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NEW ENGLAND FARxMliR. 



IMPROVEMENT IN MAKING BFJCKS AND TILE. 



pin or cog in it« nutor ctrcnmkTPnre ?o (l.M bv 

 revolvincr (he wheel on its own nsi*. U.is cotr 



THE-WHEEL'BF.ATING PRESS. 

 We have seen ;in(l nrc. mnch. i>le;tseil wilh n 

 ,.,->wly invenlP'l i>«tcnleil cnachinR w.th the a- 

 bore :u.pell:.tion, ^hkh is !;,trr>-1e<! I"-- ;<^:"- 

 nro^-^in'" ;in(l sinooUiing nr.hnrnt PncU? ;ind lile 

 It one Sppr.ition. The tnllo-.ving ex'.rrict from 

 the specitic;i;ion, logolher «ilh Ihe iinnexcd 

 plate, will serve to give iin explanalinn of this 

 marhiiie, and the uses to which it may be up- 

 plied. 



""This ii!iprovem?rit consists of » strong box 

 or aioiihl, of the proper size and form, to re- 

 ceive the bricks and tile to be pressed, hnvmg 

 no cover nor top, lirinly hsed in or near the 

 end of a frune resembling ihn frame of a com- 

 mon grind <tone. !n ihe^ bottom or nnder side 

 of this rnoold is nicely filled, a strong plate sup- 

 ported by a perpendicular stad or post v^ilh a 

 tenon on the lower en(i let into a bed-piece, ihe 

 shoulder of said tenon resting on the bed-piece, 

 holds or supports the said plate a small space 

 wilhin the boltcna of the monld, which stu<l and 

 plate supported hy il taken tojjelher vve call a 

 follower. The po-.vcr of beating or pressing 

 the hncks and tile is produced liy banging a 

 beam' or shaft upon its centre on a horizontal 

 axis near the middle of said Iram-e, of such 

 length and at such a dislance as that, when turn- 

 ed on its own axis, a beater exactly fitted to 

 strike into the top of the niuuld and fixed on 

 the outer end of said shall, shall strike and press 

 the brick or lile placed in Ihe mould. 



"For the convenience of working this beam or 



shaf(,a loaded or heavy perpendicular wheel or 



circle is so lixed on .'aid shaft, that the shaft 



. funis an arm uf the wlieel. This wheel has <> 



is made "lo strike on the under side ot another 

 CO.' in Ihe slu-l of Ihe follower «nd ihereby iai<e, 

 or drive the follower up lo the lop ot ihe mouhl. 

 The operation of pres-ing is produced by plac- 

 ino- a brick in ihe mould, the follower being al 

 il^resling point on ihe shoulder of the stnd and 

 forming a bottom to ihe mould. The wheel 

 wiih its shaft or arm and loaded nm is turned 

 on ils axis, so as to raise Ihe arm on which is 

 Ihe beater to an angle ol forty-five degree^ (or 

 more or less); then by turning the wheel on its 

 axis forcibly towards the mould, the beater will 

 fairly and exacllv strike the brick lying m the 

 mould. The wheel is then turned on lis axis 

 in the opposite direction to raise ihe beater,and 

 al the same lime the co? in the rim of the wheel 

 strikes Ihe under side of the cog in the side nf 

 the stud of Ihe follower, and drives or forces np 

 the follower into the monld and thus raises or 

 drives up the brick, smoothed and hardened, to 

 Ihe top of the mould ready to be taken away.' 

 The proprietors of the above machine are 

 Dr. John B.^rstow, and Mr. Gf.orge Poixaud, 

 holh of Hallnwell, Maine. Righis under the 

 P.itent for said Machine for several towns in 

 Massachusetts have already been disposed of ; 

 and, wo un.lerstand, for a price, which will 

 handsomely remunerate the inventors and pro- 

 prietors. The price ot construcling a wncliinr 

 does not exceed thirl} dollars. Applicalions lor 

 sai.l machine, or righis under said palenl,nvrij- 

 he made lo the above mentioned proprielors, or 

 to Mr. JosEi-H U. NEWKm No. lOB, Slale-street; 

 Boston, where one ot the machines may he seen, 

 and its principles explained. 



