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Threshing and Drilling Machines. 



[Dec. 1 , 



gencies, and for purchafing outlands for 

 tiie benefit of his children at a future 

 day. On this GO acres of land, with 

 domeftic manuia6tures, he may fupport 

 his family. I fliould mention that the 

 prevalent religious fetts here are baptifts 

 and prelbyterians. I am, Sir, your's, 

 tvith every good wifli, H. Toulmin. 

 Franckfort, Kentucky, 

 28 June, 1.802. 



To the Edit07- of the Monthlij Magazine. 



SIK, 



LOOlvING over your interefting Mif- 

 cellany for September, I obferve 

 an enquiry refpecting the bed drilling 

 and thrclhing machines. Being placed 

 in a fituation which enables me to gain 

 every information relative to the im- 

 provements made in agriculture in this 

 part of the kingdom, I can with confi- 

 dence recommend the drill invented and 

 made by Mr. Chriftopher Perkins, of 

 Stockton upon Tecs, as the moll com- 

 plete implement of the kind 1 have fecn 

 or heard of, and not liable to any of the 

 objedions (mentioned by your corre- 

 fpondcnt) incident to Mr. Cooke's drill. 

 Thofe machines having the requilites of 

 cheapnefs, ftrength, and durability to 

 recommend them, are become quite ge- 

 neral in this and the neighbouring coun- 

 ties. It is necelVary to obferve, that 

 I have been in the habit of ufmg this 

 drill with moil kind of pulfe, grain, and 

 feeds for ten years, and mull fay it has 

 anfwercd my moll fanguine expedations. 

 I am alio in poffeffion of a threiliing- 

 niachine, invented and made by the 

 fame perfon, vihich coft mc, at Mr. Per- 

 kin's manufattory at York, 38/., includ- 

 ing the erciStion. In addition to which 

 fum, I had to procure timber at home 

 which came to 3/. 10s. This machine, 

 with the aifillance of two horfes, tuo 

 men, and two boys, is capable of threlh- 

 ing eighteen quarters of w heat, or twen- 

 ty-four of oats, per day of ten hours; 

 provided the llraw is not of a very great 

 length, and the yield tolerably good. 

 Though it is certainly advifcable to be 

 as careful as poffible to prevent lloncs, 

 or other hard bodies, going through the 

 machine, yet was fuch to be the cafe 

 with mine, I apprehend no harm would 

 accrue; for the part the grain is thralhed 

 againfl would rile proportionally to the 

 fize of the ftone, &.c. Indeed, I once 

 witnefled a large piece of iron, which 

 tad been inadveiteiuly laid on the feed- 



ing table, come throtigh without daing 

 any damage. With refpeft to threilnng 

 clean, I think the machine very prefer- 

 able to the Hail. I am. Sir, 



Yours, ike. W. W. 



York/hire, Nov. 7, 1806. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Mngazint. 



SIR, 



A HISTORY of tlie Englilli Colleges 

 from their foundation, with their 

 regulations, burfaries, &c. feems to be a 

 delideratum in Englilh literature. I find, 

 in the 2111 volume of Sir John Sinclair's 

 Statiflical Accountof Scotland, an account 

 of that kind for thofe of that kingdom. At 

 page 89, 1 obfei-ve a remarkable palTage, 

 which as it differs fo widely from the 

 following account of each burfary, juft 

 given me by a friend, I think it may not 

 be unworthy a place in your excellent 

 repofitory ; and as it circulates very 

 freely in this town, perhaps fome of my 

 townfmen may be able to confute or 

 confinTi the Itatement in the llatiftical 

 account above referred to. The burfa- 

 ries are reported, by thole who drew up 

 the ftatemcnt (w hich feems to have been 

 tranfmitted to Sir John by the members 

 of the Univerlity, in 1798), not to be 

 more than .50: from the following ac- 

 count they amount to 80 ! 



A LoOKER-ON. 



Aberdeen, Nor. 7, 1806. 

 12 founded for competitiun by Sir Thomas 

 Burnett of Leys, in 1618 

 3 Leys, prefcntation, (Sir Thomas Burnet*, 

 of Leys), 1618. 



3 Melville, competition, 1678. 



I'i Redhyth, prefe»tation, lOL 10s. (LorJ 



Findlater,) 167'.). 

 20 founded for competition by Mr. Fullarton, 

 .51. 17s. ed., in 1692. 

 2 Park, c«m petition, 1692. 

 2 Watfon, competition, 1699. 

 8 founded by Mr. Adam, for 51. 17s. 6il. 



competition, in 1700. 

 1 Braco, prefentation, (Lord Fife), 1706. 

 1 Ogilvie prefentationi ' (David Ogilvic), 

 1723. 



1 Mr. Greig, prefentation, 1724. 



2 Glenfarquhar, prefentation, (Lord Kin» 



tore), 1724. 

 2 Kintore, prefentation, (Lord Kintore), 

 1724, 



1 Dr. Frazer, prefentation, 1730. 



4 founded by Mr. Moir, for 51. 17s. 6i. 



competition, in 1783. 



2 Mrs. Udney, Duff, (Lord Fife), 1794. 



1 Grant, prefentation, (Rev. Mr. I.) 1797. 



2 Jolmftgn's prefenution 



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