MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER. 
^j)f  Criitciinial, 
CENTENNIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 
In  thk  Ohar9  Fiet.d 
At  ScnKNCK’s  Station,  1 
Juno  27,  197( 
3  Fiei.d  ) 
’ATION,  Fa.,  y 
27,  1976.  ) 
“Where  is  Mr.  Gotty.?  I  want  to  soo  Mr. 
Getty  right  away!"  Tho  perspiration  was 
streaming  down  his  face,  his  shirt  collar  wilted, 
coal  dust  and  cinders  in  every  crack  and  orovico 
of  his  physical  anatomy,  and  hia  general  appear¬ 
ance  was  that  of  a  railway  ti’avcller  on  a  hot 
summer  d.ay.  Having  expressed  the  question  and 
the  wish  in  tho  one  breath  ho  had  left,  ho  looked 
around  helplessly  upon  the  luiot  of  gentlemen 
standing  near  him  fin-  a  reply.  Finally  one  of 
the  group  interrupted  the  operation  of  wiping 
tho  perspiration  from  his  face  long  onougli  to 
inquire  if  ho  knew  whom  it  was  ho  wanted  to 
see.  “  Why,  yos.  Mr,  Getty,  tho  Hu[>orintcndont 
of  tliis  Agncnltura)  Machine  Exhibition. ”  Then 
a  liglit  burst  in  upon  the  group,  and  tho  same 
one  replied,  “  Oh  !  It’s  Jim  Goddes  you  want  to 
to  BOO.  Tliat  florid  gentleman  talking  over 
there,  Imsy  about  those  mowers,  that  is  your 
man."  Then,  turning  to  his  companions,  who 
were  all  using  their  handkerchiefs  upon  their 
perspiring  faces,  lie  said,  ‘‘That’s  a  good  joke 
on  Jim.  Some  call  liim  Getty,  some  Giddy,  and 
some  Gijrdy,  but  it's  Jim  frorldes  they  mean  all 
the  time."  This  was  one  of  tho  little  incidents 
which  were  of  constant  occurrence  iipini  the 
field  of  trial,  whicli  should  properly  he  named 
the  second  Gettysburgh. 
All  tho  RimAi.'a  mailers  have  seen  mowing 
macliines,  reapers  ami  hay  rakes  ;  but  probably 
very  few  of  them  have  soon  a  dozen  or  so  of 
each  drawn  np  in  lino  of  battle,  “eager  for  tho 
fray."  Now  •'  fray"  Is  not  tlie  proper  term  liere, 
for  the  Gentennial  Gornmission,  in  all  their 
mighty  wisdom,  have  “frayed”  the  thing  all 
ont  and  loft  a  comparatively  empty  show. 
It  must  bo  distinctly  understood  tliat  this 
thing  is  in  no  sense  a  trial,  but  simply  an 
hibiiion.  Tho  man  who  exhibits  his  itnplements 
in  Agricullnnil  Hall  on  the  Gentennial  grounds 
and  docs  not  come  here  at  all,  is,  in  strict  justice, 
as  much  ent  itled  to  an  award  as  the  one  who  sots 
his  mactiine  to  work  hero  and  does  yenmari  ser¬ 
vice.  Hut  mo.sl  Agricultural  Implement  Manu- 
woll  and  I  soon  transferred  ray  share  to  more 
favored  individuals.  Forty-seven  acres  of  solid 
sunshine,  ninety-eight  to  the  square  inch,  never 
did  agree  with  mo  very  well  at  this  season  of  tho 
year. 
There  is  one  noticeable  feature,  however,  of 
this  Show — everybody  is  good-natured  and  well- 
behaved,  oven  tho  newspaper  (iorrospondents - 
ahem  !  Mr.  Coleman,  tho  ropresentativo  of  Mrs. 
Victoria  Hex.  works  voiy  industriously,  if  not 
methodically.  Mr.  OldondorIT,  whom  the  Argon- 
Uno  Gonfodoratiou  some  years  since  imported 
from  tho  domain  of  Kaiser  Wilhelm,  seems  to  bo 
Sir.  Coleman  maintained  to  bo  a  ti/phoon.  What 
was  tho  Jndgmont  of  tho  tents  and  flagstaff s,  I 
cannot  tell,  but  they  were  certainly  “down  on 
it."  It  is  unnecessary  for  mo  to  say  that  at  tliis 
particular  juncture  tho  little  alTair  was  adjourned 
for  tho  day. 
