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of December, 1845. It is Btrong, instantly adjusted 

 to any degree of nicety, and capable of a greater 

 variation than any other kind, without the leas! en 

 dangering the strength of itself or the other parts of 

 the plow. Below are cuts showing the parts oi this 

 detached, as also their application to the plow, with 

 its use, as before explained, in obtaining and pre- 

 serving the line of draft. 



C and K, fig. 1, shows plow with dial clevis with 

 rod attached, and position of plow in operation, line 

 of draft, kc, &c. 



A, fig. 2. The guide or movable plate which is 

 confined across the end of the beam. 



B, fig. 2. The joint bolt and nut which confines 

 the guide to the end of the beam. 



C, fig. 2. A section of the draft-rod passing 

 through the guide, and to which the power is applied. 



Figs. 3 and 4. The cast iron cap fitting the end 

 of the beam, and through which the joint bolt passes, 

 and to which the guard is confined by means of the 

 bolt, and cogs or teeth on it, fitting into ribs upon 

 the guide. 



A, fig. 5. Shows the front view of 

 guide, and head of bolt confining it. 



B, fig. 5. The back view of guide 

 with splints or ribs which fit the cogs 

 on the cap, as seen in fig. 4. 



This clevis is light as any ordinary 

 clevis, and costs but fifty cents more 

 than a common wrought iron one. 



The rod is made of the best wrought 

 iron and extends back underneath the 

 beam any distance, at the pleasure of 

 As shown in fig. 1, it is attached at K, 

 or near the coulter bolt. 



At an early day I intend to take up the subject of 

 the public trials of. plows, as generally conducted, 

 and show the advantages to be derived therefrom, as 

 also to point out some of the errors and their cause, 

 by which the public are often misled — also, their 

 remedies. H. L. E.— Albany, JY. Y„ Aug., 1849. 



The Harvest in Canada is favorably spoken of 

 by the Toronto Globe, which says : — The fall wheat 

 harvest in this neighborhood is now almost gathered} 

 and we are happy to say that the yield is most abun- 

 dant — greater than for many years past. We hear 

 of thirty, forty, and even fifty bushels to the acre on 

 many farms. 



Onondaga Salt. — The activity in the salt manu- 

 facture has not been surpassed in any former year. 

 The quantity manufacti ted since 1st January, is giv- 

 en by a Syracuse paper at 1,171,136.16 bushels, or 

 an increase of 401,488.38 over the previous year. 



IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT PEAT. 

 A DI8COVBRT has been made in Ireland which is 



likelj to be v important than the discovery of 



gold in California to America. It is s discovery 



which, if it be truly represented, must open in the 

 United Kingdom mines of wraith worth a thousand 

 Califomias— mines of wealth having these extraor- 

 dinary properties, that all the cost of exploring them 

 will be clear gain to the people, while the place from 

 which the treasure is to be withdraw n will he en- 

 riched by its removal. 



Lord Ashley's statement of the amount of valu- 

 able materials into which 100 tons of peat was con- 

 vertible — 100 tons of peat which cost £8, and the 

 labor of converting it about £8 more, contained: 



Lbs. Value. 



Carbon of ammonia, -.2,602 £32 10 .' 



Se.la, 2,118 8 16 6 



Vinegar,.. GOO 7 10 



Naptha, gallons, .'30 7 10 



Candles, 600 17 ID 



Caraphcnc Oil, 600 5 



Common Oil, 800 3 68 



Gas, 8 00 



Ashes, 1 13 4 



£91 16 8 

 Mr. Owen, he said, had tried this experiment not 

 merely on one hundred tons, but on thousands of 

 tons of peat during the whole of the last tw 

 months. He had expended his capital on it and 

 had received his remuneration, and was ready to 

 stake his character and fortune on the issue. He 

 (Lord Ashley) wished to add, that after the peat was 

 cleared away the soil beneath was found fruitful 

 beyond all description, because it was absolutely sat- 

 urated with ammonia ; and consequently, not only 

 would the country be enriched by the conversion of 

 the peat into valuable materials, but the soil itself 

 would afterwards be found in a far more cultivata- 

 bie condition. 



The introduction of steam navigation, railroads, 

 agricultural chemistry, the application of the elec- 

 tric fluid (itself unknown 200 years ago) to uses 

 unimagined 20 years ajjo, and in many other new 

 applications of physical power, afford pregnant proof 

 of the Inexhaustible resources of material nature. 



If the above be true, says the New York Express, 

 the discovery will be of immense advantage to the 

 United States. There is already a handsome busi- 

 ness done in Massachusetts and elsewhere in New 

 England — and for aught we know in other parts of 

 the country— in the cutting and drying of peat for 

 purposes of fuel. New value will at once be given 

 to this enterprise, should the above prove true. — Ex. 



Mediterranean Wheat. — A correspondent of the 

 Winchester (Va.) Republican stntos that in that part 

 of Virginia the Mediterranean wheat escaped rust 

 better than any other variety. The wheat crop of 

 Washington county, Pa., it is said, was not more 

 than half an average yield this year, in consequence 

 of rust. A good deal of the Mediterranean was bowo 

 the past sea on in that count)^ and, notwithstanding 

 the damage done to the other varieties, the Washing- 

 ton Reporter says that "all of this," so far as it can 

 learn, " has turned out well." 



Cheap Mode of Fattening Hogs — Allow them 

 to run at large, and teach them to break into your 

 neighbor's corn field every night. 



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