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as a cenerni ru)e in this couniry. and that there I cylindrical tin vessel, nearly of the form of a 

 may be ol.jeciio.is u,yed a^rai.ist ihe praciico. I common fi-eczer, and wliich will hold nearly two 

 luive had some experience m both motlep, ol yard- ! n • i • l 



mg and slalliniT caille, and am decidedly of opi- i «''"""^' '^/*^> ^^'"* "^ bollom on a pivot, on 

 nion that stalling lor working oxen, and milch j which it will turn freely, and has a band arouDd 

 cows, is the prelerabie n>ode. For yomig stock, I its top, and which passes also around a horizontal 

 when there is no demand made cither on their i i t-i . r.u t. , , x ■ , .... 



labor or produce, yarding is probably , he belter i "'''^''- The turning ol that wheel (which a child 

 mode; and if well and |)!eniirully Jiiicrcd, wiih a I ^^° ^° easily,) keeps the tin vessel in a rotatory 

 good supply of sound tbod, ihey may pass ilironnrh j motion, as fast or slow as is desired. The vessel 

 an ordinary wii.ier season well. But itis lardiHer- i jg euslained in its position at top by preesin- 

 ent with animals that have to work hard all . ,, r ■ i / i "= 



day, and whose hours Ibr leeding and rest are | "ga'"st two small friction wheels. It is set in a 

 necessarily limited. In connexion with the stable I'ail, which is so little larger as to leave only 

 will be erected a chaff house, and an open stable about an interval of an inch in thickness between 

 lor cults. Ample lolts will extend over the whole. 



for receiving every species of provender for the 

 stock ; the horse stable, barn, machine house, 

 chaff house, colt stable and ox stable, will form 

 the sides of a square enclosing the manure yard, 

 with a straw yard in the rear. A pump room, 

 root-room, and boiling house, will also be erected 



the inside of the pail and the outside of the tin 

 vessel, to receive the pounded ice and salt. A 

 peck of ice is enough to fill the space— and a 

 peck and a half is as much as we both used and 

 wasted in the whole operation. Thus the prepar- 



in a convenient location, as also a shade of suffi- i ing of this delicious summer rrfreshment is made 



cient extent to receive all carts, wagons, &c. 

 'I'he whole will lorm a very convenient range of 

 farm ntlices adapted to the wants of the es'ai^e. 



By this new arrangement of the formerly exist- 

 ing divisioiis of the estate, the extent of fencing 

 will be reduced not less than 10 miles ; of itself 

 a most important saving, estimating the cost of 

 cutting and mauling rails at 33^ cents per hun- 

 dred, 10 miles of fencing would cost not less 

 than ^2,200; and if the value of limber used, 

 hauling of rails, erecting of fence, and waste ol 

 ground so occupied by the fences were valued at 

 ihe low rale of as much more, the whole cost 

 would amount to ^4400. And supposing these 

 (ences, of pine rails, required to be renewed every 

 sixth year, (and every fifih would be nearer 

 the truth,) the annual cost would be ^733, 33 

 without calculating the yearly interest of money 

 so invested. 



Leisure does not permit me to extend my notes 

 farther at |)resent, but I will again resume them 

 at an early dale, and am, most respecifijlly, your 

 humble servant, A. Nicol. 



much more easy, quick, and also more cheap, in 

 every respect, except for the cost of the machine, 

 which is ^15 — and that is too much to be paid 

 by families that do not make ice cream frequent- 

 ly. But to those who do, and especially to con- 

 fectioners, and keepers of public houses, Ihe price 

 of the machine would lie saved, and the expen- 

 diture prove a profit, in the course of a few 

 months. The mode of operating is thus de- 

 scribed in the letter of the gentleman who invent- 

 ed the machine. — Ed. F. R. 



THE PATKKT FAMILY FREEZEB. 



We have received, from a gentleman of New 

 York, a present of an apparatus of his invention, 

 for making ice cream more easily, quickly, and 

 with less labor, and much less ice, than in the 

 usual clumsy and troublesome mode. We have 

 had it tried ; and allowing something for the usu- 

 al awkwardness of a new process, or use of a new 

 machine, we are satisfied that it will well perform 

 its designed purpose. Even with the help of the 

 annexed figure, it will not be easy to describe the 

 freezer so as to be understood. It will give us 

 pleasure to show it to any one who may desire to 

 see it. 



An ordinary wooden chest contains, and serves 

 as a fi-atne for the whole. A deep and narrow 

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•'The object of the contrivance, you will observe, 

 id simply to turn the tin vessel, or freezer, and at the 

 same time leave ihe top open, so as to have access 

 to the contents. The arrangements are made with 

 a view, also, lo economize in the quantity of ice 

 and salt, to prevent either of these ingredients from 

 gelling accidentally into ihe li-eezer, and to pro- 

 duce the desired result in a short space of time, 

 and without much labor. If you will take the 

 trouble to let the first operation be performed un- 

 der your own inspection, and by the following 

 directions, you will judge how far I have suc- 

 ceeded. Any person will understand that the pail 

 must always be placed precisely in one position, 

 which indeed can hardly be placed otherwise, 

 there being a section ol a circle cut from the 

 boards under the Iriciion wheels to receive the 

 lop of ilie pail. The ()an also will sliow that it 

 must stand directly under '.he centre of the large 

 hole made lor the pui pose, and to fit the pail. 

 The use of the pan is to prevent the ice and salt 



