NEW ENGL.AND FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warkhouse )— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1832. 



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From Stcuart's Pianter^s Guide. 

 SPECIFICATION OP THE IiARCilS sIZED MACHIStE, USED AT AIiLANTOST, IN SCOTIjAND, FOR TRANSPLANTING TREES. 



The pole AB (Fig. 1.) is 15 feet long, inclading tlie iron ring at the point ; 6 inches broad, tapering to 34 at top ; and 5 inches thick. The iron rin" 

 at A is 4 In. in diameter. At the top there is a small bend EC (Fig. 2.,) 3 In. oft' the straight, in order to prevent the bark from being chafed by the 

 ring. Iniriiediatcly at the point, l)ut clear of tlie ring, is fixed a small block of iron at C. with rounded edges, 4 In. long, by l.J In. thick, well steeled 

 so as to trail along the ground, and to prevent the ix)iut of the pole, when the machine is not loaded, from cutting up the surface. 



There is Ukewise, on one side of the pole, a plate of iron DC, extending from D, within 18 In. of the axle, to nearly the top at E, for the purpose of 

 strengthening the pole. It is 24 In. broad, | In. thick, and sunk into the wood. This plate, for the sake of greater power, should be in one piece. Its 

 entire length is not visible in the diagram, owing to the intervening delineation of one of the side-stays. 



The iron axle FG (Fig. 1.,) and also IK (Fig. 3.^) is 54 F. long between the washers (but is nearly covered by the case,) and 3 In. square ; with a 

 curve of 3 In. at H, for the purpose of giving greater strength. It would not be convenient, however it might .^uit large roots or branches, to make the 

 axle longer than the above dimension, on account of gates, and other narrow passes, through which the machire might be taken, and that seldom exceed 

 9 or 10 F. wide. Tlie heads of the axle WW are 14 In. long, and fitted to the bushes of the wheels. The dusl-hoops are 1 In. broad each. The wooden 

 case IK (or, as it is called, the axle-bed) is 6 In. s|uare, covering the iron 2 In., and consequently showing only 1 In. of it. To tlie axle-bed are fixed 

 two strong hooks of iron ZZ, 64 In. long, and stronfly bolted to it, to which the horses are attached for drawing the machine. 



The two side-stays FLGL (Fig. 1.) are made aB short as possible, in order to prevent interference with tie branches, behig 5 F. long, S^ In. broad 

 and 4 In. deep or thick, and strongly bolted to the »ile-bed and pole. The upper stay MN (Fig. 2.,) which rests upon the first stage at M, is 54 F. lonw 

 3j In. broad, and 4^ In. thick, and is in Uke niannef bolted to the pole. 



The first stage OP (Fig. 3) rises 4 In. in the centre above the axle-bed, and is bolted to it. This stage is 5 F. 5 In. long, 6 In. broad, and 4 In. thick. 

 The second stage QR rises 6 In. above the first, and is in the same way bolted to the latter. It is also 5 F. 5 hi. long, 10 In. broad, and 3 In. thick. The 

 third stage ST rises 6 In. above the second. It is only 3 F. 10 In. long, 10 In. broad, and 3 In. thick, and i.s similarly bolted to the stage last mentioned. 

 The third stage is movable, as occasion may require ; and the machine Cim be used either witli or without it, according to the extent of the roots and 

 branches of the trees to be removed. On the stage which happens to be uppermost, there is fi.xed a firm bolstering of double mat SVT, filled with hay 

 or straw, of at least 6 In. m thickness, so tliat the bark of the stem can sustain no uijury. 



The blocks UUUUU between these two stages, are 10 In. long, 4 In. broad, and 6 In. high. The end of the upper stay at X (or at M. Fig. 2.,) resting 

 on the first stage, represents, in the end view of the machine, a.iotJier block in that position ; and the end of the pole at Y is seen in the same way, and for 

 the same object. Wherever it can be done, the bolts, for the various puqioses above mentioned, are shown in the diagram. 



The diagram relates to tlie pole-axle and frame-work of the machme, that is, to every part of it excepting the wheels. The latter it was considered 

 as unnecessary to delineate in the jliagi-am, as the entire machine in motion has been ali'eady given ; and any good carpenter can make the wheels on 

 the dimensions being furnished. 



These machines are of the simplest structure. The pole is of the best oak, the axle of iron, the wheels of oak, elm and ash, as also the subordinate 

 parts. To the original implement has been added, among other improvements three stages strongly bolted to the cross-bar or axle-bed, and to on* 

 another, of which the upper stage is movable at pleasure as the extent of roots or branches may require elevation from the ground. 



