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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



OCT. 18, 18 -r- 



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Boston, Weonesoav, Oct. 18, 1837 



KAKMER'S WORK. 



AfiRirtll.TCUAl, ImPI.. JIENTS Cjllihitcd lit tllP. Iiilc Fiii.r 



of the Mechanic Jissociotion 



riuTe is ni) better iririex 

 of thi? slMle ot'Agriculluro in a country, than is presen- 

 ted l>v till) vimv oftlie lin|)lernpnls in use lunonu; Ciilti- 

 viilors, fur f;ioili'atinn- and {jiving tlie must lieiielieia] 

 etfect to tlu- hihors of ilie Ilnsbamlnian. A farmerwitli 

 poor tools, not only wastes a great part of h:s slrengtli, 

 but vvhal ill.' perfo-iris is not well done, and liis crops by 

 tlieir scantiness and po.ir qiialiiy, will uidicalc defirien- 

 cy of culture. One man, witli good implements, in 

 prime order, will peiforrn neaily or quite as much work 

 as two men will bring to pass with poor took. Wlia! 

 l.,ord Hacon predicated of linoiclcdge, when lie uttered 

 t e famous .-Lviom " Knowledge is I'uwer," may be said 

 of "ood Aoricultural Icni)lenients. — Tbey double the 

 power of the Fanner. 



Impressed with these sentiments, we were glad to see 

 our f r-famod iMechanic's Fair enriched witli Agricultu- 

 ral Im|ilcmeats, whieh would have received the enco- 

 miums of Washington, Young or Sinclair. We will 

 nn-nlion such as our linfus allow in the present number. 

 Joseph Breek and Co., from the New England Agri- 

 cultural Warehouse, Boston, exhibited the following ar- 

 ticles, viz ;— 



Willis's Imjirurcil Seed Unwcr. — This machine has been 

 fully tested fin- the l.-ist two years, and proves to be a 

 great acquisition to the faruiing inleiesl. It will sow 

 all kinds of garden seeds, from tin; turnip to the mingel 

 wurlzel, in the most perfi.'ct manner ; and will save at 

 least one third of the seed commonly used, ami tlie work 

 is done with one hall the labor. Willis's Improved 

 Seed Sowers have been highly recommended by those 

 who have used them. 



Willis's Improved Cultivator. — The improvement on 

 this machine consists in shaping the teeth, so that the 

 mortices are cut direcily with tlie grain of the wood, 

 and not partly across the grain, as ihey were formeily 

 made. By this means ihey are much stronger, and not 

 so liable to break. •Another very essential improvement 

 is the manner of bracing the handles. Theie has been 

 a very great objection to the Cultivator, in consequence 

 of not bavin" any way to brace the hamlles, and at the 

 same time admit of the e.\panding and contracting of 

 the implement. This objection is obviated by the im- 

 provement ■. which consists in securing a brace on each 

 side of t!.e handle, then passing a bolt from the lower 

 part ofllie brace, through the expanding part of the ma- 

 1 chine. 'I'he difi'erent holes in this part of the Cultiva- 

 tor are set off so exactly, that ihi! bolls will pass through 

 from the brtice at any given distance required, and be 

 secured by a thumbnut, so that it can be altered in a 

 very short time, from one width to ani>ther, u itiiout 

 much trouble, and the handles are as secure as lliuse of 

 a common plough. 



Green's Straio and Hay Cutter, is considered one of 

 the miKst perfectly operating maehines th.it has ever 

 been introduced. It cuts the hay or straw with the 

 oreatest ease, and at a very rapid r.ite. It is said to cut 

 from 2 to 3 bushels of hay or straw |ier minute, opera- 

 ted on by 01* person. This maehine is vVMrlby of ihe 

 patronage of all firniers and other persons using fiidder 

 for horses or cattle, as cut fet-d is considered, by good 

 |udn-es, as saving at least one quarter part of all the ex- 

 pense o( feeding. 



Willis's Im/irored Ilaij and. Straw Cuf/cr, a very strong 

 and substantial maehine, with the advantage of its be- 

 ing easily adjusted so as to cut at any given lengih. 



Hale's Threshinsr Machine, is considered one of the 

 liest operating uiachines for the purpose for wlfndi it was 

 introdiii'ed. it is >aid lo'do its work in the most thor- 

 ough manner, and at a very rapidrate. Every liirmer 

 that raises grain should have a threshing machine. 



