110 



?loushman and drivel, one dollar each 

 To-leremiah Wilbur of Crans.on, for the 3d prem. 

 To the PluTighman and Driver $1 each 

 To F.arl BaUtr of Warwick, the fourth prem- 

 To the Ploughmau 



We are sorry to say that the Driver has for- 

 feited his award by deviating from the rules of 

 the Standing Committee. 



To Henry B. Drown of Nonh-Providence 5th pre m. 3 

 To the Ploughman and Driver, $! each 2 



There were eleven competitors, who ploughed 

 one eighth of an acre each, which was performed 

 in the short space of time of from 15 tf) 18 min- 

 utes ■ all which is unanimously submitted, by 

 WILLIAM N. RliODES, 

 Fo7- the Commiltee. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 27. 183*;. 



ihe double expanding mould board plough, oh sented as a new invention, neither uas any im 

 Eni'Iish invention, and used in this state for many provement mentioned, hut your Committee consiti ^' 

 years if the two mould boards are removed (and ered the e.xecution and workmanship as excellen 

 "they are removed with care) will be in principle a Messrs Pitciier & Gridley of Patuckct, Count 

 parincr plouo-h, and like the Bog Cutting plough of Bristol, entered for premium, four Bevil Cc 

 xcc-'t the Knife or Coulter on the beam — your Wheels, eij.ht Speeder Spools, vvith several othj 



Committee cannot recommend a premium 



A Corn Mill of Cast Iron was entered for pre- 

 mium, but no person appeared to explain its use- 



articles, all of superior workmanship, the Be\ 

 teeth or Cogs are said to be made in a peculi^i 

 manner, by which much greater accuracy is oj 

 tained in tlie movement of the wheels, and this ii 

 provement in the Cogs is made by a machine I 

 their invention — but as these articles are desia 

 ed for use in manufactories, the Committee do q 

 consiiler them as entitled to premium from the 



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fulness; it was not put together, and the Commit 

 tee could form no opinion of it— the entry was 

 made by A. & T. Hanks, of Hartford, state of 

 Connecticut. 



Mr .Tohii Jones of Hopkinton, County of Middle- 

 sex entered for premium a Corn Sheller, which ciety,but hope they will find a place at the HallJ 

 ilifl'erecl but little in principle from the patent Cast ihe New Kngl.md Society on the S.'jth. ' 



Iron corn sheller from New York, and in use in) Mr Edward Warner, state of Maine,entered IjU " 

 t'.is state for several years past, the diflerence I day after the time fixed by the Rules of the So^ 

 was in the mode of dropping in the ear of corn, Uy, a Threshing and Winnowing machine, ™ot14h''",, 

 and in the sprino- which serves to press the ears | by Horse power, and invented by him — he WT, 

 T^^Several articles prepared for this paper are I of different si;.es against the teeth, in that from j anxious to have it tried and the result made ptif ^" 

 unavoidably deferred to make room for official re- New York the ear is dropped in end-wise, in this hi,,, it was accordingly set -in motion, and t^j','' 

 ports of the proceedings at the Farmers' Festivals, j placed in side-wise or hoii.ontally, and the spring sheaves of While Straw bearded Spring Wh^"!"- 

 In a few weeks we shall be able to give our usual ; which in that from New York, is perpendicular, placed in the machine, by one man, ar.d one inii 6"' 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, OCT. 27, 1826. 



variety. 



No. VI. 

 The Committee on Agricultural Inventions, Sfc. Re- 

 port, viz : 

 That Mr Ziba Bisbee of East Bridgewater, 

 County of Plymouth, presented for premium six 

 shovels, the plates of Cast Steel, the sockets well 

 secured with clasps or bands of Iron, and proiluc- 

 ed certificates from peisons of respectability in 

 his neighborhood, that he was the Inventor, that 

 the sliovels had been used by Fanners and others, 

 who considered them superior to the Iron shovels, 

 and far preferable at one dollar seventy-five cents 

 the single shovel to any other kiild in use — the 

 Committee recommend a premium of Ten dollars 

 to Mr Bisbee. 



