Seringa vulgaris —Common Lilac. 
[The above are not selected in any order of 
merit, for which reason we preferred to give Mr 
Meehan’s lists separately to using them in the 
Rural Election. — Ed.1 
mend this new invention to the attention of our 
readers, who will be supplied with all informa¬ 
tion relating to it by addressing the inventor as 
above. 
3n to 60 per cent, in the price of their well known 
farm Hay and Stock Scales. This is a decline in 
prices that should meet the views of the moat 
conservative. Tt may be as well to add that the 
reduced price in no way affects the quality of the 
goods, which is kept up to standard and, in fact, 
a guarantee is supplied with scales when re¬ 
quired. 
Tt is a significant commentary on the altered 
times, that a scale which was formerly disposed 
of at 3160, can now be had for $60 : and if this 
remarkable decline is owing to the enforced low 
from the Centennial Commission, a board of 
city-bred men, self-selected and confirmed by 
their own votes, though claiming to have been 
created by the votes of the stockholders, could 
understand the handling of goods generally, and 
the construction of buildings for their display and 
sale, but were singularly deficient in all know¬ 
ledge of live stock, or of the requirements of 
a stock show: and worse, they wore not willing 
to give either the Chief of the Bureau or his Ad¬ 
visory Committee even courteous hearings in 
answer to their frivolous objections, so jealous 
were they of alittlobrief authority, and so puffed 
up with self-importance. 
When it was decided that the Ag’l Building 
was to be upon Belmont Plain, a plateau of thirty 
acres, the Chief of Bureau, as early as April 16th, 
1875, sixteen months in advance of tlio stock 
show, made a formal requisition for the reserva¬ 
tion of a crescent-shaped belt of land running 
around the interior or one-half of the fence line 
of this circular plateau,- his plan and that of his 
Advisory Committee being to locate the stock 
sheds in a semi-circular form, and in full viowof 
the Agricultural Building, the nearest point 
being about three hundred, and tho farthest 
seven hundred feet distant. The Chiof of Bu¬ 
reau and his committee did all things possible by 
resolutions, personal appeals and written pro¬ 
tests ; but. all to no affect, so self-confident were 
thoso in authority over them in controlling loca¬ 
tions, that they were masters of overy technical 
subject, and necessarily peed no advice. 
During tho consideration of the question many 
communications were made by tho Chiof and his 
committeo. some extracts from which I give, 
showing the bold stand taken by them in behalf 
of agriculture. 
On May 20, '75. the Chiof of Bureau addressed 
a letter to the Director General in reference to 
the advantages of deciding upon Belmont, pla¬ 
teau. and used those words : “Tho adoption of 
this position would be a recognition of tho im¬ 
portance of the live stock interests of the United 
States, and will tend to gain confidence ; but 
either of the other positions would bring scathing 
criticism upon all concerned in the administra¬ 
tion, and as a representative of the agricultural 
interest, and speaking for it, I feel constrained 
to offer this opinion most emphatically.” 
On the second of June, 1875, perceiving that 
tho Finance Board woro inclined to overslaugh 
agriculture, ho again communicated to his offi¬ 
cial head upon 1 ho subject as follows: “This 
question of an exhibition of live stock is of na¬ 
tional importance, and should not be trifled with. 
However desirable may be an Art Building, and 
all agree that it is highly so, it is really of 
secondary consequence to the vast multitude, 
especially west of the Alleghanics, as compared 
with livo stock, hence I beg you will see to it 
that no injury is permitted to the agricultural 
interest.” 
Not receiving any satisfaction or support from 
the Director General, on July 6th, ’75 he com¬ 
municated directly to the Board of Finance, and 
said: “Itis evident that breedors of celebrity 
will not take an interest in an exhibition where 
they would be placed in a location secondary to 
that of any other interest, confident as they are 
that the primary and secondary' products of ani¬ 
mal life take position sido by side with our fore¬ 
most industries * * * * I am confident that 
the owners of valuable cattle will not send them 
to bo hid away in a separate inclosnre. * * * * 
Add to the assumed value of neat cattle that of 
horses, sheep and swine, and there will swell up 
an exhibition of enormous value ; one that will 
be as attractive and important as any under tho 
auspecos of the Centennial Commission." On 
Aug. 17th '75, the-Chief of Bureau addressed 
the Director General as follows: * * * * 
“I beg yon to permit the Advisory Committee 
and myself to submit to yon the requirements of 
the case, and urge that the necessary prepara¬ 
tions he made. * * * * The tract of land 
within the inclosnre is fully large enough, and the 
only location to which I can cordially invite the 
stock breeders of the country, and the only one 
where they will be willing to exhibit.” Sept, 21st, 
’75, the Advisory Committeo, having made every 
personal effort to secure agriculture against a 
direct and apparently premediated slight, passed 
the following n solution : 
“ Resolved, That the Advisory Committee to 
the Bureau of Agriculture, International Exhi¬ 
bition, deem it indispensable to hold the exhibi¬ 
tion of live stock within the inclosnre of the 
Centennial grounds, and that they deprecate any 
attempt to remove it, as they believe if, will he. an 
attractive feature nf the general exhibition.” 