There were a number of Wiiinowiiig Machines ex- 

 hibited, the iiiMStsiilislaiilial and best operating id'whieh 

 was on'o of Holmes. 'I'liis article appeared to lie of good 

 workmanship, and is said to do iln: work well, and with 

 great cxpediiion. 



Corn SUdlers.—Twn of these were exhibited. The 

 Harrisun machine is much the best, doing the work well 

 and at a very rapid rate. It is said to shell 7.1 bushels 

 per day, in the must perfect manner. The other ma- 

 chine operates well. 



Wiills's Improved Sa^mr MiU.—.\ very useful ma- 

 chine for grinding the H'lvana sugar. Said to grind a 

 box of 400 lbs. ot sugar in 10 minutes, in the best pos- 

 sible manner, h aviiig the grain of Ihe sugar entire and 

 very light, and improving very much the shade of the 

 "ugar. It a|ipears to be a great imj.rovemeiit over the 

 old fashioned manner of using the shovel in breaking 

 up the hard lumps of the Havana sngar. 



Ploairhs. — Of these, there wen; a number introduced, 

 all of very good eonstruetion. The most peifectly man- 

 ulaciured one was Howard's, which is understood to 

 stand highest in the estimation of farmers, generally, 

 and has received a pn luiuin of ten dollars at the 

 Biighton Catt'e Show, from the Massachu.sells So- 

 ciety lor Proniolliig Agriculture, for being the best 

 plough exhibited on the field. 



Cheese Presses —Of the.se, two were exhibited. The 

 Quaker self-adjusting Press, oppeared.to be a very per- 

 fect aiticle. The advantage of this piess is, that the 

 weight of Ihe cheese presses itself; therefore, no other 

 weight or levers are necessary. U can be made to press 

 one'or more cheeses at the same time, a property \ery 

 useful to cheese makers. 



There were a number more very useful farming tools, 

 introduced Irom the above mentioned establishment of 

 Block and Co. Among these were 



Willis's Improved Cast Steel Manvre Forks, worked 

 out from a solid piece of cast steel, a good article. 

 Gault's Patent Churn, said to be the best in use. 

 Dar'is's Road Scraper, quite an improveunent on the 

 old dirt scraper. 



Farnhnm's Grater Cider Mill.— A very useful inven- 

 tion, said to grind 00 bushels of apples per hour, in the 

 besl'possible "manner. The cider from this kind of mill 

 is considered to be far better thi;n when it is mai>»; in 

 llie old fashioned mill. It has no sediment, and more 

 cider is obtained from the same quantity of apples. 



Cast Iron Cider Scrcji's.— By these screws, the far- 

 mer can press out a much larger quantity of cider from 

 the same quantity of pomace, having double the power 

 with the iron screw, ihat he would with the old fash- 

 ioned wooden screws. 



Revolving Horse Rate— This is a great improvement 

 in raking hay. It is said that one man and a horse will, 

 by using this maciiine, perform as much work as si.\ or 

 eight men in the common way. There is no slopping 

 tii°uiilead the lake ; for, as fast as the rake is loaded ut 

 revolves, unloads itself, and takes the other set of teeth, 

 and thus continues til! the work is completed. 



The following remark, on the agency of Mr Willis in 

 inventing and bringing before the public many valuable 

 implements, is from the able Editor of the Boston Cou- 

 rier, and are as well said as vvelljnerited : 



"For most of the improvements, which have been 

 made in these articles, the farmers are indebted to Mr 

 Charles Willis, one ol the concern <if J Brock and Co., 

 a gentleman, whose intelligence and ingenuity are con- 

 stantly employed in devising and executing something 

 adv.'intageous to the agricultural community, and for 

 which he merits the lavor and gratitude of the public 

 in general " 



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A LfXCRV. — The season has been so fine fur the sta- 

 ple liixuary of New England - pumpkins — that we can- 

 not forbear putting our fair readers in possession of a 

 secret in the art i>f making pumpkin pies, which not on- 

 ly renders them ebeap.aiid wholesome, but greatly di- 

 minishes the trouble of making them. It is this: Pie- 

 pare the pumpkin in the usual way, then grease your 

 plate thoroughly, and sprinkle on it as much dry Indian 

 meal as will" form a crust of proper thiidiiiess, then fill 

 llie plate with lh(! pumpkin and hake it. Try it, girls, 

 try it ; and if you don't find it delicious, set it down for 

 a fact that you are no yankee epicures. 



Rochester Democrat. 



