1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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Burrall's Com Sheller and Separator, 



This is a very neat and compact machine, in- 

 vented and manufactured by T. D. BurrAl, of 

 Geneva, N» Y. We have seen it in operation 

 and think it works admirably. The principle 

 upon which it operates is simple and ingenious. 

 It is for sale at the Seed Stores, on Front street, 

 in this city. Price, $10. 



In noticing this machine the Cultivator gives 

 the ijUoNvIng communication ;— 



When will wonders cease ? Do not stare, gentle read- 

 ers, for it IS even so. Mr. T. D. Hurrall, of Geneva, has 

 made an improvement in tlie simple implement of a corn- 

 sheller, which " takes the rag off" of all its predecessors. 

 It cannot be beat. Why, just look, at the above cut. See 

 how simple it is — all iron — strong and >iubstanlial, and what 

 ia more, it cannot easily bo put out of order. Durable loo — 

 last a man's life time. Wiiy, there is nothing of it— a mere 

 pocket edition. Still its operation is wonderful ; it strips 

 the kernel clean from the cob, witboul breaking either the 

 corn or the cob ; and what is more, it not only separates 

 the corn from the cob, but the cob from the corn, and depos- 

 its the corn at tlie bottom in a half-bushel, tit for market or 

 the mill, and the cob througl> a " knot hole" or orifice on 

 the back side, near t!ie top, thereby saving t!ie trouble of 

 cleaning up," as with other niacljines. 'I'ake it in your 

 kitchen and it is fine fun for the boys to shell from twenty 

 to thirty bushels of corn in an evening. 'I'he -'gude" wife 

 will have no reason to conipiain of dirt or a " mu.ss" on the 

 floor. 



To be gerious, Mr. Burrall has really presented us with a 

 most efficient and useful machine, leaving the shovel, fry- 

 ing-pan handle, and all other rnacihnes far in the back 

 ground. The principle of the sheller is not new, but ihc 

 improvement consists in the case or shell which encloses 

 the operating parts, and the complete separation of the corn 

 fVom the cob. It recjuires but little power, and is capable 

 (rf shelling from 10 to ly bushels per hour. 



C. N. Bemeht. 



For the Genesee Farmer. 



Comparative View of the quantity of Rain for 



six years, from 1840 to 1845, both inclusive, 



with a general mean or average for the whole 



number of these years : 



1840-..2.9.31 inches. Average over the State, o.5.38. 



1841—30.53 inches. Average over the State, .32.r)7. 



1842—33.19 inches. Average over the State, 37.04. 



1843 — 30.31 inches. Average over the State, 3t).7.5. 



1844^—26.17 inchcB. Average over the State, 32.44. 



1845— -34.44 inches. Avefage, unknown. 

 General average, here, 30.66.— Over the State, 34.83. 



The average quiintity of rain that falls in a 

 year, at any given place, depends upon its lati- 

 tude, proximity lo the Sea, elevation of the re- 

 gion, and exposure to the prevailing winds:-— 

 also to different local causes that influence cli- 

 mate. Humboldt estimates that the average 

 depth of rain which falls annually at the latitudes 

 of 0^, 19*, 45*=', and 60"^, may be taken re- 

 spectively at 98, 80, 29, and 17 inches. 



The greatest depth of rain that has been regis* 

 tered at any one place, in a year, is at Maranham, 

 lat 2P S., and which is .stated by Humboldt, 277 

 inches. This is much above the average, and 

 more than double the quantity registered at any 

 other locality. 



At St. Domingo the annual fall i.g estitnated 

 at 120 inches; at Havanna, 91; at Sierra 

 Leone, 86 ; at Paris, 19.1 ; at Petersburg, 18.2 ; 

 at Stockholm, 18.7 ; at Glasgow, 21.33 ; at Lon- 

 don, 24.9; at Edinburgh, 25; at Rochester, N. 

 Y., 30,66 ; in the State of New York, about 35 

 inches. 



Some extraordinary falls of rain have been 

 given. On the 25th of October, 1825, a foil of 

 32 inches, within 24 hours, occurred at Genoa; 

 at Joyeuse, in the south of France, 31 inches 

 within 22 hours. These last facts are gathered 

 from the Reports of the British Association for 

 1840. L. Wetherell, 



Rochester, April, 1846, 



Vinegar from Beets.— A farmer in Detroit 

 says — " The la.st season I grated about a bushel 

 of the sugar beet to a fine pulp, and pressed the 

 juice therefrom, of which I obtained six gallons. 

 I put the same in a vinegar barrel, which was 

 entirely empty, and in less than two weeks I had 

 as good and as plesant vinegar as I ever obtained 

 from cider, and was equally as strong and clear." 



To KiLi, jAfoss ON Buildings. — Having read 

 an article in a late number of the Cultivator, rec- 

 ommending white lead for killing moss on the 

 roofs of buildings, which may be a very good 

 one, I will mention what I think an economical 

 one. Take wood ashes or lime, and sprinkle 

 them on the roof, near the top, just before a rain, 

 and I think it will kill it as elTectually as any 

 thing. If people would wash the roots of their 

 buildings once in three or four years with lime 

 and water, they would not be troubled with mosg 

 on them. 



By the way, I ^vould recommend to those who 

 are about to cover their buildings with shingles, 

 and especially sawed shingles, to dip them in 

 boiling tar, pitch, or rosin ; say dip the butt ends 

 eight or nine inches and out again, as soon as 

 you will, and enough will penetrate lata the 

 shingles to preserve them, I thiiik, double the 

 time that they would last without going through 

 this process. — Boston Cultivator, T. 