Juno  ‘20. 
Iliiy  niki'H  to  rlirht  of  them, 
Huy  rultiiu  to  )cft  of  theiii. 
Huy  riilcc*  In  frnnLof  them, 
UoIltKi  anil  thmnicrefl, 
Ntormnd  at  with  .shot  and  ~ 
Well,  there  were  not  six  hniuhed  of  them,  but 
a  goofUy  number.  Mr.  Coleman  took  tho  rakes 
and  Mr.  OldcndorlT  the  rest  of  tho  mowers,  and 
THK  CATEnPIIihAIl. 
facturers  are  proud  of  their  productions,  and 
want  to  show  to  the  whole  world  and  his  brother 
what  can  be  done  by  them, — honoo  this  lirhi- 
bition. 
Quite  a  number  of  tho  jurors  were  present  on 
tho  ground  to-day,  un-l  the  mowers  wore  startetl 
off,  without  much  nmthod  and  with  no  pre¬ 
arranged  plan.  litr.  Landroth  and  Mr.  Geddes, 
with  his  sternly  Lieutenant,  Mr.  Williston,  did  all 
they  could  to  make  the  Exhibition  pleasant,  both 
to  Exhibitors  and  visitors  ;  tmt,  as  ttiere  was  no 
objective  point,  it  seemed  up-hill  work.  So  far 
I  fail  to  see  exactly  what  tho  whole  thing  is 
about. 
June  ‘23. 
Now  I  begin  to  got  a  glimmering  of  an  idea  of 
what  all  this  thing  moans.  No  awards,  no  pre¬ 
miums,  no  trial,  a  report  perhaps  —well,  it 
must  bo  an  immense  machine  pic-nic.  Vos,  that 
is  just  what  it  is.  Capt.  Landroth  soems  to  en¬ 
joy  it  hugely.  On  tho  Hold  ho  is  ubiquitous. 
Mr.  Coleman  of  England,  tho  Chairman  of  tho 
Jury,  oallod  for  a  roller.  Like  everything  else 
required  of  tho  Suporintoiident,  it  w:vs  at  once 
furnished.  It  was  then  started  into  tho  grass 
and  tho  various  machiiies  were  each  in  turn 
started  in  after  it. 
Now  I  don’t  know  whether  I  ought  to  begin  ; 
telUng  you  tho  thiugs  I  don’t  understand,  for 
fear  your  paper  would  not  be  large  enough  to 
hold  them  all ;  but  certainly  1  cannot  fathom  the 
object  of  this  move.  If  it  was  to  show  ju.vt  how 
poorly  the  best  machine  csjuld  out  under  adverse 
circumstances  it  was  a  perfect  success.  Perhaps, 
however,  they  always  roll  their  grass  in  England 
just  before  cutting,  and  then  run  their  machines 
the  same  way  us  the  roller  to  make  tlioso  heavy 
English  horses  thoroughly  earn  tiieir  oats  each  f. 
day.  Rome  one  of  the  Implement  men  suggested  \ 
(and  tliey  are  always  making  ridiculous  sugges¬ 
tions  of  some  kind)  that  It  would  be  a  good  idea 
to  yoke  a  pair  of  oxen  to  a  loaded  stonehoat  and 
send  them  in  ahead  of  each  mower.  It  had  one 
good  olToct,  however,  for  it  thoroughly  waked  up 
tho  exhibitors. 
Ah  soon  as  it  became  generally  known  that  this 
plan  was  tho  order  of  tho  day,  the  number  of 
little  impromptu  maebino  and  blacksmith  shoiis 
which  were  ostahlishod  along  the  lino  was  some¬ 
thing  surprising.  Nuts  were  unscrewed,  iKdts 
taken  out,  and  a  general  click,  click,  click,  started 
over  tho  field.  None  of  them  seemed  dosirous  of 
shirking  this  test  (?) ;  but  it  seemed  to  all  a  novel 
idea.  In  the  meantiino  tho  sun  was  growing  no 
cooler  very  fast,  ami  in  the  face  of  it  all.  the 
jurors  and  spectators  were  industriously  follow¬ 
ing  tho  implements  up  and  down  the  swaths. 
