After the purchase of Dexter by Mr. Bonne 
for $33 000 in 18(58, and his withdrawal from the 
trotting track, the three great mares, Lady 
Thorn, American Girl and Goldsmith Maid, were 
considered nearly on an equality, and much curi¬ 
osity existed as to which of this trio would per¬ 
manently win the place of the abdicated monarch 
of the trottiog track. The first of the three had 
the strongest claims to the foremost place, as, 
barring Dexter, she had repeatedly defeated the 
best flyers, but great hopes were entertained of 
the Maid, as she has been steadily improving 
from her first appearance on the turf. During 
this period of uncertainty she was sold to Doble 
and Jackman for $20,000, and though very un¬ 
successful during the eaily part of the first sea- 
Bon with her new owners, later in the the sea¬ 
son, at Buffalo, she won, in a race for $10,000, 
in three straight heats, 2 19%, 2.19%, 2.19%. 
This was the first time that 2 20 had been beaten 
by one horse in three heats of a race. Shortly 
afterwards she was sold to one of the multitudin¬ 
ous Smiths of this city, whoso property she still 
remains. 
Since then, until her retirement from the turf 
for breeding purposes, at the close of the last 
season, her name has been constantly before the 
public in connection with the finest efforts of 
fleetnesH on the trotting track on every promi¬ 
nent course in the Northern States, from the 
Atlantio to the Pacific. A brief recapitulation of 
her best efforts is a record of the highest trotting 
excellence, not in this country only, or merely in 
these our days, bat in the whole world and in all 
the time that has been. 
1 She made, in harness, the fastest mile heat, 
at Mystic Park, B stou, Sept. 2, 1874, timo 2.14. 
2. The fastest second heat, at same place and 
time, 2 14. 
3. Fastest sixth heat, Hartford, Sept. 1, 187G, 
time 2.19%. 
4. Fastest two consecutive heats—2d and 3rd— 
Buffalo, Ang. 3, 1876, time 2.15%, 2.15. 
5. Fastest three consecutive heats—1st 2d and 
3rd—same time aud place, 2 16, 2.15%, 2 15. 
6. Fastest six-heat race, at Hartford, 8ept. 1, 
1876, Smuggler winning first two, making a dead 
heat with Goldsmith Maid for third, aud the 
Maid winning the next thr.e ; time 2.15%, 2.17, 
2.16%, 2.17%, 2 18, 2 19%. 
Industrial Jmplnnntts, 
AN EXCELLENT LAWN MOWER. 
Awhile ago we received a Buckeye Lawn 
Mower for Iri d. This is placed before the pub¬ 
lic this season for the first. As requested we 
tried it thoroughly with results which justify us 
in highly recommending its nae to our readers. 
The manufacturers, Mast, Foos & Co., Spring- 
field, O., claim that it is light and easy to han¬ 
dle ; that it requires very little power to drive 
it; that the grouud wheels drive independently 
of each other, and that either wheel will drive 
COOLEB CAN. 
the cutter; that it may be turned around in a 
very small space either to the right or left, and 
that it will continue to cut while turning ; that 
this enables the operator to mow around shrubs, 
trees and small flower beds ; that all the knives 
are tempered; that the machine is so constructed 
that one oau mow borders to walks or flower 
beds ; that all the working parts are encased, and 
it is not possible to clog the gearing or cutting 
with out grass ; that by a simple device the 
small roller in rear of cutter may be raised or 
lowered, thus regulating the bight the grass 
is to be out. Three sizes for hand are made— 
12, 15 and 18 inch cut. 
The manufacturers olaim for (thus maonine 
many other excellencies as to durability <fco., 
the justice of which oould only be tested by 
several seasons’ trial. As it is, wo are glad to be 
able fully to indorse the above oliims and to 
assure our readers the Buckeye Lawn Mower 
will not disappoint them. 
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THE COOLY SYSTEM. 
Tins system, devised by Mr. Cooley, is oheap 
and effective. It is the '• deep-setting” plan so 
much talked about, and the principle is that 
milk enveloped in a low temperature will cause 
the cream to rise quickly and completely. Na¬ 
ture mingled the cream globules, the casein 
globules, sugar, eto„ with the water of the milk, 
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each having about the same specific gravity. 
