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ever come into common use. ,50 is a large sum 

 to pay for a single pulper. Gordon's, on the other 

 hand, excepting the barrel and the breast, is 

 slightly different from the old machine. At least, 

 it approximates it near enough to admit of the 

 breast (which is the great merit of this invention) 

 being applied to any ordinary pulper at a trifling 

 cost. In fact, for 8 we believe any pulper can be 

 fitted with one of Gordon's breasts, which those 

 who tried last year have pronounced to work well. 

 One gentleman, of great experience and intelli- 

 gence, informed us that to an old pulper which could 

 scarcely work through thirty bushels an hour last 

 year, he had applied Gordon's breast, and now 

 easily gets sixty bushels an hour out of it, without 

 cutting anything perceptible, and without requiring 

 a sieve. This adaptability of the breast, as well as 

 the price of the whole machine, only ^32, will 

 always give Gordon the advantage in the market 

 supposing the other merits of the two machines to 

 be equal, and it is not for us to say whether they 

 are or not ; each has its own admirers, and a little 

 more experience will doubtless convince the plant- 

 ing community which is the preferable implement. 

 For our own part, we prefer Gordon's as simple in 

 construction, easy of application, cheap in price, 

 and as far as we have yet seen, sufficient for every 

 purpose by land or water. 



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