As  this  was  a  part  of  tho  show,  and  didn’t  cost 
anything,  I  took  a  little  myself,  hut  it  ilidn’twear 
^  making  his  examinations  very  conscientious] v, 
and  in  connection  with  our  owu  juror.  Mr.  Bruce 
of  Oregon,  is  endeavoring  to  find  ont  which  is 
tho  iNist  machine.  With  the  Jurors  roiiresenting 
Brazil,  Spain  and  Japan  my  interviews  wore  very 
naturally  so  limited  that  I  could  hardly  form  an 
opinion  as  to  what  they  were  doing.  They  all 
took  notes  in  their  respective  native  tongues,  but 
of  course  I  was  too  polite  to  read  thoso. 
To-day  tho  dynamometer  test  was  the  order  of 
the  day.  Homo  of  the  exliibitors  were  aatonishod 
at  their  light  draft,  and  some  others  never  said 
a  word  about  it ;  in  fact,  you  wouldn’t  think, 
from  their  convorsation.  that  tlicro  had  been  any 
such  tost.  Of  this  meiliclno,  however,  they  each 
took  a  dose.  Tho  instrument  used  was  that  of 
Baldwin  Eichonmeyer, 
In  tho  afternoon  a  mooting  of  exhibitors  was 
called  for  tlio  purpose  of  making  arrangements 
for  the  Harvester  Trial  in  the  wheat  field  next 
week.  A  committee  was  appointed,  and  they  re¬ 
ported  a  plan  of  drawing  lots  for  spaces.  Just 
before  the  luljournmont  Capt.  Landroth  gave 
notice  that  on  tho  6th  of  July  a  mooting  would 
be  hold  at  the  wheat  field  for  tho  purpose  of  or¬ 
ganizing  an  Association  of  Agrioiiltiiral  Im|>lo- 
ment  Mamifactiirors,  whiifli  should  have  for  its 
object  a  closer  intimacy  and  more  friendly  inter¬ 
change  of  ideas  among  them.  This  is  a  stej)  in 
tho  right  direction.  Heretofore,  at  cxtiibitions 
and  trials,  tliore  has  been  a  system  of  competi¬ 
tion,  or  rather  a  lacic  of  system,  which  has  been 
frequently  tho  reverse  of  pleasant.  Of  course 
on  these  occasions  large  intorests  are  at  staltc 
and  feelings  are  apt  to  run  high.  Hhonld  an 
AsHOiuation  of  this  kind  he  formed,  however, 
rules  ami  regulations  for  trials,  modes  of  tost 
and  scales  of  points  coukl  bo  adopted,  whicli 
could  he  used  at  all  trials  and  exhibitions,  and 
the  competitors  ami  exhibitors  would  know  ex¬ 
actly  what  would  bo  oxiiocted  of  them.  Had 
1  such  a  code  of  regulations  and  scales  boon  in 
existence  to-day  for  use  on  tills  field,  I  will  ven¬ 
ture  to  say  that  there  would  have  been  nmcli 
more  satisfaction  among  all  present.  This  body 
of  men  cannot  do  bettor  than  to  aasocialo  them¬ 
selves  together  in  a  society,  and  culHvato  those 
relations  wliich  will  oortainly  bo  fruitful  at  once 
and  beneficial  at  all  times. 
A  largo  hay  field  is  not  of  itself  necessarily  or¬ 
namental  ;  hut  conic  to  dot  it  over  hero  and  there 
with  Contonnial  Guards  in  their  blue  nniform.s 
and  reil  stripes,  tho  eye  is  satisfied  and  relieved. 
I  su[)poHo  these  guardians  of  tho  peace  wore  con- 
siderofl  necessary  among  so  many  manufactur¬ 
ers  ;  but  I  fear  tho  only  peace  they  actually  hail 
to  take  care  of  was  their  piece  of  bread.  Lieut. 
