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Bread Mixer. 



The new bread mixer of Mr. J. M. Stanyan, Milfortl, N. H., whicli 

 was mentioned, some time since, as having been referred to Mr. 

 Solon Robinson for trial, he now reports has been nsed several weeks 

 in his family, with entire satisfaction. The machine is a tin pan, 

 having a wooden lid made tight by a rubber band. The materials 

 for the bread being put into the pan, it is placed upon a pin on a 

 standard, and made to revolve for a few minutes, which does the 

 mixing. 



A Practical Question for Farmers. 



Mr. Isaac Eyre, Attleborough, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, asks: 

 " Why is it easier for a team to pull a wagon loaded with a ton of 

 hay than it is to pull the same weight of wood, coal, or iron, on'' 

 the same wagon over the same road? I can carry upon mv own 

 shoulders a given weight of iron easier than an equal weight of 

 hay; but when loaded upon a wagon, I know my horses pull the 

 hay with greater ease." 



Professor Tillman. — The only explanation that can be given of 

 this well known fact in philosophy is, that the hay does not rest 

 as iron does, a dead Aveight upon the axles. If the same load 

 were pressed into compact bales, it would not ride easier than 

 wood, and not much easier than iron. The loose hay acts in the 

 same way that springs under a wagon would act. The elasticity 

 buoys up and floats the load over obstructions. If hauled ao-ainst 

 the wind, its resistance would increase the draught, and make the 

 labor of the horses greater than a solid load. 



Use op Pumpkins and Pumpkin Seed. 



Mr. Alexander Dale, Allegan, Allegan county, Mich. — "It is a 

 perfect feast to me to read the proceedings of your club. Your 

 club very properly discusses the subject of health. I will give you a 

 simple, yet very valuable cure for inflammatory rheumatism. A 

 woman's arm was swelled to an enormous size, and painfully 

 inflamed. A poultice was made of stewed pumpkin, w^hich was 

 renewed every fifteen minutes, and in a short time produced a 

 perfect cure. The fever drawn out by the poultices made them 

 extremely ofiensive as they were taken ofi". I know a man cured 

 of severe inflammation of the bowels by the same kind of appli- 

 cation. I think such subjects as this proper for discussion in a 

 farmers' club." 



