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Class 1.- Two-Horse Mowers

D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn, New York. No 1 Mower. "Cut uneven and not very close." Time, 54 minutes; quality mark, 33.

D. M. Osborne & Co. Entry No. 2. One mower, (large,) entered also as No. 27, 37, 48, and 19.

Lot No. 7, hilly; time, 50 minutes; quality, 37. "Worked smoothly and well."

No. 48, hilly; time, 48 minutes; quality, 32.

C. C. Bradley & Son, Syracuse. Entry No. 3.

One "Hubbard" mower, "well done;" time, 61 min.; quality, 37.

E. F. Herrington, Valley Falls, N. Y. No. 4.

One Eagle mower. Same as entry No. 29.

Lot No. 20, stony and weedy; cut close; time, 58 minutes; quality, 38.

J. D. Wilber, Poughkeepsie. No. 5. One Eureka mower; cut well against the lay of the clover; not well with it; time, 44 minutes; quality mark, 25.

J. D. Wilber. No. 6. One Eureka mower, (large;) time, 35 minutes; mark, 20; joints hot.

Peekskill Manufacturing Co. No. 7. One Clipper mower, (invented by R. Dutton.) Cut uneven, but well laid; time 43 minutes; quality, 30.

Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls. No. 8. One mower. Lot bad to cut, stony, clover tall; cut tolerably well; time, 49 minutes; quality mark, 29.

Dow & Fowler, Fowlersville. No. 9. One Yankee mower. Cutting uneven, noisy, and bearings hot; time, 46 minutes; quality, 28.

Adriance, Platt & Co., Poughkeepsie. No. 10.

One No. 2 Buckeye mower. Lot much trodden down; time, 55 minutes; cut even and neatly; quality, 40.

American Agricultural Works, New York. No. 11. One Columbian Junior Mower. Lot easy to cut; time, 66 minutes; quality, 37; very noisy.

Dodge & Stevenson, Manufacturing Co., Auburn. No. 12. One No. 2 Iron Mower, Ohio and Buckeye Patents combined. (Dodge's Patent.) Time, 614 minutes; quality, 29; cutting irregular.

C. A. Wheeler, Jr., Auburn. No. 13. One mower, (A); No. 14. One mower, (B); No. 15.

One mower, (C); No. 16. One mower (D).

No. 13, (A,) cut well but not close; time 44 min.; quality, 32.

No. 14, (B,) cutting irregular; time, 48 min.; quality, 37. 36.

No. 15, (C,) cutting fair; time, 44 min; quality, No. 16, (D,) cutting good; time, 44ł miz.; quality, 35. W. H. Halladay, Auburn. No. 17. One Ameri. can Mower; cut close; time, 68 minutes; quality, 33.

Rhode Island Clipper Mower Co., Newport. No. 18. One two-horse Harvest Clipper Mower, (invented by R. Dutton.) Stubble long; time 55 minutes; quality, 32; bearings cool.

C. R. Brinckerhoff. No. 184. One mower, cutting bad; time, 53; quality, 22. CLASS 2.-REAPERS (HAND-RAKES).

D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn, No. 19. One Reaper (hand-rake); "work good, not a fault to be found;" ten sheaves were bound in 4 min.; time 64 min.; quality, 40.

C. Wheeler, jr., Auburn. No. 20. One Reaper (hand-rake).

CLASS 21. REAPER (SELF-RAKE).

C. R. Brinckerhoff, Rochester. No. 21. One Reaper (self-rake).

One C. C. Bradley & Son, Syracuse. No. 22. One Syracuse (self-raking) Reaper, time 48 min.; mark 39.

One Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls. No. 23. One Reaper, self-raking (chain-rake). No. 24.

Reaper (sweep-rake); same entry as No. 40.

No. 23. Not cut close; time 47 and 55 min.; quality, 28 and 35.

No. 24. Field good; tolerably well cut; time 48 min.; quality, 35.

Stephen Hull, Poughkeepsie. No. 25. One Reaper (self-rake); withdrawn.

N. A. Dederer Greene. No. 26. One Reaper (self-raker); did not arrive.

D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn. No. 27. One Reaper (self-rake).

Seymour, Morgan & Allen. No. 271.

Reaper (self-rake).