Transactions Of Jefferson County Agricultural Society Fifty First Year Of Societys Existence For 1868

Author : Housatonic Agricultural Society
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666586797
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Download or read book Transactions of the Housatonic Agricultural Society, for the Year 1868 written by Housatonic Agricultural Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Housatonic Agricultural Society, for the Year 1868: Including the Address of Hon. George B. Loring, of Salem, at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Cattle Show and Fair, Held at Great Barrington, Mass;, September 30th, and Oct; 1st and 2nd, 1868 N ow over this condition of labor and society, we as farmers enjoy an immense advantage. Whatever improvements are made, redound to thebenefit of the whole, and grow out of the stern and insatiable demand of the whole, for every means by which they can be aided in their work. On this account we have already outstripped the best countries of Europe in some of our agricultural Operations, and in the most important inventions. For instance, American reaping and mowing machines have been brought to a high state of perfection within the last ten years. They have already a world-wide reputation. Their superiority is generally acknowledged, and the credit of having for the first time made the principles applicable to such machinery practically usefdl, undoubtedly belongs to our own ingenious mechanics. Some years ago the American machines were brought to trial at the exhibition at Paris, in competition with the world. This trial took place in a field of oats about forty miles from the city, each machine having about an acre to cut. Three machines were ordered for the first trial, one American, one English, and a third from Algeria, all at the same time raking as well as cutting. The American machine did its work in twenty two minutes, the English in sixty-six, and the Algerian in seventy-two. At a subsequent trial on the same piece, when three other machines were entered, of American, English and French manufacture, the American ma chine cut its acre in twenty-two minutes, while the two others failed. The successful competitor on this occasion, did its work in the most exquisite manner, says a French journal, not leaving a single stalk ungathered, and it discharged the grain in the most perfect shape as if placed by hand for the binders. It finished its piece most gloriously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.