No. 42. 



Threshing Machine- 



Work for August. 



367 



T.'ie meeting, although not so interesting 

 as the last in number of fine exotics, yet 

 those exhibited were fine specimens, and in 

 good order. The hardy garden roses of Mr. 

 Buist were very fine, and many of them new 

 to us. The flowers were large and well 

 formed, notwithstanding the great heat, and 

 we may congratulate ourselves in an acces- 

 sion of some of the most superior Roses in the 

 country, and well worth the attention of 

 every lover of that most exquisite of all flow- 

 ers. The Gloxinia Grandiflora, as the name 

 implies, has a large pale blue flower, very 

 showey, and a very free flower, and is a new 

 plant to us. 



The fine appearance of Mr. Biddle's grapes, 

 especially the Black Hamburg, exceeded any 

 thing of the kind we have ever seen for the 

 size of the grape as well asv the bunches. 

 They were merely a specimen of what his 

 fine grapery can produce. It is certainly a 

 desideratum for the infirm in health and con- 

 valescent to have in command, at all times, 

 euch delicate and sanitive morceaus. The 

 vegetables were good considering the back- 

 ward spring. Mr. Chalmers' strawberries 

 were uncommonly fine; after seeing them 

 we are surprised the more common kinds 

 should continue to be cultivated. 



G. Watson, Rec'g SecVry. 



Philadelphia, June 20, 1838. 



A New and Improved Portable Horse Power 

 and Threshing Machine. 



Having obtained letters patent, bearing 

 date February 6th, 1838, for an improvement 

 on a Portable Horse Power, for propelling 

 Threshing Machines, Clover Mills, small 

 Grist Mills, &c., the subscriber takes this 

 method of informing the public, that he will 

 be prepared to supply all orders at the short- 

 est notice. The superiority over other ma- 

 chines, consists in ease of operation, durability 

 and simplicity. Being constructed principally 

 of iron, both Horse Power and Thresher, the 

 bearings being surrounded with oil cups which 

 retain oil sufficient for one day, without re- 

 plenishing, supercedes the necessity of hourly 

 application of oil, which renders other ma- 

 chinery so liable to injury from neglect, and 

 hazardous to those who may superintend them, 

 consequently produced by applying oil during 

 the operation, or from a neglect of its mechani- 

 cal construction. The vertical and horizon- 

 tal bearings are supplied with oil by nutrition 

 and capillary, which is a great saving of oil, 

 and prevents them from becoming dry and in- 

 juring the machine, which is so detrimental 

 to other machinery. The Horse Power occu- 

 pies the space of 13 feet by 3 feet six inches, 

 which contains the moving machinery. This 

 machine will thresh all kinds of grain; it also 

 answers the purpose of cleaning clover seed, 



and with my late improvement is far superior 

 to my former machines. This machine can 

 be transported in a common cart or wagon, 

 without any inconvenience. A further de- 

 scription is deemed unnecessary, ?s those who 

 would wish to purchase will call and examine 

 for themselves. The subscriber has con- 

 stantly on hand the above described machines 

 at his manufactory, north of Brandy wine vil- 

 lage, Del, where orders will be received and 

 the machines sent to any part of the neigh- 

 boring states. Hundreds of certificates can 

 be produced that it is superior to any thing 

 of the kind they have yet seen. 



References to the superiority of this ma- 

 chine may be had in the surrounding coun- 

 ties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, 

 Chester, and Lancaster, Pa.; New Castle, 

 Kent, and Sussex, Del.; and Cecil, Kent, and 

 Hartford, Md.; Salem, Cumberland, Glouces- 

 ter, and Burlington, N. J., where these ma- 

 chines have been justly celebrated and given 

 entire satisfaction. Jesse Urmy. 



P. S. — Corn Shellers made to order of the 

 latest improvement. Also, repairing Horse 

 Power, will be attended to with fidelity and 

 despatch, at his manufactory, north side of 

 the Brandywine, near Wilmington, 



Wilmington, .Inne 2:?d ]S?a 



Farmer's Work for August. 



BY FREDERICK BUTLER. 



We suppose that your harvest is housed, 

 your late potatoes are planted, and your tur- 

 neps are generally sown. Your late haying, 

 and your oats, now claim your particular at- 

 tention. Proceed with your late haying as 

 with your English and timothy ; if you gather 

 it in a careless and slovenly manner, and suf- 

 fer it to be exposed to the rains, as being of 

 little value, and not worth a careful expense, 

 it will repay you in your own way, and will 

 become truly of little value ; but if you col- 

 lect and house it with proper attention, it will 

 be the more valuable, and will repay you 

 with interest. Be sure to finish before the 

 •20th of August. 



Watch your oats, as you have done your 

 English harvest; cut them when the straw 

 is partially green, and as soon as the oat has 

 formed into a consistence. The grain will 

 be better, the straw more valuable for feed- 

 ing, and a handsome saving in the shelling; 

 but when you house them, use a little more 

 caution than with your grain, in ventilating 

 your mows; the oats will pack closer, and 

 be in more danger of heating, than your 

 grain. 



POTATOES. 



Your haying being closed ; your oat har- 



