California Agriculturist 





Vol. 7— No. 5.} 



SAN JOSE, CAL., MAY, 1876. 



jSuBSCBiPTiON PniCE, $1.50 a Year. 

 \ Single Copies, 15 OutB, 



ENRIGHT'S PATENT PORTABLE 

 WOOD AND STRAW BUKNER. 



Mr. Euright, of San Jose, the inventor 

 of the thresher engine of which we pre- 

 sent an illustration on this page, has 

 studied the wants of California farmers 

 for many .years, and has now succeeded 

 in producing an engine that at once com- 

 mends itself for practical use. The 

 arrangement for burning stra%v is far su- 

 perior to that of other engines, prevent- 

 ing any choking up of flues and at the 

 same time, by admiting a larger supply 

 of air, forming complete combustion. 

 The economy of thus utilizing the straw 

 that many farmers burn simply to get 

 rid of it is apparent. For practical use, 

 we believe this engine to be a worthy 

 and successful invention. Following is 

 a card from Mr. Enright in which he 

 sets forth his claims: 



Fifteen years ago I constructed 

 the first portable thresher engine 

 on the Pacific coast, and its intro- 

 duction in the harvest field was 

 an important event in the history 

 of grain raising in California. 

 From that event up to this time, 

 I have been constrautly experi- 

 menting and improving on my 

 original ideas of steam threshing 

 in the open field, until I have now 

 constructed an engine and boiler 

 so near perfection that is is barely 

 possible to be improved upon. 



Having for so many years made 

 it n specialty to construct portable 

 thresher engines, I can with con- 

 fidence recommend my patent 

 wood and straw burning engines 

 manuiactured by me at the present 

 time. They burn wood or straw 

 without change, and coal bj 

 changing two plates; they ha\i- 

 also the advantageof compactness 

 superior workmanship, great dur 

 ability and economy in saving 

 fuel, using but two tons of straw 



to equal one and a half cords of - 



wood, and saving 40 per cent, of _ 



fuel usually consumed by wood fgy-^ 

 burners. ^^^^g. 



It is a well-known fact that __^^ 

 straw has been successfully used 

 as a fuel ts raise steam, in Europe, 

 for many years, and it has been 

 lately introduced on this coast, 

 but with little success until I invented 

 for that purpose my "patent ring grate 

 and combustion chamber," which pre- 

 vents any choking up of flues, and by 

 which I am enabled to admit a larger 

 supply of air, thereby forming complete 

 combustion and doing away with all de- 

 lays on the field. 



I built and sold thirteen of them last 

 season, all of which gave entire satisfac- 

 tion, which is proved by the many testi- 

 monials received from those using them. 

 I am now busy constructing twenty 

 more for this season and intend to have 

 them all ready for use this present har- 

 , vest; I also intend to make it to the in- 

 I terest of all farmers to purchase of me, 

 ; who need a cheap and economical power 

 for threshing. I come before you with 



this power, with full assurance of your 

 jjatronage, having considered your needs 

 in this very essential invention. I have 

 had an ofJ'er from parties in San Fran- 

 cisco and Sacramento to have my engine 

 built in the East on royalty, which otter 

 I declined, although it may have been to 

 my advantage to do so; I preferred to be 

 sustained by the people of California in 

 home manufacture, and I come before 

 you with an engine that is guaranteed to 

 you in every respect, and which took the 

 premium at the California State fair of 

 1S75, as the best straw burner. And I 

 further state that I hold myself in readi- 

 ness to reinforce any of my customers; 

 all that is necessary for them to do, is to 

 send me a telegram and I will be at their 

 service. 



Thankful for past patronage, and by 

 strict attention to business, I hope in the 

 future to merit your ai^probatiou and 



FINANCIAL FOUNDATION. 



The anniial interest on the foreign in- 

 debtedness of France is said to.be more 

 than the entire product of all the gold 

 mines of the world! Then how con- 

 temptible does the idea seem that gold is 

 the true basis of all values. There is no- 

 thing of much value produced without 

 human industry. And inasmuch as in- 

 dustry supplies about all the wealth of 

 the world, wliy nut bane values upon indus- 

 Iry ? There can be no gauge more accu- 

 rate, or nearer In accordance with relia- 

 alile, simple, and natural principles. 

 Industry must bo the support of a per- 

 fect financial system, and such a system 

 must be predicated upon industrial val- 

 ues. Therefore, industry should estab- 

 lish the relative values of denominational 

 ciirrency, and the demands of industry 

 and trade should control its volume. 