Tba Chief of Bureau, in transmitting the reso¬ 
lution, said: “The opinion that the cattle dis¬ 
play had better bo abandoned, rather than make 
a side-show of the greatest interest of agricul¬ 
ture, is fully sustained by every member of my 
Advisory Committee, and if the issue be forced 
against the oft-repeated proton Is of those who 
are in a position to know the estimation in which 
breeders hold their stock, and tho scorn with 
which such a position would be received, they 
have at least done their duty in tho case.” 
Thus far it Is evident, that the Advisory Com¬ 
mittee did do their “duty In the case,” and hav¬ 
ing watched with critical attention the workings 
of the Bureau of Agriculture, 1 propose in the 
next issue to show how they stood up to the 
mark. S. Mills. 
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT 1 
SUGGESTIVE 
Concerning painting, which ought to engage 
the attention of those who own anything paint- 
able, it may be well to say that now is the time 
to enter on a grand tour of inspection of houses, 
barns, and other outbuildings, with a view of 
rial. 
What, a slovenly, melancholy sight it is to 
travel through the country and see fine barns 
and other structures turning black with decay, 
when a little paint would have saved the build¬ 
ing and converted an eye*sore into a pleasing 
feature of the landscape ! 
Paint is certainly cheap enough, and as at 
present made, already mixed, any one can do his 
own painting without going through the for¬ 
mality of an apprenticeship. 
If any farmer who owns buildings such as we 
have described should read this, we hope he will 
go out, take a deliberate view of his slovenly 
surroundings, and vow ovor a new pot of paint 
that he will take a now departure. Jf he can 
get his resolution screwed up to this point, we 
don’t mind telling him that he can get an excel¬ 
lent article from any of the ugentB of the AveriU 
Chemical Paint Co., whose principal office is at 
No. 32 Burling Slip, New York, and as the cans 
in which it is put up are easily converted into 
paint-pots, he can go right up to his elbows in 
white lead before his righteous intentions have 
time to cool. “Are you going to paint?” can 
and should have but one answer. 
BUSINESS PROSPECTS GOOD 
Dayton, Ohio, March is, 1877. 
Mr. J. E. Winner, Friendship, N. Y.—Dear 
8ir:—Wo have this week loaded and shipped 
three cars of “ Wisner's Tiger Rakes” for Eu- 
rope; one oar for Sacramento, Cal. . one for 
Portland, Oregon ; one for Salt Lako City, Utah ; 
one for Chicago, and one for Baltimore, Md. Does 
not that look like business ? Yours truly, 
J. W. Stoddard & Co. 
THE CENTENNIAL LIVE STOCK EXHI 
BITION. 
DALLEY’S FOOD STEAMER AND EVAP 
ORATOR. 
After considerable delay I have been furnished 
from the Minute Book of the Advisory Committee 
to the Bureau of Ariculture, International Exhi¬ 
bition, with copies of certain resolutions, and the 
letters from the Cldcf of the Bureau to the. Di¬ 
rector General, transmitting them. The pro¬ 
ceedings of the Advisory Committoc, as given in 
the Minute Book, are matters of public record, 
and may therefore bo properly commented upon. 
The Advisory Committee, comprising gentle¬ 
men of high social position, and of experience in 
rural affairs, though occupying simply an hem 
orary post, wore tho delegated advisers of tho 
Chief of Bureau. Their selection was approved 
by the Director General, and a circular over their 
names, and countersigned by the Director Gen¬ 
eral, and by the Chief of Bureau, was widely dis¬ 
tributed abroad and at home; tlms they were 
officially recognized as occupying the position 
which the title of tho committee implied, and 
accordingly considered themselves as responsible 
for errors committed unless, overruled by higher 
authority. This, unfortunately, in the case of 
field trials and live stock, was the rule ratlin- 
than the exception, the fruits of which we saw 
in the farcical trials in the grass and grain fields, 
and in the empty stalls and deserted avenues of 
the live stock yards. 
