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of the cold north to the boasted sunny tropical regions for friiit- 

 o-rowins:. 



Carpenter's Corn Sheller. 

 Mr. Thomas Carpenter, Battle Creek, Mich. — This device is a 

 board to be placed on a chair, with a spiral sharp-edged iron in 

 front, surrounded by a piece of tin to prevent the corn from flying 

 off. The corn is shelled somewhat in the old method, as when 

 one sits on a board with a case-knife driven into the end. Mr. 

 Wm. S. Carpenter thought it useful to shell corn when it is 

 important not to injure the germ. 



Inside Blind Fastener. 

 Mr. Frank Chase Sutton, New-Hampshire, exhibited a listener 

 for blinds, to be operated from the inside of the room. This acts 

 by means of a curved rod or wire, which is moved from the inside, 

 and in its movement corresponds to an arm extended through the 

 window; the blinds can remain partly or wholly open, and when 

 closed they are locked. Of course it is not necessary to raise the 

 window. The sash outside will be somewhat defaced. 



Miniature Butter Packer. 

 Mr. W. B. Gurnsey, Norwich, New York, exhibited boxes for 

 packing butter. This attracted marked attention. It is a small 

 round wooden box, made of veneer cut from maple or other hard 

 wood, saturated with a preparation which excludes air and holds 

 two and a half pounds of butter. The plan is to supply these 

 packages to choice dairies, and to send the butter fresh to market 

 and unmixed with that made by others. Often the best butter 

 is made when there are only two or three cows, w^ here everything 

 is neat and convenient, and where the lady will have time enough 

 personally to perform any part of making butter well. Such 

 butter, in such packages, will have a value not easily attained 

 otherwise. Hitherto this quality has been used to brino- up the 

 grade of inferior butter. 



Tree Planting for Protection on the Prairies. 



Mr. Samuel Edwards, La Neville, Buren Co., Illinois: A double 

 or triple row of evergreens as a screen is of equal value for pro- 

 tection with a stone wall of the same height. The day is coming 

 when the general planting of them around stock-yards, houses, 

 gardens and orchards will be common. Eventually they v/ill be 



