REPORT OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 47 



Report on the best Improvements in Heating Conservatories. 



The special committee to whom was referred the subject of 

 examining the best improvements in heating conservatories 

 respectfully report : 



That they have examined the different methods offered for 

 competition, and have considered the subject under the following 

 heads : 



1st. The greatest amount of heat in proportion to cost. 



2d. The quality of heat thus generated. 



3d. The least complicated system, which then and therefore 

 demands less skill to keep it in working order and repair. 



4:th. Economy in space occupied by the heating apparatus. 



5th. Durability of material used. 



In addition to our own investigations we have availed our- 

 selves of all the information possible from persons using the 

 diffeient modes of heating. 



Having considered the subject as fully as the limited time 

 aJlowed us would permit, we are unanimously of the opinion that 

 the combination cone and flue boiler patented by A. E. Hitchings 

 in 1860, is the best apparatus for the purpose of heating conser- 

 vatories. 



Respectfully submitted, . 

 Signed, A. S. FULLER, 



New York, Feb. 10, 1862. ISAAC BUCHANAN, 



Committee. 



Report on the Sanford Flax Dressing Machine. 



The special committee to whom was referred the Sanford Flax 

 Dl'essing machine respectfully report : 



That your committee visited the premises of Messrs. Sanford 

 and Mallory, and saw the machine in operation ; they have also 

 examined the testimony of several manufacturers as expressed 

 in their certificates as to the superiorit}^ of this machine, and 

 which fairly corroborates the statements of the owners of the 

 patent. 



The machine itself may be thus described: Its cost is $130; 

 power required to move it at 125 revolutions per minute, one 

 horse ; the amount of straw it will clean per day, 500 lbs., 

 yielding 20 per cent, or 100 lbs. of flax, which is worth from one 

 to three cents per lb. more than flax as ordinarily prepared ; the 

 tow resulting is as 32 to 56 in favor of this machine, and in 



