OTAGO AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2464, 30 November 1886, Page 2

OTAGO AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Implements, Stand No. 1, first on the right hand as i one enters the main gate, is occupied by Messrs Beid and Gray. Tho oxlubits of this firm are scarcely bo numerous as last 1 year, when tliey had an extra lot of goods out of atock -in view .of the Wellington Exhibition thathad boon held just pre* viously; but the assortment is a complete one, and comprises rnuoh that will : interest country folk. We may mention i that three-fourths of theT&plemento j shown in this collection were taken at | haphazard from, the general (took, and / were not specially "got up" with paint and putty for thiß show. It will bo observed that the Clayton and Shuttle* 1 worth threshing-mill seen in motion I is driven. w\th a patent link-jointed j leather bolfc that ia, we are in- h formed, ooming into general uae in; England, being in demand on aocount of its strength and flexibility. A ainglofurrow lever plough that , will attract attention has.boeu designed specially to compete with the American sulky plough, and testimonials as.tajtkgfflciency havo, beenjreceived from as farftfcy as Queensland, from which colflnyleveral orders havo recently been received, Another specialty in this collection is a force-feed broadcast sower with turnip cannisters and chain harrows, for .which it is claimed that, owing to the-altered mechanism, there is absolutely no poasibity of the . maohine getting choked or sowing irregulary, no matter.how inattentive the driver may be. This impliment is now in its third season; but the appliance referred Ito is new. Tho double-drill W<p asd manure-sower has not been previously. Its specialty is twKfth th# rollers are driving rollera, whichii considered an improvement on having the machine driven from one: roller. The guano,..can be put in to any depth required, and the seed is sown .behind the guano, and can bo'put in liglitor. Attention to a set of dlw harruws and need-sower,, whioh, though raade.aa a combiiiJtiou machine, can be converted into two separate ones without difficulty, Tho novelty about this implement in that n particularly strong spindl? has been fitted in—one that is stiff enough to oarry .tty harrow with only two bearings, on? at each end. Thii simplifiei the affair. The doing awMrwith bushes between the discs is a disflt' advantage, as.these 'bushes are aplrto gather 4 lot of dirt and obstruct the progress of the machine, The chaff-cutter and bagger on . carriage is fitted with a patent brake, to adjusted that the risk of spilling the chaff when taking off the bag is reduced to a minimum. The manufacturers daim that this implement will do as much work as any of the double baggers. To show the satisfaction these machines are giving, it may bejmenti&ned that the firm have disposed.'less than fifty,during the past eighteen months, two of them having gone to Victoria, The,reaper and 'binder shown js one for twine binding, and is'fcertainly a model of strength and convenience,— Evening Star.