Bennett  s  urbanity,  however,  rendered  all  guard¬ 
ing  unnecessai'y. 
This  afternoon  tho  grass  was  fast  becoming 
hay  when  Perry’s  Tedder,  the  only  one  on  tho 
ground,  was  called  into  requisition.  It  did  its 
the  work  of  the  picnic  went  merrily  on.  I  mean¬ 
dered  around  among  tlie  groups  of  rake  owners 
and  inventors  ar»d  listened  to  what  they  had  to 
say.  That  is  tJio  wayhi  learn,  ami  I  believe  I  have 
learned  it.  Eikoh  individual  maohltio  is  a  little 
better  than  either  of  the  others.  That  is  what  I 
learned  from  their  conversation,  and  they  must 
know  all  about  it.  Oiio  says,  “  VVo’vo  got  it, 
boys !"  another,  “  I’ve  scooped  that  tielil,  fel¬ 
lows !"  Now,  if  this  is  not  convincing  proof  of 
my  position,  wluit  is  ? 
Tlie  morniu;;  was  devoted  to  rakes  and  the 
noon  liour  to  the  gentle  discussion  of  good 
olicer,  after  which  tho  solid,  substantial  work  of 
(he  Ibst  part  of  tho  Great  Iinploment  Picnic  was 
fiiiisliod.  Tho  world  will  never  see  its  like  again, 
miloss  Uie  great  Gontoiiiiial  Gominissioii  of  1976 
cause  everybody  to  believe  there  is  going  to  ho  a 
groat  (kmipetitivo  Field  Trial  and  Uien  April-fool 
them  again  about  the  first  of  May,  as  they  did 
this  time. 
There  was  still  a  piece  of  grass  standiiig  of  about 
fifteen  or  sixteen  acres.  For  this,  the  machines 
were  brouglit  out  in  lino  ami  all  put  to  work. 
Nuieteeii  of  them  started  olT  almost  siiiiuitaiic- 
oiisly,  and  if  over  grass  follindoulilo-quick  time, 
it  went  down  thou.  About  forty  minutes  served 
to  render  tho  grassy  lu’iiuio  a  level  plain— 1  al¬ 
most  forgot  b)  say— tlion  wo  all  w'ont  homo. 
J  aken  all  in  all,  1  he  Great  Picnic  was  a  success. 
Of  coui-se  it  would  he  out  of  placi;  for  mo  to  say, 
in  advance  of  tlio  re|)i»rt  of  tho  Jurors,  wliich 
implements  did  best  or  which  wei-e  particularly 
worthy  of  mention.  I  am  very  much  in  tho  jm- 
sition  of  the  old  toper  when  a  friend  refused  his 
firoffercd  drink  because  it  was  bad,  and  ho  said, 
in  plaintive  tones:  “  Don’t  say  that— there  ain't 
none  on  it  bail,  some’s  bettor  nor  others ;  but 
there  ain’t  none  on  it  bad."  Ho  witli  tho  ma¬ 
chines  exhibited  none  of  them  wero  bad,  though 
some  wore  bettor  than  others 
Among  tho  most  iutoroHting  features  of  the 
exhibition  wore  those  of  Hay-loaders,  Hay-forks 
and  flonvoyors.  ’I'hoso  are  comparatively  new 
implomcntri  in  their  various  iuiprovoments  and 
late  inventions,  ami  attracted  much  atloiition. 
Many  of  the  other  machine.s  have  developed  new 
features,  all  of  which  will  probably  bo  covered 
by  the  Jurors’  report,  and  will  eventually  bo  of 
great  advantage  to  the  farming  constituency. 
I  am  sorry  to  say  that  very  few  of  tho  Bucks 
County  people  attended  this  Great  Exhibition, 
held  at  tiioir  very  doors.  Why  will  people  re- 
fuse  to  le.arn  when  teaching  is  almost  thrust 
upon  them  ?  As  it  is  not  my  day,  I  cannot  even 
answer  this  conundrum  myself. 
Riiokthohn, 
• - ♦  ♦  ♦ - - 
CENTURY  BLOSSOMS. 
