Russia Invaded

lt will be a long time yet beiore tüe Vmericans know all that is to be known ibout the curious eyes which studied hem and their institutions nnd nrts durnp; the montlis of the Philadelphia Exíibition, or before they renlize in full íow mnoh impressed foroignors were by what they saw. Wlmtever wero the ;houghts which Europeans took home with them in regard to the taBte and nkill )f the American iu the elegant arts, ;here is already plenty of proof that they went off with genuine respect for oiir mechanical abilities, whieh in some cases amonnted to admiration, and which hns given onr countrymen a better standing in the markets of the world nnd is creating an unexpeeted demand for American proiluetions. New instances come to light eveiy day. The latest comes from Russia, and is n very pleasing one. It seems that the agricnltnral provinces of Kussia, those lying in the south and , west of the empire, have begun to stift'er from eompetition with the United States in the sale of grain. Not only is the exportation of Ktissi.in cereals to Eiu'op( reatricted by the shipment from the American States of euormons qiiantities of the same class of producís, but the Kussian commercial Jiouses and landholders have been compelled to accept clieaper prices for wliat they do export. The eompetition with the United States is growing more severe every year, and the intelligent men of the south and west of Kussia have come to feel abont as the British manufaeturers do in the field of indnatry, that sometliing must be done or they will be able no longer t stand up against the new world in the business in which their capital is principally invested. They have aecordingly made a study of the American system of ' ure within tue past two yenrs, through ! two agents, for the purpose of diseovering the secret of American success and making use of it in Eussia. The gentlemen who liave been acting for them are Mr. Benedict Kolyszko, a prominent nnd wide-awnke land-holder of South Russia, and Mr. T. F. Krajewski of this city, a youug engineer of education, wlio, during five years' residence in this country, part of the time having been spent in the employ of Grant Locomotive Works, at Patersou, N. J., has becoine favorably known for good judgment and ability. Oommissioned by the boards of agriculture to act for them, these gentlemen spent severa 1 months the past summer at the Philadelphia Exhibition and in utudying the methods of agrieulture in the Western States. The cause of American success in grain-raising is no trade secret, and the Kussian agents discovered it imniediately. It consists, not in the fertility of the soil, hut in intelligent work andan abiindance of excellent iniplements and lnbor-saving machinery. Mr. Kolyszko and Mr. Krajewski were not long in coming to the conclusión tliat, in order to maintain a eompetition with the United States in agriculture, the Russians must put into the hands of their laborers the superior farming iniplements and labor-saving machinery of the Americana. Mr. Kolyszko has returned to Russia, and three trials have been made in the presence of interested crowds of spectators. One was at Odessa, where a eompetition took place between English and American plows and iniplements, and where the latter won a signal success. Anotlier was on the lands of Count Malachowski, a large landholder. This was a private trial. It was attended by several hundred landholders, and resultad in deepening the good opinión begimiing to be feit toward American implements. The tliird was nn official trial, under the supervisión of the Board of Agriculture, at Chersou. It was on thiu occasion that certain things were decided as to the size and form of certain implemento best adapted to Kussian use. As a result of these trials, the Boards of Agriculture of South and West Kussia have decided to recommend the general use of American implements, and they have so done, and Mr. Kolyszko has been designatod as their agent for iinporting them. Mr. Krajewski, at No. 73 Broadway, is the engineer, inspector and agent in this country. In pursuance of the plan which has been detoiled, orders were given for tools and implements, one of them being to a firm in Louisville, Ky. , for 10,000 plows. A mowing machine adaptod to Kussian soil has been picked out, and experimente re in progress in New England to asoertain the best kind of portable engiue for Russian employment. For the purehase of specimens of this latter class of heavy machinery, for trial and exliibition in varióos parts of Russia, $5,000 luis been appropriated to the Board of Agricultura. The orders which have been given, and the experimenta which are making, are only the begiuuing of what Mr. Krajewski believes, and what may possibly prove to be, a considerable trade in implements witli Russia.