402 Simple Wheat Rubber, 



the wheel being put in motion, will, with a little at- 

 tendance, remove the straw outside of the circle which 

 it describes ; which being done, the end of the axle 

 should be removed forward to the other end of the 

 curved edge, and the straw will then be removed in- 

 ward ; in this manner the operation should be continu- 

 ed, till the straw is sufficiently clean, the loose grain 

 need not be removed till several floorings are threshed. 



It is presumed the expense of erecting this machine 

 will not exceed ten dollars. 



Those who wish to make the experiment, may sub- 

 stitute two cart or wagon wheels in place of the large 

 wooden wheel ; to accomplish this, one end of the axle 

 of the hindmost wheel should be fixed in the upright 

 shaft ; this axle should also have a crook or bend in it 

 near its entrance into the wheel, forming an angle with 

 the radius of the circle, of from fifteen to twenty de- 

 grees, this will give the wheel an inclination to run in- 

 ward, which will remove the straw outward ; the other 

 wheel should have a straight axle, fixed in a mortise, 

 in the middle of the hinder axle, and the two axles 

 connected firmly together. 



As these machines will answer for threshing all kinds 

 of grain, particularly clover seed and even flaxseed, it 

 is presumed their cheapness, Avith the great progress 

 they make in threshing, will sufficiently recommend 

 them to the farmers generally. 

 Chichester y Delaware Co, Penn. 



Numbers- of this simple and economical substitute for a threshing" machme, 

 are erected in Delaware county, and are found to answer the pui'pose fully, 

 A neat model is deposited in the cabinet of tlic Agricultural Society, for 

 public inspection. J- M. 



