricul¬ 
ture  will  admit  to  tho  full  Competition  only  ma- 
cliiues  similar  iu  consDuction  to  those  on  ex¬ 
hibition  iu  the  building.  If  you  have  auy  ma- 
chiues  uujer  jirocess  of  conslmetion  which  are 
not  ropreamtod  iu  the  building,  you  may  yet 
eiitoi'  them,  as  1  still  have  some  room  to  spare  lu 
the  section  appropriated  to  hay-making  macliiu- 
ery.  1  mail  you  au  eiiD’y  blank  form,  which  you 
Can  use  if  you  deaire. 
I  w  ill  be  pleased  to  receive  from  you  sugges¬ 
INSURANCE  NOTES  AND  NEWS 
Fnrinei's'  Cunt'iiciniefi. — Owing  to  an  unexpect¬ 
ed  increase  of  losseH  during  two  years  past,  sev¬ 
eral  at  tho  corap.aiuc8  doing  a  farm  business 
have  lost  lioiivily,  and,  ns  a  inoaHuro  of  safety 
aud  expediency,  have  been  compelled  to  ask  au 
increase  of  promium  rates.  One  company  that 
was  at  one  time  regarded  as  prosperous  aud 
promising  suffered  so  severely  from  this  cause 
that  it  has.  it  is  said,  taken  the  initial  steps 
toward  abandoning  tho  business  entirely.  It  is 
not  yot  decided  what  disposition  will  ho  made  of 
the  risks  now  outstanding,  hut  they  will,  proba¬ 
bly,  bo  assumed  by  some  good  coinpiuiy.  Tlio 
lesson  of  this  failure  is  twofold :  That  farmers 
cannot  he  too  careftil  in  ascertaining  the  actual 
CAinditiou  of  the  companies  asldng  tlieir  paDon- 
age,  fur  tliero  are  otliers  not  much  better  enti¬ 
tled  to  their  confidence  than  the  unfortunate 
allnded  to;  and  that  since  reliable  protection 
costs  money  and  cannot  be  bad  without  money, 
they  should  be  willing  to  pay  a  fair  ijremium. 
Ex.cluiH{/iii-'j  TJfn  PblicifH, — Whonevi't’  a  life 
company  quits  business  now  under  tho  most 
favorable  conditions,  the  holders  of  policies  are 
asked  to  exchange  them  for  new  ones  issued  by 
tho  reinsuring  oompauy.  This  is  vciy  general, 
but  it  is  seldom,  if  ever,  necessary,  aud  never 
either  safe  or  ]irofi table  to  the  insured,  who,  if 
they  do  not  sacriliee  the  accumulations  of  theu- 
old  polices  in  pai’t  or  wholly,  encounter  other 
and  uusiispected  dangers.  An  instructive  ca.se 
was  recently  decidwl  by  the  com’ts  that  throws 
some  light  upon  the  perils  of  this  sort  of  bu.si- 
noss.  A  man  insured  his  life  for  $10,000  with 
the  Empire  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  stating, 
among  oUier  things,  that  ho  had  no  serious  ill- 
uess  during  several  years  preceding — a  statement 
which  was  Uueu  sDictly  tine.  After  two  or  tlu’ee 
years,  dm’ing  which  he  had  a  severe  illness,  and 
of  which  ho  nearly  died,  tho  Empire  reinsured 
all  its  risks  with  Uie  Coutinciital,  and  required 
an  exehango  of  policies.  The  policy  tendered 
and  accepted  by  him  was  insured  (as  it  is  stipu¬ 
lated  by  express  tenns)  upon  the  faith  of  the 
representations  of  the  first  (and  only)  ajiplica- 
tion.  He  died,  and  the  Company  coiitosted  his 
cl.aim  hecauso  the  statement  in  regard  to  liis 
having  had  no  severe  iilncsb,  though  admitted  to 
be  true  when  it  was  made,  was  not  literally  ti'ue 
when  the  last  policy  was  usstuil.  Tho  worst  part 
of  the  ti'aiisaction— if  there  can  beany  thing  worse 
than  picking  technical  llaws  to  avoid  jiaying  a 
widow’s  claim  —  is  that  the  Continental  would 
have  had  no  sueli  defence  if  tho  original  policy 
had  heeu  in  existence  aud  in  force,  and  tho 
widow’s  claim  was  voided  by  the  act,  or  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  tho  act,  of  excliange.  The  best  way 
to  avoid  such  Double  is  to  hold  on  to  the  original 
docimieut  aud  obstinately  refuse  to  part  with  it 
upon  auy  terms  whatever.  There  may  be  one 
case  in  a  hundred  where  the  policy  holder  is  bet¬ 
ter  suited  with  the  second  policy ;  but  the  rule  is 
otherwise.  The  Company  would  not  consent  to 
a  change,  aud  would  certainly  propose  none,  im- 
less  witli  a  prospect  of  gain,  and  if  one  party 
gains  the  other  must  lose. 
Schenk  s  Station,  L’a.,  June  LOth,  1870. 
TRIAL  FIELDS. 
With  Mr.  Geddes  aud  hi.s  old  time  companion, 
Mr.  Willoston,  I  visited  tho  grounds  which  were 
prepared  for  tho  Field  Trials  at  this  iilaco.  Thei'e 
are  about  fifty  acres  of  wheat,  largely  Clausen, 
which  bids  fail'  to  he  a  heavy  crop.  The  ground 
was  carefully  fertilized  and  Gallup  of  the  Bick¬ 
ford  aud  Hoffman  Graiu  Drill  put  it  down.  It  is 
being  staked  out  into  plots,  as  the  inteutiun 
now  is  to  have  an  Exhibition  of  Agricult.iii’al  Lu- 
plainonts,  oven  if  the  competition  has  bi-en  given 
up.  Probably  the  jury  of  that  Depm’tuient  will 
attend  in  order  that  they  may  see  tlio  maehhies 
at  work  and  thus  form  a  more  jierfect  idea  of 
their  relative  merits. 
The  grass  consists  of  about  foity-seven  acres 
aud  is  now  in  good  condition  for  work.  The 
exhibition  will  begin,  under  the  dii’oction  of  Mr. 
Geddes,  on  the  26tb  day  of  June  aud  continue 
probably  for  ten  days.  Tho  dissatisfaction 
caused  by  fhe  prohibition  of  competition  iu  the 
field  has  not  abated  iu  the  least  and  it  does  seem 
a  very  unjust  thing  that  new  implements  should 