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E.NEIGHT'S rA.TE>;T WOOD AND STRAW BURNING ENGINE. 



continued patronage. 



Ftirther information can be had con- 

 cerning these engines by addressing Mr 

 Joseph Enright, San Jose, Santa Clara 

 county, California. 



The Virginia Chroincle says: Virginia 

 City has given birth to a genuine sensa- 

 tion — a mule colt. It has been thought 

 that the limits of cross-breeding had 

 been reached with the mule jaroduction, 

 and only two instances have been record- 

 ed of the further reproduction of the 

 mule genus. Virginia now furnishes a 

 third. The colt resembles a mule in 

 every respect, but is much smaller and 

 more delicate. It is the property of J. 

 S. Hardwick, who has been ottered $300 

 for it by J. Douglas, which he refused. 



Money or currency should be the servant, 

 not the master of man. It is not at all 

 necessary that monej' should contain in- 

 trinsic value in itself. Its only use is to 

 represent values and be exchangable for 

 value. If projierly grounded in and 

 and upon the actual productive industry 

 and substantial honor of a people or na- 

 tion issuing the same, it may be unex- 

 ceptionally exchangable for any and all 

 valuable commodities without discount. 

 Interests may be brought so low as to 

 unburden our people from that source of 

 taxation. The Government may regu- 

 late interest rates by loaning, instead of 

 hirinq money. An industrial people 

 never can, and never should be satisfied 

 with a vacilating money, whether paper, 

 silver or gold. Something rehable, 



cheap and abundant is demanded by the 

 people. And the people are ready to 

 pli-dge their property and their lives to 

 substantiate a currency that shall serve 

 them with the least expense and most 

 utility. 



BENTLEYS FURNACE AND 

 DRYER. 



Last month we briefly mentioned Dr. 

 Bentley's furnace and fruit-dryer. Wo 

 expected to have a cut to illustrate a de- 

 scription, but it is not ready. The fur- 

 nace is simply a plain, barrel-shaped tire 

 box surrounding a smaller barrel which 

 is supplied with air by tubes connecting 

 with the air out-side of the furnace, and 

 with a discharge upon the top for its es- 

 cape. Another cylinder surrounds the 

 whole to take up all the heat radiateil 

 outward, and together with the hot air 

 from the interior barrel conduct it by a 

 tube, or directly, into the dryer. The 

 smoke from the fuel, after being deprived 

 of its occompanying heat, is carried ott' 

 through a separate pipe. The construe • 

 tiou of the furnace is such as to most 

 economically utilize the heat of the fuel, 

 as there is a very large radiating surface 

 to absorb it before the smoke can escape. 



Tile dryer is shaped like a long box, 

 and is placed horizontally upon legs 

 al^out three feet from the ground. In- 

 side are several sets of rollers above each 

 other, at each end, with endless bands, 

 running lengthwise, upon which screens 

 with the prepared fruit for drying are 

 placed. The fruit screens are put in at 

 one end and taken out at the other, or at 

 the same end, and a crank is used to run 

 the screens in the direction desired. 



The heated air is to be applied at the 

 top of the dryer, and is either forced or 

 drawn downward, reversing the methods 

 heretofore used by other dryers. In this 

 arrangement, we think, Dr. Beiitley has 

 struck upon the right principle. The 

 heat can be entirely utilized in this way. 

 After the hot air is used for drying, it can 

 be further used for feeding the furnace 

 fires, or may be conducted again into the 

 he4ter, or be expelled, as susts the pur- 

 poses of the person in charge. 



Altogether, for simplicity, economy, 

 and philosophical principles of con- 

 struction, this dryer strikes us as being 

 nearer the thing than any ever gotten up, 

 whether on a large or small scale. No 

 engine or blower is necessary with this 

 drj-er, as the air drawn into the heater 

 will be expelled with sufficient force to 

 operate as desired without other power. 

 It is a perfect thing in itself, and within 

 the reach of aU. Dr. Bentley will man- 

 ufacture three sizes of these furnaces 

 and dryers, and can make them of any 

 capacity desired. The cheapest furnace 

 (small size) is §50; dryer to go with it, 

 capable of drjang ten to fifteen bushels 

 of fruit per day easy, §25 more, making 

 only S75 for a complete outfit for a small 

 orchard. No large commissions are 

 counted against the purchaser in these 

 figures. 



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