The facts, in a nutshell, are that the several 
sub-committees of the Executive Committee of 
the Board of Finance, witli which the Bureau of 
Agriculture was brougLt into personal and official 
intercourse, were composed entirely of merchants, 
professional men and others skilled in the affairs 
of city life, but not one among them had any 
practical knowledge of agriculture, or was dis¬ 
posed to admit its full importance; objecting on 
the one hand to tho rental of the number of 
acres necessary to a complete competive trial of 
implements, and that too after such competitive 
trial had been officially invited from manufac¬ 
turers abroad as well as at home: and on the 
other hand objecting to the reservation for tho 
live stock show, of a most, desirable and eligible 
site in immediate proximity to the Agricultural 
Building, where all the agricultural objects 
might have been concentrated a feature most 
While no one denies that steamed food for 
stock is as important and beneficial as cooked 
food to tho other animal, man, yet the price of 
implements for making food of this descrip¬ 
tion has heretofore been a very great stum¬ 
bling-block in the way of their universal 
use. In this issue we give an illustration of a 
Steamer and Evaporator, the invention of Mr, 
Romain Dallev of Cleveland, Ohio. Notwith¬ 
standing the patent was issued as late as 1876, 
there have already been made and sold ovor one 
thousand of these steamers, which is tho most 
significant fact that could bo advanced to show 
that merit, when combined with a reasonable 
price, meets with prompt patronage. So unin¬ 
terrupted has been its success that, up to tho 
present time, tho inventor assures ns, not one 
complaint has been received. If a farmer is 
satisfied he is usually silent; but if there is a 
screw loose anywhere, how sharper than a ser¬ 
pent s tooth are the letters he can and will inev¬ 
itably write. Hence we feel justified in suppos¬ 
ing that the steamer has met and filled a want. 
This steamer is manufactured in the most sub¬ 
stantial manner, and is warranted to be first- 
class in every respeot. It is not only a food 
steamer, but can bo used as a sap or sorghum 
evaporator. The steam chest is two feet wide, 
six feet long and fourteen inches deep. It is 
light and portable, two men can carry it with 
ease. The steam chest can easily be removed 
from the furnace, and an evaporating pan placed 
in its stead. The furnace is made of cast-iron. 
The steam chest is a wood frame lined with gal¬ 
vanized iron, with a water chamber which holds 
six pails of water. Directly over the water is a 
false bottom perforated, which allows the steam 
to pass through the food you desire to steam. 
The general local form is very convenient, for 
filling or emptying. The furnace is adapted for 
burning coal or wood, and iB so constructed that 
all the heat produced is economized. 
Mr. Dallev also has a fruit dryer that can 
be conveniently used in connnection with the 
THE TAYLOR RAKE 
In our issue of April 1, 1876, wo had occasion 
to apeak of this excellent implement from a 
practical point of view. Its performances since 
havo continued to more than justify what was 
then said. Mr. Saylor. aB all know, is the 
father of Hay Rakes, having been fourteen 
years in the business, and if be had done nothing 
else, his idea alone should have netted him a 
large fortune. But not content with a brilliant 
conception, he set to and made a rake that is 
the peer of competitors. His attention was re¬ 
cently directed to tho foreign trade, and with 
his ueial push and vigor ho went Into Europe 
with the “Taylor,” availing himself of every 
opportunity to compete with the native and ac¬ 
climated rakes of other makers. The result haa 
been more than gratifying, as he has scored a 
fine success, taking more than seven first pre¬ 
miums in various parts of Europe. When we 
consider the conservative spirit of foreigners, 
wo can comprehend what such a record means. 
Mr. Taylor was specially honored at the Cen¬ 
tennial having taken the only special medal 
given to this class of implements. This distin¬ 
guished mark of approval was due to the ma¬ 
tured judgment of experts, who knew how to 
discriminate understanding^, and was suppli- 
mental to the regular reports of the Commission. 
The rarity of such awards, as compared to tho 
usual deploma distributed to deserving makers, 
is in itself significant, and a mark of high favor. 
There are now in actual use over 51,000 of 
these rakes, which is good evidence of the value 
placed upon them by the agricultural Commu¬ 
nity. It will pay to look into the merits of this 
rake before buying. Mr. Taylor’s large factory 
is in Dayton, Ohio. 
CHICAGO SCALES 
The Chicago Scale Co., as will be seen by 
their announcement, make a reduction of from 
