G8 LIQUID MANURE-CART. 



any other kind of liummeller. Anotlier instniment, which 

 is now much used for the same purpose, consists of a cast- 

 iron box about two feet in leng-th, one foot- three inches in 

 diameter at one end, and one foot at the other. The box is 

 divided into two halves, the uppermost one being- three- 

 sided, tlie lower circular; and both are firmly screwed 

 tog-ether with bolts. The barley to be hummelled is con- 

 veyed into the box through a small hopper at the top, and 

 the awns are broken off by the action of a nimiber of flat, 

 thin blades of iron attached to a spindle or shaft of malle- 

 able iron revolving" within the cylindrical box at a hig'k 

 velocity. The spindle is an inch square; the blades, of 

 which there are two opposite rows, are one inch in breadth 

 by one-fourth inch thick, and tapered somewhat towards the 

 points. The velocity of the spindle and its attached blades 

 is 700 per minute. This kind of liummeller is so placed in 

 relation to the thrashing'-machine as to receive the g-rain 

 directly from the first fanners. The usual price of this ap- 

 paratus is 3/. Ss. The several operations of thrashing*, 

 Ixummelling-, and winnowing- always proceed simultaneously 

 when barley or bear is being- prepared for the market or for 

 seed. 



The other instruments occasionally worked in connection 

 with the thrashing--machine are a corn-bruiser and a churn. 

 The former apparatus is employed in bruising- oats for horses, 

 a practice which is found to effect a considerable saving- in 

 the quantity of g-rain required for feeding-. When a suffi- 

 ciency of Avater is available, a churn is not unfrequently 

 worked by this power, and with much convenience and ad- 

 vantag-e. A separate water wheel of small dimensions is 

 sometimes used for this purpose, so that the operation of 

 churning- may be at any time carried on independently of 

 the thrashing'-machine and its wheel. 



Farmer^s Magazine, Sept. 1846. 



Art. XX— liquid MANURE-CART. 

 Invented by Mr. George Mokice, Kenmark. 



The cask for containing- the liquid is mounted upon an axle 

 and wheels, which are attached in the usual manner to a 



