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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



STEAM ENGINE FOR THE FARM. 



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farms, and one in an extensive nursery used to pump all the water, cut and crush feed 

 for horses, saw wood, clean seeds, and perform a vast .deal of labor. The proprietor said 

 that he had begun to look upon it as one of the most indispensable things about his 

 establishment. Already have some pretty successful attempts been made at plowing ; 

 but in this and all other operations on the land, the difficulty to overcome will be to 

 have them move without sinking. But in the barn -yard, if their uses never go beyond, 

 they must be of gi-eat service in all large establishments. There is something exceed- 

 ingly practical and manageable in the appearance of the nice portable engines here 

 exhibited, capable of being drawn by a pair of horses and managed by any laborer after 

 two or three days practice. The usual price for a four-horse power engine on wheels, is 

 $700 to $150 ; of six-horse power, $800 to $850. At our last State Fair a Portable 

 Farm Engine was exhibited by the manufacturers. Hoard & Bradford, of Watertown, 

 N. Y. "VVe learn that the price is, for half-horse power, $75 ; one-horse power, $100 ; 

 two-horse power, $160 ; three-horse power, $250. The principal objections to the use 

 of steam engines on the farm, are — difficulty of management, liability to explosion, and 

 danger of fire. These objections the manufacturer states he has endeavored to obviate, 

 but how successfully we can not at present say. 



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