CHASE S CARD-SPINNER. 



of the grass. Specimens should also be selected from the depth of seven or eight inches— at all events, im- 

 nediiitoly below the usual deprli lo which ihu plow runs. The specimens of soil must in no case be mixed 

 and should con^iist of about 1 lb. sewed in a cotton bag. ' 



$•20 will be paid, at the annual meeting of the Society in 1848, to the person who will make the most sat- 

 isfttctory agriculiural experiment— accuiacy and the importance of the exponmein to be taken into consid- 

 eration. A full detail ot the experiment and its results must accompany the application. 



For the best managed entire tlockof sheep of not loss than 100, to be awarded at the annual raeetin" in 1848- 



Bo.st IS:!0 I iSecoud be.n $:.'0 | Third best $10. ° 



The applicant for these premiums will be required to furnish the Society with the following information 

 viz : D , 



1. The kind and quantity of food, and its value. 



2. The quanlily and quality of wool : this to be determined by its being submitted to the stapling of some 

 Tespeclable manufacturing establishment, whose certificate shall accompany the application for the pre- 

 mium. 



3. The number of the increase. 



4. Kind of sheep, and the number of owes, wethers and bucks. 



5. The value of sheep when fattened, and the value of lambs for the butcher. 



CHASE'S CARD-SPINNER. 



Among the articles exhibited at the late National Fair, we are much pleased 

 to know none attracted more attention, nor met with more approbatory no- 

 tice than this late invention of Mr. Chase, for covering cotton-yarn with a com- 

 plete coating of wool, so as to make a cloth which cannot be distinguished from 

 one entirely made of wool. The machine was inspected by many persons well 

 acquainted with mechanics, and by manufacturers, all of whom, we understand, 

 expressed great satisfaction at the manner in which it operated, and appeared 

 convinced that it would prove very useful, and cause a great saving in the produc- 

 tion of a valuable material for hosiery, and clothing for the working-man. 



There were several specimens of cloths and linseys made from the yarn spun 

 by this machine, and their appearance and texture were highly satisfactory to 

 all who examined them. Some carpets that were also made from the same ma- 

 terial, were greatly noticed and much remarked upon, as possessing a thickness 

 and solidity much greater than any ingrain carpeting made entirely of wool, while 

 the patterns and finish were beautiful. 



But what makes this machine peculiarly interesting to the readers of this Jour- 

 nal of American Agriculture is, that it must produce such a saving in the family 

 manufactures of our planters and agriculturists, from the capacity it possesses of 

 working up both cotton and wool of inferior value, and of requiring so little use- 

 ful labor to accomplish it. 



We cannot better conclude this notice than by giving the following quotation 

 from the " American Journal of Improvement and Mirror of the Patent Office," 

 and the accompanying certificate from Hon. Dixon H. Lewis : 



The American Journal of Improvement m the Useful Arts, and Mirror of the Patent-Of- 

 Jice, a mjiithly paper, piiblishtul at Washington, coutaias the following notices of said ma- 

 chine and exliibition, incliidins; a letter to the editor of that journal h'om Hon. Di.xon H. 

 Lewis, Senator of the United Stittes from Alabama, v^-hose opmiou ou all subjects is entided 

 to the highest reapet^t : 



" Of ;J1 the iuiprovemcnts and inventions of modem limes, there is, perhaps, none of more 

 impoflauce to the southern planter and northern manufacturer than Chase's Patent Card- 

 Spiuner, of which machine Mr. George Law, of Btiltimore, is the proprietor. It is uitended 

 for the fabrication of an entirely new article, by enveloping a cotbm thread m a woolen fi- 

 bre, making a thread of 8uperif)r strength to one of the same diameter of all wool, and will 

 entwine from one to four threads of cotton, tlax, or other yarn (twisting ihem into one thread,) 

 covered with wool. The goods maiuifactured of this material possess all tlie wannth of 

 woolen cloth, with greater durability, and, in consequence of the pruuipal material used 

 (cotton) being so much cheaper than wool, they can be made at a far less cost than an article 

 composed entirely of wool. 

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