The cream globules are a little, but a very little, 
lighter than the water, and it left to Nature’s 
laws will slowly rise to the surface, the heavier 
particles displacing them. The cream globules 
are poorer conductors of heat than the water 
and casein of the milk, hence they shrink more 
slowly upon the application of cold ; if then, 
rake without pawle or ratchets, and its steel 
pins are nearly or quite proof against wear and 
breakage. Cast steel teeth, twenty in number, 
tempered in oil, are hung in malleable thimbles 
in the rake head, constituting, as is Baid of the 
hornet’s sting, the “business end” of the ma¬ 
chine. The dumping gear is locked in, and there 
is no question about its ability to hold. The 
THK BUCKEYE 
LAWN MOWER. 
cold is applied to the milk, the cream globules 
being acted upon in a less degree than the 
water, are hastened to the surface ; the watery 
portion being the most susceptible, chilis first, 
shrinks, and forces the oily part to exchange 
places with it. The larger cream globules rise 
sooner than the Bmallor because each globule 
is covered with a coat of casein which is heavier 
than pure butter, and the smaller globules 
carry a proportionately greater quantity of 
casein, and hence rise more slowly. This being 
the theory, it only remained to test the practical 
effect, and to this end the Vermont Farm Ma¬ 
chine Company have constructed an apparatus 
that combines both milk-vessels and milk-room, 
occupying for a dairy of twenty cows about the 
same space as a kitchen wood-box. The cans 
of milk (about 18 inches deep) are plunged be¬ 
neath water of a temperature varying from 40 
to 50° and the process may be said to be oom- 
pleted. The milk yields its cream quickly, and 
without the possibility of any deleterious effects 
from impure surroundings. The cans are not 
hermetically sealed, hut the loosely-fitting 
cover of the submerged vessel admits of suffi¬ 
cient aeration aud the purifying influence of 
the cold water acts favorably upon the milk. 
The slight difference between the temperature 
of the milk at the surface being about two 
degrees colder than at the bottom of the vessel, 
is found to hasten the process, sending the con¬ 
densed watery portion near the top downward. 
The milk after parting with its cream by this 
process, is as sweet as when drawn from the 
cow, and is valuable for feeding, or for skim 
cheese. It is olaimed that by this system the 
cream can bo handled within twelve hours, or 
in other words, between milkings. The plan 
has great merit, and those interested may se¬ 
cure further information together with illus¬ 
trations of the apparatus by addressing the in¬ 
ventor, or the Vermont Farm Machine Co., 
Bellows Falls, Vt., above mentioned. 
THE “REINDEER” RAKE. 
We are indebted for this improvement in rake 
and name to an enterprising manufacturer, Mr. 
Jno. Dodds, Dayton, Ohio, who places this im¬ 
plement before the agricultural public for the 
first time this season, after having submitted 
it to a thorough practical test the past year. 
We saw the rake for the first time at the N. Y. 
State Fair at Rochester, aud a careful inspection 
Beemed to substantiate the points made in its 
favor. 
The “Reindeer” is a self-dump, made un¬ 
der a lioense of a combination of patents that 
teeth will not drop back when not required to do 
bo. The rake is firmly br ;ced with wrought iron, 
and so strengthened that it cannot give down in 
the center. It is easily worked, and after dis¬ 
charging falls back into place with ease. 
Mr. Dodds write us to the effect “that the 
1 Reindeer ’ was tested and exhibited at all the 
important fairs of the country last season, and 
was pronounced a vastly superior rake,” and 
“ that the heaviest implement dealers in the 
country are handling it this year” Also, that 
“ the orders have been almost unprecedented, 
and will tax this extensive manufactory to its 
utmost to supply the demand.” We think it 
will repay our readers to investigate its merits 
more fully than can be done in this notice. 
TRE FOUNTAIN PUMP. 
The subject of illustration, Whitman’s Foun¬ 
tain Pump, is quite the most convenient little 
machine that has come under our notice. It is 
compact, emphatically portable, and adapted to 
so many and various uses as to make it a multurn 
in parvo. It is valuable to stock owners, is effect¬ 
ive as an extinguisher of incipient fires, is an 
admirable sprinkler for trees, flowers, plants, 
vines, etc. It will clear drains, and In fact is a 
coudensed fire engine, force pump and sprinkler. 
Its low price, simplicity and excellence of con¬ 
struction make it a most useful appendage to 
to the farm and country home. Mr. J. A. Whit¬ 
man, Providence, Rhode Island, is the manu¬ 
facturer. 
COOLER 
CUEIST. 
oover about all the points of excellence fou' d in 
the improved rake of to-day. Its construction 
is as t?ood as improved machinery aud the best 
mat eri i! can make it. The axles are cold-rolled 
wrought iron, with solid hubs firmly fastened to 
he same. It is said to be the only self-dump 
WORCESTER’S KNIFE GRINDER. 
