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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



PORTABLE FLAX AND HEMP DRESSER 



Date of Patents, September 16, 1862, ftnd April 28, 1863. 



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Made and Sold by 

 HAIiliORY & 8A1VFORD, 



Harlem Railroad Building, Room No. 26, in White Street, near Center 



Onr tentig ar« Cash on <lflivery ol shii.pcr's rfCfipi or ill of 

 ladinc, and pcri-ons ordering can send 'IriifL on N -w Y'>rk, or 

 Treasury Notes, to some jyenson hera whom tuey know, or hy tx- 

 pree«. lo be delivered lo us "n our di-livery of bill of lading for 

 atiipment of Mactime. Price at our Factory, at Faterson, >iew 

 Jersey, for 



No. 1 Machine, (capable of dressing 2,500 lbs. of Flax 8iraw 



in ten hours.) S '■;>6 



No.a, 2.V> 



DJo. 3, Hand Blaclxlne, 156 



First.— A machine capable of dressing 2,500 pounds of flax 

 Mraw in ten hours, can tie sold at the f«ctory, r<-ady for shipm* nt. 

 at |8.')5; and the- second sizi- capalile of dressing ],.^Oii pound.^ of 

 •traw al ij-^S'i,; a ihini size, capable of drejfsing from fiuO I" SnQ 

 poundri of straw pnr day, at ll-iS. The smallest size weighs 

 about 300 pound and can be run by hand. 



Seoonk. — Ti.e yield of flax ftluT by the u-e 'f thl» machine, in 

 proportion lo the weight of fl;ix straw dre^'sed, kxcekds bv at 

 LEAST ONKrFouRTH that obtained by any other machine or pro- 



TniBD. — The fiber. dr<>gs*'d by this machine, is much more val- 

 nabli- than Ihiil dros-sed in any other way, on account of the 

 gTeal<'r yield over the h»ckle. 



FooKTU — This mach ne is so simple iir lis construction and op- 

 eration, that the liability lo derangemens is vi ry slight. ' 



Fifth.— This niaihine does not require in its us'e any peculiar 

 ■kill, ll can be operated by boys or girls, and docs not involve 

 any risk to the hands or arms of the operatives, while the ordi- 

 nary m.'ictiines require the use of skilled labor, and as cxperi- 

 eoce has proved are always att'-nde<l wiih risk lo the operatives. 



Sixth.— This machine' can bi- driven by any of iho dorse- 

 »ow(-r5 in u^e. and as it can be operali-d bv ordinary farm labor, 

 flennl'les the farmer lo dress hmjI prepare fT inark.t, al litile ex- 

 pense, the flax raised by hiiusclf, thus opening to hira a new and 

 profitable occupation. 



Sevrmth.— Thia machine is small, the largest size occupying 

 only a')out four feel sqnar.', and wclghinir not over l.inn ponni.s. 



As Ihere is a demand for largt r m.irhines for hump, the prnpri- 

 (•n-v .■<-.' hnldini^ «iich, cnpnble of dressiBg iwo and a half tuns 

 of heuip slntw per U*y. 



The amount of flax fllior produced in the linited Stales io th 

 year 18.50 was 7,SOb.80() pounds. Had the straw lr<>in which tlii 

 amount of fiber was lukeii b' en dressed by the S.-mford &, Mai 

 lory Machine, the yield would have been, not le^s than 10.4i9,lT7 

 poiindf. The increased piuduci of ilio flax saved, at preeeil 

 prices, would have bi en worih $6.'''0,542. 



When it is remembered that in many of the 'Westem States il 

 immense qnanl t> of flax is raised for the seed alone, the strif 

 biing de.'-troyed or wasted as of no value, it will r.-iidily be tet) 

 th. l the iniroilu lion among farmers and manufacturers of 

 cheap and eirecti>e machinc'capable of converting what wouk 

 olh rwise go to wa-te into an article of great value, can not fal 

 to produce the most lni|>ortant resu'ls. 



It is well known tuat fl.ix can bo successfully cultivated in al 

 the Northern S;ale8. Il m addition to the value of the seed- 

 snOlcunl of ilsell to pay the entire cost of cultivaiion— the 8tr«» 

 ••an be made a source ol large profit, a wide field of suceessfil 

 Industry will be openeil. 



Th„t the st:.t--in. nis Inrc pnt forward as to the efflciency am 

 value of the Sanlord He Mallory Machine, and espeeially as to tb< 

 great saving effecli'd by it over any other maehine or proeet 

 known, are raiher lielo* than beyond the tact, will abUDdaaU; 

 appear from r. port.'i and Ictlers from practical flax-workers in oo 

 p i-session JSothing need be added to their direct and positlvi 

 testimony. 



The machine requires two men or boys lo tend it, and rB» 

 from l.SOO to 2 "OO pounds of iitraw in ten hours. 



A dry or wet ilay makes no difference with this maeblne, wlO 

 reference to i s result in savine fiber. 



The machine can be Hecn in operation any day at room No. M 

 HarloTii Kailroad Uuildng. corner of While and O-nler dreell 

 New York City, or at Mr. Harvey Wilcox's Flax Mill in Unirti 

 Villase, Washington county, N. Y. 



TliM ma ■hiiie, with onc-hoiiso power, will also run from 400 I 

 (ino iiontids of hemp -talks p-r hour. leaving the fiber perfecll; 

 clean and straight, wi'h not oiie ounce of tow to the tun. 



Those riesihng machines this fall should order at onoe, as V 

 sh all -i ipply according to dale of orders. 



tST" Uejcrlplive Circulars sent tree on application U) 



MALLOKY & hANFORD. 

 Comer While and Center streeU, Nevr York Cilj 



