have named the "Original Etna Mower and Reaper." It is known that nearly every harvester in market possesses some valuable characteristic feature in itself, which, if combined with the good qualities of some other one, would undoubtedly make a better machine than either, but the hindrance imposed upon such combinations, by the patent laws of the country, has heretofore, prevented inventors and manufacturers from undertaking such projects, but, after long continued perseverence, we have succeded in the invention, lease and purchase of sufficient material out of which we have constructed the "Etna" machine. ETNA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SALEM, OHIO. Best sausage meat stuffer and cutter, Miles' Manufacturing Company, New York...... Best washing machine, Adams & Dearborn, Janesville, Wis..... Best clothes wringer, Shelby Manufacturing Company, Shelby.. Best mangle and ironing machine, J. T. Palmer, Auburn, N. Y........ 1 3 2 2 Best clothes horse, to occupy the least space, J. M. Hicks, Indianapolis.... 2 1 3 2 10 2 Best well pump, O. W. Marshall Best apparatus for raising water, Schroeder & Co., Dayton.. Best sash fastener, J. Hopkins, Madison, Wis...... There were 125 entries in this class. The following is the report of the committee: The committee find it very difficult to award premiums. We think the pumps should be classed: the best iron well pump and cistern pump; the best wood pump, and suction for well and cistern; and the best suction and force pump for general use; for there are so many kinds, and put separate on the grounds, in the same department. The dry houses the same way: the best for drying fruit alone, and the best for drying fruit, clothes, baking and ironing; they were well arranged on your ground and easy of access. We done the best we could under the circumstances. A. HELPMAN, This committee has made a thorough examination on washing machines and wringers and are satisfied that we have decided meritoriously and impartially. J. A. FIELD, Ch'n. Self-fastening roll for wringing machine, S. F. Emerson, Seville, Ohio, we, the committee, recommend this as a superior method of making a roller, and recommend the awarding of a premium on the same. H. E. Moon and Joseph Doan, of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, have invented an ingenious Machine for opening trenches for tile, stone or timber, by means of horsepower, which bids fair to relieve the farmer of much expense and labor. The Machine, a cut of which we give on this page, consists of a Frame and Upright Shaft, provided with a sweep, similar to that of a Sorghum Mill, to which one horse is attached This communicates its motion to a horizontal shaft, near the ground, by a pair of mitro wheels. Upon this shaft is placed a wheel six feet in diameter, constructed in the manner of a circular saw, which cuts the earth upward, and raises it as it is cut, each tooth bringing up near a peck of earth. At the top of this vertical wheel is mounted a wheel consisting of six arms, which revolves in a horizontal plane. On each arm is a conical ball or pellet, each of which enters into a tooth of the cutting-wheel, so as to push the dirt out, and it slides down on an inclined apron, and lies all on one side close to the ditch. The cutting and cleaning wheels run together like gearing. An anchor is placed ahead of the Machine in a hole. It is constructed so as to be easily carried forward each time, and yet it affords an ample fulcrum to draw the Machine forward. A tackle of inch rope is used, one end winding on a spool placed on the main shaft ; which spool is thrown in and out of gear by a clutch coupling. The horse walks round and round the Machine, stepping over the ropes which are near the ground, and crossing the ditch on a bridge which moves with the machine. The horse describes a cycloid instead of a circle, as in other horse-powers, and gets a new track at each revolution, cutting from nine to fifteen inches of ditch each time passing round. The Machine runs on four wheels, but a portion of its weight is supported on sills thirteen feet long, which slide over the surface of the ground, making the bottom of the ditch a plane. And the upper frame being independent of the lower, different depths may be cut down to thirty inches, which is the limit of the present pattern. The cutting apparatus is raised or lowered by screws, and at the same time has the benefit of the sliding sills. This Machine requires but one horse-power, and but one man to attend it; cuts the full depth, once passing over the ground, leaves the ditch open and clean on the bottom, ready to receive the tile. There were 80 entries in this class. The following is the report of the committee: The committee make the foregoing awards, and would say to the exhibiters that it was very difficult to decide, as they were all of a superior quality. SAM'L RHORER, AWARDS ON PLOWING. Committee. Best plowing, J. Epley, Springfield............. $10 J. P. Mumma.... by boys not over 16 yrs., Raymond Augustus Mumma, Dayton.... Best plow team, J. Epley..... 2d best 10 20 10 AWARDS ON VEHICLES. Best two-horse family carriage, Hynes & Swallow, New Carlisle, O................... 2d best do., Heiserman & Co., Urbana, O..... Best family carriage, H. DeCamp & Sons, Dayton, O....... one-horse top buggy, Menshausen, Corbett & Scharch, New York City... trotting wagon, W. H. Brickell & Co., Cincinnati, O............. $20 10 10 10 5 farm wagon for general purposes, John McElroy, Delaware, O........ wagon or carriage brake, J. McElroy.. 44 display of carriage wheels, hubs, &c., T. Royer & Co., Cincinnati, O There were 31 entries in this class. The Committee made no report. Committee-DANIEL UPSON, H. B. WRIGHT, J. C. JACOB. 2 TEXTILE FABRICS. AWARDS ON SEWING AND KNITTING MACHINES. Best knitting machine (Lamb Machine), Hulbert & Bros., Cincinnati, O. sewing machine, manufacturing, Grover & Baker, Bo-ton. Mass.... for family use, Sumner & Co., (Wheeler & Wilson,) Cincin $5 5 5 No. 2, Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co., Boston, Mass., 1 machine for general use, meritorious and deserving of a premium. There were 16 entries in this class. The following is the report of the Committee: We, the undersigned committee, as a unit, agree to award the first premium to the Wheeler & Wilson machine as a machine for family use. Our basis of judgment vary: First, simplicity of construction; Second, durability of work: Third, easiness in working; Fourth, stillness in running; Fifth, simplicity and completeness of its attachments; and for family ma hine, price not to exceed fifty dollars, we award the first premium to the Howe Sewing Machine Company, of Cleveland, Ohio;* and for manufacturing purposes, we award the first premium to the Grover & Baker machine. In this class there were four entries and only two machines on exhibition-the Grover & Baker and the Howe Machine-both vastly different in construction, yet both are well adapted to the purpose for which they are intended; and in attempting to do justice to one of these, in such a case, is but injustice to the other. In machines for family use there were seven entries-the Wheeler & Wilson, the Grover & Baker, Howe, Eliptic, Singer, Wilcox & Gibbs, and the Florence. The latter withdrew from the contest or waived an examination by the committee, but was afterwards recalled by the committee, when, by order of the Board, they refused to examine said machine. Best 10 yards woolen cloth, Greenwood Loom Co., Cincinnati, O.... $10 cassimere, W. G. Breene, (Wallace, Steubenville,) Dayton, O.................... 10 10 There were 22 entries in this class. The Committee made no report. 46 fancy chair work with needle, Mrs. W. H. Whitney, Toledo, O.... 3 fancy chair cushion and back, Mrs. S. M. Clingman, Dayton, O. 3 46 woolen shawl, Anna O'Brien, Dayton, O...... 3 "crochet shawl, Mrs. G. B. Coffman, Dayton, O......... This company disclaims the premium on the ground that they manufacture no machines for $50 or less. KLIPPART. |