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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



[No. 1 



"What we claim as our invention, are the ian- 

 ceolali? knives, or, in the stead of them, the series 

 of finijers, with other knives, to steady the grain 

 in cntlincr — the revolving wheel, with strikers, 

 knives, and canvass — the collecting hand with 

 its wheels, crank, lever, rest, and adjustment — 

 the pulleys and band to drive the revolving 

 wheel — the propelling power behind — the prin- 

 ciple of the governor of the rudder to give direc- 

 rection to the machine; and the application of the 

 whole to the use and purpose of catling and col- 

 lecting the heads of grain, leaving the straw on 

 the ground, and in like manner saving clover and 

 other grass seed." 



We believe that it will be proved upon in- 

 vestigation that this claim embraces- too many 

 parliculars, and thus includes things which have 

 been before well known and employed. Rows of 

 lanceolate knives are not new; the propelling from 

 behind, in grass and grain machines is not new; 

 the driving a wheel by a band and whirls is not 

 by any means a fit subject lor a claim; yet there 

 is certainly enough in the machines upon which to 

 have procured a valid patent. 



For Cleansing Clover and other Grass Seedsj 

 Hiram Holt, Weld, Oxford county, Maine, Sep- 

 tember 27. 



A cylinder, which may be two feet long, and 

 the same in diameter, is to be covered with sheei 

 iron, pierced so as to constitute a grater. Two 

 concave shells, with like surfaces, are to be placed 

 one on each side of this cylinder, leaving an open- 

 ing at top for feeding, and at bottom for the es- 

 cape of the seed. The cylinder, whose axis is 

 horizontal, is to be made to vibrate backward and 

 forward, to rub out the seed. The concaves are 

 adjustable by screws. The claim is to this particu- 

 lar action of the cylinder, flirnished vv'ith a con- 

 cave on each side. 



For an improvement in the Grist Mill; Owen 

 Moses, Malone, Franklin county, New York, Sep- 

 tember 26. 



The stones in this mill are to run vertically, and 

 are both of them to revolve, but in opposite direc- 

 tions. The shaft of one stone is to be a hollow tube, 

 through which that of the other passes, and a ho- 

 rizontal crown wheel is to mash into wheels on 

 each of these shafts. The feeding is to be through 

 the eye of one of the stones. There is no claim, 

 and if it is supposed that the revolving of both 

 stones, or the mode of gearing to effect this, is 

 new, a little inquiry would manifest the erroneous- 

 ness of such an opinion. 



For a JVasfnng 3fachmej John J. and Ebene- 

 zer C. Milliken, Winthrop, Kennebec county, 

 Maine, September 26. 



A trough is to be made in which there are to be 

 two sets of vibrating stocks, of the ordinary form; 

 a double crank shaft, the cranks at right angles 

 with each other, is to work the levers by which 

 the stocks are suspended; the cranks pass through 

 slots in these levers, and are furnished with fric- 

 tion rollers, thus dispensing with pit-men, but by 

 a much worse contrivance. 



Claim. — "The application of a crank directly to 

 the arms of the stock, in such a manner that one 

 stock only shall press at a time. The applica- 

 tion of friction-rollers to the crank, as above de- 

 scribed, &c." 



For a machine for Shaving Shingles and Staves; 

 William H. Wilkinson, Wayne, Warren county, 

 Ohio, September 26. 



The articles to be shaved are to be forced over 

 irons, on the face of a bench. Two vertical 

 vi^heels, acted upon in a way described, and shown 

 in the drawing, serve to carry the articles over the 

 irons. There is nothing in the machine worthy 

 of special notice. The claim is to "the arrange- 

 ment of the wheels acting upon the driver." 



For a Maddne for Dressing Hoops; B. Kim- 

 ball, A. Pevey, and F. Spalding, Petersborough, 

 Hillsborough county, New Hampshire, Septem- 

 ber 18. 



A wheel furnished with cutters on its face, near 

 to its periphery, is made to revolve by means of a 

 iTiandrel, like that of a lathe. A gauge stands in 

 front of the cutters, having a roller, against which 

 the outside of the split bears; this gauge is capa- 

 ble of being made to recede, by means of a lever, 

 so as to allow the necessary increase of thickness 

 in case of knots, &c. The following is the claim. 

 Alter stating the various modes of arrangement 

 which may be adopted, the |)atentees say; "We 

 do not, therefore, claim the individual parts of this 

 machine, as they have all been used under other 

 combinations, and for various other purposes; but 

 what we do claim as our invention, is the construc- 

 tion of an instrument for dressing hoops, made 

 and operating, substantially, in the maimer herein 

 set forth; having a revolving cutter wheel, a shift- 

 ing gauge, and the auxiliary appendages which 

 ixive to it that character by which it is distinguish- 

 ed fi-om other machines lor the same purpose." 



This machine has, we are informed, been found of 

 very great value in its application to the purpose 

 for which is was constructed. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 

 ROLLIKG SEED BEDS. 



Nothing protects young turnips, cabbages, and 

 other cruciferous plants, so effectually from the 

 depredations of the fly, as the operation of rolling. 

 For when the suriiice of the ground is thus ren- 

 dered smooth, the insects are deprived of a lodging 

 place under the clods of earth, and disperse. 7"'his 

 effect may be observed in turnip fields; — -where 

 the soil is finely pulverized, and the surface con- 

 sequently left smooth, the crop is generally little 

 injured, but where the surface is cloddy, it is often 

 almost destroyed. But as rolling can only be done 

 to advantage on light, or else on tolerably dry 

 ground, where the soil is heavy and moist it can- 

 not be resorted to; and as it is not always, when 

 practiced, completely efliectual in repelling these 

 insects, it is commonly advisable to provide the 

 additional remedy of air slaked lime, which should 

 be at hand, to sprinkle over the plants whenever 

 the fly may ajipear. 



From tlie Genesee Farmer. 

 STING LESS BEES. 



We have seen in some late journal, an extract 

 from .Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, in which, 

 speaking of the bee of New Holland, he says — 

 "The native bee is without a sting, and not much 