[Dec. 2, 



Fur Tlit; NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Receipt to cure Hams, smoked Beef, Pork or Beef. 

 [CoiniuKnicuted by J. M. Suiter., Ksq. i/ IVake- 

 I field, N. II] 



\ For IGOU-s. of meat take 4 gallons of water,_ 

 I 4i)Z. sail peire, 4lbs. of sugar, cr one gallon ot 

 ! 1 right thick molasses, (sugar is preferred) and 

 1 loibs. of coarse salt. Boil il all together, and 

 1 its Ihe scum rises lake it carefully off, till it 

 j is entirely clean. Then rub the pieces that are 

 j clear of blood well with salt, and when the 

 1 pickle is cool, pack Ihe meal close in a clean 

 light ca'-k, and turn Ihe pickle on. Put a I'alse 

 I head on the top, and heavy slones on that. What 

 >iui wish to smi>ke, alter it has lain two inonlhs 

 I or more in iho (lickle, may be taken oul, wiped 

 i dry and a paper bag may be sewed round it. If 

 il iiam it ought to hang with the shank down. 

 ! .'Mter ihe hams are smoked, they may be put 

 i h„( k into the pickle of the same kind before 

 ; luintioned, lo prevent the woims Ironi taking 

 jlhem. If there are bloody pieces, Ihe blood 

 ; 'liuild be soaked oul. and ihey should he put 

 ! iiihi another cask. In May Ihe pickle will gen- 

 erally turn while, then it shoiihl be boiltd ov-* 

 1 and a I'en handfnils of salt a<lded. 



I TO TIIF, EDITOR OF THE NtW E^GI.A^'D FAr.MER. 



POTATOES. 



Worcester, JVov. 29, 1825. 

 Mr Fessi-ndf.n— As " A Horticulturist" in ype.i 

 paper of the lllh iiist. has advanced and sup- 

 porled what most people conversant wilh the 

 rubjecl will consider a new fact in the nalurai 

 hislniy of ihe polatoe, it seems to be the duly >! 

 ihosp who have recommended early iilan(;:ig and 

 late harvesting ihis indispensible root, either to 

 support this doctrine. Of renounce their error. 

 He says that '• if you leave the early varielics 

 of ihe potatoe for six weeks after they are ripe, 

 ihey will pii^^h or start again exactly in ihe same 

 manner as if you jdanted them in the ensiling 

 spring,"'' that is, in plain term*, after ihis pericd 

 they will commence their natural process of 

 vegetation. If this be their natural tendency, 

 one would suppose that ii-r i/r/^s after Ihey were 

 ripe would he as amply sutlicient to in.iuili-t 

 their ilis|)osilion aisix mc'eks. The seconil growlli 

 of the potatoe has indeed been considered ami 

 spoken of, 1 believe, universally by farmers and 

 horticulturisis in Ihis part of the country who 

 have noticed il as" a phenomenon," if ihey have 

 not considered it a disease, although it may have 

 beer, very familiar to some in the neighborhood 

 of the writer. That it is an uni.reccdented oc- 

 currence even here is not probable, as similar 

 seasons may have produced similar elTecls ; but 

 ihal it is a rare one I infer from itie fact, that 

 after much inquiry, no one can be found who 

 has before nolicedil. In the tew instances here 

 ortered, a solitary potatoe was affected. If oc- 

 casioned by long retention in the earth, the 

 whole mass would be in motion, both lale or 

 early ; and the caulioii of your correspondent 

 to dig them 119 soon as ihe stalks die, implied 

 fronrhis very judicious advice respecting other 

 ripe fruits ot' the earth must he promptly follow- 

 ed lo secure a crop, il not to prevent their be- 

 onming extinct. But whatever appearances may 

 sometimes justify the opinion that the laws 

 , which protect this vegetable at its home in -the 