03= Mr Weston's Report of the proceedings of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, at their annual 

 u.eeting for the choice of officers, is unavoidably defer 

 red another week The following is a list of the uffi- 

 cers chosen at the above meeting. The Report shall be 

 given in our next paper. 



OFFICERS 



OF THE 



Jilaatachutelti Mforlicnltiifal Socieltj. 



President. 

 Elijah Vose, Dorchester. 

 I'ice Presidents — Enoch Barilett, Roxbury, Jonathan 

 Winship, Brighton, Theodore Lyman Jr., Boston, John 

 Prince, Roxbury. 



Treasurer, Samuel Walker, Roxbury. 

 Corresponding Secretary, Robert Treat Paine, Boston. 

 Recording Secretary, Ezra Weston, Jr. Boston. 

 Counsellors — Augustus Aspinwall, Brookline, Thom- 

 as Brewer, Roxbury, Henry A. Breed, Lynn, George 

 W. Brimmer, Boston, Joseph S, Cabot, Salem, E. Her- 

 s'ey Derby, Salem, N. Morton Davis, Plymouth, Na- 

 ihaiiii^l Davenport, Milton, Thomas G. Fesseiiden, Bos- 

 ton, David Haggerstoii, Walertown, Joseph G. Joy, 

 Boston, William Kenrick, Newton, John Lemist. Rox- 

 bury, William Lincidn, Worcester, Thomas Lee, Brook- 

 line, Charles Lawrence, Salem, William Pratt, Jr. Wa- 

 tertown. Benjamin Rodman, New Bedford, Samuel A. 

 Shurllefi", Boston, M. P. Sawyer, Boston, Jacob Tidd,' 

 Ruxbiiry, Charles Tappan, Boston, Aaron D. Williams, 

 Roxbury, Jonathan Winship, Brighton, William Wor- 

 thiifton, Dorchester, Thomas Whitmarsh, Northamp- 

 ton. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology — Rev. 



John L. Russidl. 



Professor of Entomology. — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Profcs'or of llorlicnitural Chemistry. — J. W. Welsler, 



■^ M D. 



Standing Committees. 

 Committ e on Fruits. 

 Wm. Kenrick, Chairman, John M. Ives, Salem, 

 Robert Mantling, P. C. Huvey, 



Samuel Downer, 

 Beiij. V. French, 

 E. M. Rn hards, 

 John A. Kenrick, 



Committee on the products of Kitchen Garden. 

 Samuel Pond, Chairman, N. Davenport, 

 1). Chandler, A. D. Williams, 



Jacob Tidd, R. Howe, 



Committee on Flowers, Shrubs, etc. 

 S. Walker, Chairman, ,D. Haggerston, 



C. M Hovey, S. R. Johnson, 



J. Breek, JW. Carter. 



S. Swceiser, i 



Committee on the Library. 

 E Vose, Chairman, C. Bl Hovey, 



R. T. Paine, M P. Wilder, 



W. Kenrick, ,T. (i. Fessenden. 



E Weston, Jr. ' 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruit 

 J Lowell, Chairman, I W. Kenrick, 



R. Manning, |S. Downer, 



E:recutice Committee. 



h. P. Grosvenor, 

 J. L. L F Warren, 

 Samuel Pond. 



Tiie New Yoikers have a decided taste for the '-wild 

 and won<lerful." Among the articles at the Fair of the 

 Meebanies Institute-, now exhibiting in that eity, is a 

 ■rold and silvir carriage, drawn by f oir harnessed bed 

 bugs, elegantly coniparisoned. This arlieb; is enclosed 

 in a glass'case, about three by five inches, is the size of 

 your little finger, and is moved by the '■ gentlemen of 

 lilood " ill handsome style. 



A'orthampton Courier. 



E. M. Richards, 

 E. Bartlett. 



E. Vose, Chairman, 

 C. Newhall, 

 B. V. French, 



Committee on Finance. 

 E. 'Vose, Chairman, iL. P. Grosvenor. 



B. V. French, I 



Farmer's Song. — We have received a poetical effu 

 8ion,set to music, entitled The Plough, a. Simg, by B 

 Brown, Esq., written fur the Anniversary of the Ply 

 mcmlh Coiintv Agricultural Society, &c. It is very we 

 (lone, and we have ordered the music to be stereotypy 

 It will, probably, be published in our next 



Hardening Wood.— To harden wood for pulley. 

 &c. boil it six or seven minutes ia olive oil, and it vvi 

 become as hard as copper. 