The subject of this illustration is a little ma¬ 
chine that should find a place on every farm 
of any consequence. Its low price puts it 
within the means of all, and the claim of the 
makers, Messrs, Livingston & Co., Pittsburgh’ 
Pa., that it will pay for itself in a season, seems 
a not unreasonable statement. 
It is designed to sharpen the knives of mowers 
and reapers, and is, to that end, supplied with a 
solid emery wheel which is revolved against the 
knife at an exactly proper angle to get the re¬ 
quired edge without waste of metal, or loss of 
time. The knife is held in a suitable vise that 
always adjusts it correctly. Water may be used 
on the wheel, but in either case it is so con¬ 
structed that it is impossible to draw the temper 
from the steel. It is light and strong. A boy 
may carry it without inconvenience into the field. 
Its advantages are too apparent to be dwelt 
upon. The time and labor of one man are saved, 
the work is done more uniformly and quickly, 
and the knives may always be kept in prime 
condition. The makers guarantee every grinder, 
and add that it may be returned at their expense 
and money refunded if it is not in all respects 
satisfactory. 
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THOROUGHBRED SWINE AND HERD 
BOOKS. 
Since theNational Swine Breeder’s Convention 
was held at Indianapolis, Ind. in' 72, a commenda¬ 
ble interest seems to have been developed all 
over the country in perfecting breeds of pigs 
and in trying to maintain their purity by the or¬ 
ganization of associations and the establishment 
of swine registries. Both of these ideas were 
rocommei de l by the convention in the following 
report made by the committee on “ What consti¬ 
tutes thoroughbred swine.” “ In the absence c f 
any system of records by which pedigrees of 
swine are kept, your committee can only give an 
expression which, from the nature of the case, 
must be somewhat general. Only such breeds 
should rank as thoroughbred as are recognized 
in authentic history as of remote origin, and 
have steadily been bred in a line, resulting in 
the establishment of a fixed type, capable of 
transmitting itself with uniformity. Your com¬ 
mittee would recommend that the leading breed¬ 
ers of pure bred swine from breeders’ clubs, for 
the purpose of establishing herd registries, after 
the plan adopted by the breeders of thorough¬ 
bred cattle ,in order to secure greater uniform¬ 
ity, and to perfect, as soon as possible, the vari¬ 
ous breeds: J. P. Roberts, G. Sprague, Frank D. 
Curtis, Committee. 
Mr. Roberts of Iowa, while signing the repeat, 
regarded it as somewhat ambiguous. What is a 
remote origin? Some had said twenty years; 
and if that was the understanding he was ready 
to vote for the report as it stood. Mr. Moore of 
Illinois, thought the report should be more defi¬ 
nite. Some time should be given, and then the 
convention could understand what the report 
meant, and vote intelligently on its rejection or 
adoption. The public, two, could derive some 
definite idea from it. 
Mr. Curtis explained that in the nature cf 
thingB the language must be indefinite. Time 
alone did not form a thoroughbred race, hut care 
and skill were necessary. A breed would make 
more progress towards becoming established in 
five years in the bands of some breeders, than in 
four or five times as long in the hands of other 
breeders. Mr. Rust suggested that the language 
be amended so as to read “ Only such breeds 
should rank as thoroughbred as are recognized 
in authentic history as of sufficiently remote ori¬ 
gin, that when bred in a line to result, etc. The 
suggestion was accepted by the oommittee, and 
the report adopted. 
During the past winter, many of the breeders 
of Poland China hogs got together and orga¬ 
nized an association, and made arrangements to 
have a herd registry, so as to keep the pedigrees 
correct and the breed pure. Col. R. M. Hoe, of 
Morrisania, N. Y,, and Mr. Wm. F. Beaoh, of 
Jeffersonville, Ind., with others who are inter¬ 
ested in the breeding of small Yorkshires, have 
begun a movement to secure an association and 
herd registry for this breed. Hon, Wm. M. 
Holmes, of Greenwich, N. Y., and CoL F. D. 
Curtis, of Charlton, N. Y., have begun the breed¬ 
ing of the Daroo pigs, and intend to keep a cor¬ 
rect list of their breeding aud pedigrees with a 
view of perfecting this class of hogs, and of 
making them thoroughbred as soon as possible. 
Some old families of pigs seem to have run out, 
doubtless for the want of a registry and careful 
breeding. We remember the Byfield aud the 
Grazier as the old time families now not men¬ 
tioned. 
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