1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



235 



He's Patent Wheel Cultivator. 



The above engraving represents a perspective 

 view of a new Cultivator invented and patented 

 by Nathan Ide of Sbelby, Orleans county, April 

 18th, 1846, (for a more particular account of 

 which see his advertisement. ) The labors of the 

 wheat growing farmer will by it be considerably 

 abridged, and the raising of wheat greatl_y facili- 

 tated. This implement is in reality one of the 

 real improvements of the age, and as much supe- 

 rior to the ordinary cultivators in use, as Hall's 

 Threshing Machines and Separators are to the 

 old rope-wheel threshing machines, or McCor- 

 mick's Reaper to an ordinary cradle. The 

 wheels are 31 inches in diameter, with tire and 

 bushes like an ordinary carriage wheel, and turn 

 on two short axletrees, which are capable of be- 

 ing raised or lowered at pleasure. The body of 

 the cultivator is a stout frame, with two rows of 

 teeth, 3 before and 4 behind, and so graduated 

 as to exactly balance on each side of the axle-trees; 

 a tongue completes the whole, which is lirmiy at- 

 tached to the frame, and serves to guide and 

 steady it when in operation. The teeth are each 

 16 inches long, pointed with steel, and so formed 

 as to wear sharp. Every part of the machine is 

 built in the most strong and durable manner, ,vith 

 substantial braces behind each tooth ; and with 

 ordinary usage will last a farmer twice as long 

 as cultivators with cast teeth. 



The advantages of this cultivator are manifold. 

 1st. By means of the wheels the machine runs 

 easy, and the teeth go to a uniform depth; they 

 also aflbrd a ready means of transportation, not 

 only to the implement itself, but other things — 

 as when turned over it becomes a low cart capa- 

 ble of carrying 8 or 10 bushels of grain. 2d. 

 The axle-trees are so graduated as to rise or fall 

 4 or 5 inches, by means of inch blocks between 

 them and the frame. 3d. The teeth are so long 

 that the machine never chokes, the ordinary 

 cobble stones and boulders rolling readily be- 

 tween them. And 4th. The tongue guides the 

 implement with accuracy and precision. 



Such are some of the most prominent advanta- 

 ges of this unrivalled instrument. It is a tool 



that must come into general use, and one des- 

 tined to effect great changes in the farming world. 

 Upon the boundless prairies of the west its use 

 must become universal. Let the farmers of 

 Western New York bestir themselves, and im- 

 prove their deteriorating lands, for a new era in 

 the production of wheat is dawning. 



To Mr. Ide the thanks of the farming commu- 

 nity are due. Month after month he toiled and 

 experimented before he brought his machine to 

 perfection. That he will realize a fortune from 

 a sale of the patents seems highly probable — nor 

 can any one doubt its worth, since the judge at 

 Washington, who issued it, pronounced it the 

 best patent that had been issued from the office 

 for the last twenty years. 



J. H. Hedlf.y. 



Orleans Co., 1th month, 1846. 



Clark's iNTFXLECTUAr, Aritiijietic and Algebra: Ar- 

 ranged and taught on the nniversal principle of Increase 

 and Decrease, to which all questions are referred, and by 

 the application of which they arc solved. 



The above is the title of a new School Book, 

 which has the commendation of such competent 

 teachers as Prof. Dewey of this cit}', and others. 

 Mr. Clark has acquired considerable reputation 

 by the popularity of his "Prusian Calculator," or 

 new system — at least, new in this country — of 

 solving questions in arithmetic. These books 

 can be had at the book-stores in Rochester. 



"The Genesee Evangelist" is the title of 

 a handsome weekly paper, published in this city, 

 by Rev. .Iohn E. Robie, at -$1 a jear. It is 

 "devoted to Religious, Literar}' and General 

 Intelligence, and the Family Circle." The 

 Evangelist is ably conducted, and should be well 

 sustained. We commend it to the })atronage of 

 the Religious Community — with the remark that 

 so cheap a publication of its class, merits a large 

 list of substantial (paying) subscribers. m. 



System and perseverance in agricultural pur- 

 suits, never fail to reward the husbandman for 

 his labors, his anxiety, and his capital invested. 