We  noticed  Wilbur’s  Direct  Draft  Eureka 
Mower  at  the  great  exhibition  of  mowers  in  tho 
'iv'  4 
THE  KKOAL  WALNUT  MOTlt — CEllATOC.AMPA  HEOALIS. 
work  well  and  made  almost  as  much  stir  among 
tho^ass  as  tho  action  of  tho  Gentennial  Com¬ 
mission  did  among  tho  manufacturers. 
Ihon  came  Hatan - no,  tho  hayi'akcrs  also. 
These  were  watched  with  much  interest  by  tho 
jm-ors,  and  would  liavo  been  thoroughly  tried 
but  for  the  sudden  appearance  of  what  .Mr. 
Goddes  tornxed  an  Amorioau  lephyr,  Imt  what 
field.  This  implement  is  something  of  a  now 
departure  in  mowing  machines,  having  tho 
’‘cutter  bar  " placed  between  tho  wheels.  They 
are  thus  enabled  to  use  a  six-foot  cutter  bar  and 
secure  a  direct  draft  by  gearing  each  wheel.  In 
operating  the  maohine,  one  liorso  walks  in  tho 
grass  wJiile  the  otlier  has  the  cleaned  track.  Tho 
miwhine  did  oxcellept  work,  and  althoiigh  it  has 
been  in  uso  for  eight  years,  tho  mower  is  not  as 
well  known  as  it  sbonld  ho.  Its  merits  demand, 
and  will,  we  think,  eventually  command  in8[»oc- 
tion  and  investigation  very  generally.  Tho  man¬ 
ufacturers  are  sanguine,  net  to  say  enthusiastic, 
on  tho  score  of  its  merits  and  publish  a  challenge 
to  all  side  draft  macliino  makers  to  mow  50  acres, 
tho  Eureka  agreeing  to  forfeit  #1,000  if  they  do 
not  show  a  superiority  in  tho  competition  on  tho 
proniiiiont  ami  vital  points  in  cutting  and  gath¬ 
ering  hay. 
Tiik  Double  iUnrooN  Hat  Fobk  mode  by  the 
Pennock  Mfg.  Co.,  Kennott’s  Hquaro,  Pa.,  lookotl 
as  familiar  as  tho  grass  itself  at  tho  Field  Trial 
near  Hchenck’s  Station.  This  lulmirablo  imple¬ 
ment  is  among  tho  exhibits  of  this  Company  at 
Q-12  Agricultural  Hall,  where  Mr.  Jackson  will 
always  bo  found  ready  to  explain  its  merits. 
In  tho  present  instance  the  fork  was  subjected 
to  a  severe  tost  by  tho  Committoe  and  oanio  ont 
of  it  brilliantly.  Tho  fork  has  gained  a  wide 
roputiitloii  diirbig  tho  past  six  years  and  received 
tho  indorsement  of  loading  agriculturists.  Being 
simple,  strong,  convoniont  and  durable,  witii  no 
exposed  parts  to  be  injiu'od  througli  coming  in 
contact  with  beams,  etc.,  it  penotratos  tlie  hay 
with  ease,  com  pressing  it  with  an  oven  pressiu-e 
from  top  to  bottom,  and  is  consequently  specially 
adapted  to  fine,  short  and  brittle  hay,  unbound 
hay,  barley,  etc. 
From  the  manner  of  its  hold  in  the  hay,  the 
forkful  being  wide  and  comparatively  shallow, 
separates  the  hay  from  tlm  load  witli  considera 
bly  loss  power,  placing  it  easily  in  tho  mow.  In 
I  its  luaoufactiu-e  constant  supervision  and  ooro  is 
oxerciscil  to  liave  every  fork  perfectly  made  and 
fitted  up.  The  matorials  used  in  its  construction 
lu-o  tlio  very  best  throiigliout.  Tho  wi-oiighl  iron 
used  is  tho  very  host  refined,  and  tho  malloabJo 
iron  is  made  by  tho  best  manufacturers.  At  tho 
Now  York  Fair  (Hopt.  1870)  this  fork  was  awarded 
tlio  First  I’reinium  and  Bronze  Modal. 
