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present cost is $400 for eaeli machine, with all the necessary 

 appurtenances. 



On motion, a committee of five members of the club were 

 appointed to witness a trial of the machine on the Saturday fol- . 

 lowing, consisting of Messrs. Solon Robinson, John M. Crowell, 

 R. H. Williams, John G. Bergen and S. D. Tillman. 



Keese's Churn. 



The Keese churn was next exhibited by the proprietor, Mr. 

 Henry Brown. 



The receptacle for the cream is a tin box, ten inches square. 

 The dasher, which reaches down nearly to the bottom of this box, 

 is made to rotate horizontally by being connected by a belt 

 attached to the crank, which is turned by hand. 



Some cream was provided which had been kept on ice during 

 the previous night, and the churn put to a practical test. The 

 butter was brought in five minutes, by watch. The merits claimed 

 for the churn are its cheapness, portability, ease of cleaning, and 

 the rapidity with which it does the work of transforming the 

 cream. 



Mr. S. E. Todd said that he had seen a churn that would brincr 

 butter in two and one-half minutes, but for all that was not con- 

 sidered profitable, from the fact that it failed to produce the 

 proper amount of butter from a given amount of cream. The 

 question is not hoAV quick the butter can be brought, but how 

 thoroughly. However, all agreed that this churn promised well. 



Feed Cutter and Thresher. 



Another machine for cutting and threshing fodder was exhib- 

 ited by the inventor, Mr. Daniel KauflTman, Boiling Springs, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The cost of the machine is only $10 more than that of the 

 thresher alone. It is undoubtedly an excellent invention, and 

 was heartily approved by the club. All farmers desiring further 

 information can address Mr. Kauffman. Mr. K. also exhibited a 

 new patent broom. The only part patented is the clamp, which, 

 with the stick, costs seventy-five cents. When the brush is worn 

 out it may easily be replaced by the owner, if he only has the 

 material in proper condition. With a little outlay for l)room- 

 corn, one stick and clamp may last for years, and in the end be a 

 great saving of expense. 



