NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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STEWART'S PATENT STUMP MACHINE. 



STEV/ARl'S PATENT STUMP MACHINE.! 



This machine is not only used for pulling stumps, 

 but it is applicable to moving buildings, rocks, &c. 

 It possesses great power and may be worked with 

 ease and convenience. A few woids by way of 

 explanation may be acceptable to some of our rea- 

 ders. 



SECOND AGRICUL1URAL MEETING 



At the State House, Jan. 21. 



Gov. Boutwell in the Chair, — Subject, "The Potata 



Disease.'" 



The President made a few appropriate remarks 

 on the importance of agriculture, and he expressed 

 A strong chain is put around the root of the stump j the deep interest he felt in the cause, and his de- 

 to be removed, as represented in the engraving on sire to promote it. As he was not practically ac- 



rhe left. This chain passes over shears, or strong 

 timbers so placed as to give the power at the stump 

 an upward direction. In many cases this part may 

 be dispensed with, and the chain pass up over the 

 stump. The chain continues onward to the lever, 

 on wheels, to \\hich the horse is attached. This 

 lever is fastened to a stationary stump When the 

 horse has passed on, according to his present posi- 

 tion, the length of the lever, he is turned in the 

 other direction, and at the .same lime, the outer 

 chain is dropped and the inner chaia is hooked into 

 tlie leading chain, and the horse passes on to the 

 extent of the lever in the other direction. 



A pair of oxen may be used, if more convenient. 

 When stumps are tliick, a large number may be 

 pulled without removing the lever fi-ora the station- 

 ary stump. It is said that the largest stumps may 

 be easily extracted with this machine. A pair of 

 horses or oxen is a sufficient team to take it from 



[uainted with the subject under discussion, he de- 

 clined making any remarks on it. 



Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of Dorchester, was 

 called on to open the discussion. He remarked 

 that he was called on unexpectedly, and was not 

 prepared for the occasion. He said that this dis- 

 ease baffles the wisdom of the most scientific in the 

 the world. England and other countries of Europe 

 had appointed able commissioners to investigate 

 this subject, but without effect. But he believed 

 that in the progress of science, a remedy for this 

 disease would be discovered. He had some expe- 

 rience in this subject. The past season was one 

 of uncommon moisture, and the potatoes were most 

 injured on wet land. On the farm of Daniel Web- 

 ster, they rotted on wet land, while they succeede<l 

 well at a short distance on high land. Governor 

 Hill raised good crops of potatoes free from rot, by 

 planting on dry land, and manuring with guano and 



place to place, and three men are sufficient to man-} plaster. Col. Wilder remarked that the cause of 

 age it in the heaviest work. The removal of 100 'the disease had been discovered by a gentleman 

 stumps is considered a day's work. j of this country, Mr. Teschemacher. It is a fungus. 



Machines and patent rights are offered for sale. 'the seeds of which float in the atmosphere, and at- 

 Address, William W. WUlis, or James Kilburn, jtach themselves to the leaves of the plant when it 

 Orange, Mass. Reference is made to the following is wet and warm; when we have what is called 

 gentlemen: — Alvah Crocker, Esq., Fitchburg, for-jdog-day weather. We have a fungus on rose leaves, 

 merly President of Averment & Mass. Railroad; and we destroy it by fumigation with sulphur. Dr. 



S. r. Johnson, engineer of Troy & Greeelield Rail 

 road; Gilmore & Carpenter, Boston, railroad con- 

 tractors; Boody. Dillon & Co., Springfield, railroad 

 contractors. 



Hayes has recommended this mode to save pota- 

 toes after they are dug. Barn-yard manure pro- 

 motes potato rot; saline substances tend to prevent 

 it. 