On  Wepnkhoay,  at  tho  Implement  Exhibition, 
when  one  of  onr  six  or  seven-foot  mower-men 
saw,  for  tho  first  time,  tho  roller  standing  in  his 
plot  of  grass  before  his  rnaohine,  ho  turned  his 
eyes  inward  for  an  instant,  then  exclaimed :  “  I’m 
ruined."  Ouo  of  tho  Jurors,  standing  by,  «ald  to 
him:  “Young  man,  there  is  no  medal  in  that 
machine."  Sic  transit  glorious  Wednesday  ! 
THE  ROYAL  HORNED  CATERPILLAR  AND 
REGAL  WALNUT  MOTH, 
Tins  is  ouo  of  tho  most  beautiful  of  our  North 
American  insects.  Its  seloiitillc  name  is  dernta- 
canipa  regalis  |  Fabr.  |  It  is  never  plentiful,  al- 
tliough  found  sparingly  over  a  very  wide  range 
of  country.  AlHiongh  It  has  received  tho  com¬ 
mon  name  of  “  Walnut  Moth,”  tho  eatorriilUrs 
do  not  confine  themselves  to  the  Black  Walnut, 
but  feed  upon  tho  leaves  of  the  Hickories,  But¬ 
ternut,  Persimmon,  and  some  species  of  the 
Humac.  Tho  moths  usually  appear  tho  last  of 
June  or  early  in  July  (Fig.  1).  The  foro-wlngs 
arc  olive  colored,  ornamented  with  several  yel¬ 
low  spots  and  veined  with  blood-red  linos ;  the 
hind-wings  are  orange-rod,  with  two  largo,  ir¬ 
regular,  yellow  patches  before  anil  a  row  of 
wedge-shaped,  olive-colored  spots  between  the 
veins  behind;  the  wings  expand  from  five  to  six 
liiohes.  It  is  altogether  a  magnificent  insect, 
and  HO  rare  that  collectors  seldom  allow  a  per¬ 
fect  specimen  to  osoapo. 
Tho  female  moth  deposits  her  eggs  on  tho 
leaves  of  the  trees  named  above,  but  only  lays  a 
very  small  number;  hence  tho  scarcity  of  this 
insect.  The  young  caterpillars  at  first  are  nearly 
black,  but  change  their  colors  at  each  molting, 
until  at  last  they  reach  their  full  size  (as  shown 
in  Fig.  2),  and  are  then  ti  «ly  formidable  in  ap¬ 
pearance,  although  really  harmless.  Their  gen¬ 
eral  color  is  green,  with  a  slight  yellowish  tinge. 
The  ten  long  horns  on  the  fore-part  of  the  body 
are  orange-colored,  witli  tips  and  points  black. 
I  These  caterpillars  are  solitary  in  Uieir  habits, 
seldom  more  than  one  or  two  being  found  on  the 
same  tree.  Mr.  Aniioi’  tells  us  that  tlds  cater¬ 
pillar  is  known  among  the  blacks  of  ttio  South  as 
tlio  “  Hickory  llorneil  Devil;’’  and  it  is  not  at 
all  strange  that  the  Ignorant  should  give  it  some 
frightful  name,  or  attribute  to  it  tho  power  of 
doing  a  person  bodily  harm. 
When  tho  caterjiillar  has  reached  full  maturity 
it  descends  to  the  ground,  burying  itself  in  it, 
forming  an  oval  chamber,  wlieroin  it  casts  off 
tho  prickly  skin  and  hecuiues  a  chrysalis.  It  re¬ 
mains  in  this  state  until  tho  following  yoai’,  when 
tho  moth  emerges,  tho  transformation  being 
completed. 
If  any  of  our  readers  should  happen  to  find 
one  of  these  caterpillars  tliis  season,  they  need 
not  bo  over  anxious  to  destroy  it,  as  our  ento¬ 
mologists  would  prefer  that  tho  number  should 
increase  lathor  than  decrease,  as  they  are  none 
too  plentiful  ill  cahinots,  nor  are  they  likely  to 
bo  for  some  time  to  come. 