A Sheep R-ick was presented by Doct. Francis 

 Moore of Brighton, as much improved and better 

 than any in use. It is calculated to prevent the 

 Hay and Hay seed from falling on the sheep while 

 they are fed with grain or vegetables, the Rack is 

 made to swing on two pivots of Iron, one at each 



in this is hori.ontal; it is also of wood except the 

 teeth or cogs in the wheel, and although they can 

 be afforded" for a much less price than the last 

 Iron Corn Shellfr, yet your Commiltee cannot re- 

 commend a premium. It appeared after the ex- 

 amination of the machine and decision of the Com- 1 

 ■iiittee that Mr Jones was not the Inventor, but 

 the purchaser of the right, to make, vend, and use 

 in his town or county, and could not be entitled to 

 a premium. 

 E. & T. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbf.rg, Vermont, 



.entered for premium a pair of Iron Cider Press 



Screws, the work appeared well executed, but no 



evidence was given of their having been use.i in 



the cider press, or of any superiority over the Iron 



Screws used in t'le Cider presses in this 3tate^ 



your Committee do not recommend a premium 



Mr Daniel N.Smith of Warwick, County of j and is now presented by Mr Pope as an iinprov 



Franklin, entered for premium a revolvmg tii/iber hand machine for threshing in the most thorouj 



plane, calculated to straighten, square and smooth I cheap and expeditious manner, less complical 



timber of any length and si- e generally mauc use i than any in use, and from the simjdicity a 



of in building machinery in Factories, i.'fec. He strength of the machinery less likely to get out 

 end, and is moved with ease, when removed to I produced cerlificates that he was the lnve.:tor order. Two sheaves of White Straw beard 

 feed witli grain it is secured by a single bolt, and | and that one now ■" °Per!it;on_atJ)e<lham ^and ) Spring ^W heat, were P"* 'n^ *he^maehinc by^] 



s occasionally employed clearing away the strif 

 v.iiile another guided the horse, this last nil. 

 might have been spared, had the horse been wi 

 broken to the harness, and the place more su'At 

 ble, as he appeared -frighted by the crowd 

 noise. The two sheaves were threshed and 



wed in tliree minutes thirty-five seconds, sop 

 of the heads not well threshed or bent out, b 

 perhaps as clear as is usual with the flail. 



Mr Joseph Pope exhibited a Thieshing 

 cliine and r''quested an examination and trial; 

 this machine a premium was granted by this 

 ciety, October, 1822, to the father of Mr Poi ■ 

 late Joseph Pope, Esq. deceased, since which sQi 

 improvements have been made, the beater hei 

 of Tron in place of wood, the winnowing nu.cliil 

 and shears for cutting the straw wholly detachi 



by drawing the bolt, falls readily into place for 

 feeding with Hay — a premium of Five dollars is 

 recommended to Doct. Moore. 



Mr T. P. Meriam of Concord, County of Mid- 

 dlesex, presented for premium a Bog and Plough 

 cutter, and produced a Certificate of the advan- 

 tage of this Machine over the common plough in 

 clearing land of Bogs and Hassocks — the work- 

 manship both wood and iron was ordinary, and the 

 improvement which was principally in the Cutter 

 or Coulter not such in tlie opinion of the Commit- 

 tee as entitle Mr Meriam to a premiiun 



moved by water power, would execute work in 

 one eitrhth part of the time it (-ould be performed 

 by hand, and equally well — this not being tin Ag- 

 ricultural Machine it is not for your Committee to 

 recommend a premium, but they were glad to fiiK'. 

 bv one of the printed certificates produced by Mr 



Pope after it was set in motion by one man, a 

 the wheat was thoroughly threshed out in o 

 minute and twenty-four seconds, being two mi 

 utes eleven seconds less time than was requir 

 for the same quantity in Mr Warren's machi 

 ith horse power — your Committee had full 



Smith, that this machine would be exhibited on 1 satisfactory evidence that Mr Pope had with I 



the 2.5th at the Hall of the New England Society 

 in Boston. 



Mr John Winslow of Portland, entered for exhi- 

 bition only a machine of his invention, styled a 



If feeding Brick Press, the operation of which 



Elijah BricTham of Marlborough, County of Mid- |be exph.ined to your Committee and many others, 

 dlesex, presented a Cooper's Ad:.e, and a Carpen- 1 by a model, so clear and communicated the whole 

 ter's Adze for premium— the workmanship was i process in such manner, as seemed to le-^ve no 



' doubt on the minds of those that attended ot tne 

 utility of the machihe, and if it performs as it ap- 

 pears to promise, can hardly need any recommen- 

 dation to give it celebrity — your Committee was 

 glad to learn that this Machine was also to be 

 placed in the Hall of the New England Society on 

 the 25th. 



Messrs Congden Hayden & Co. of Williamsburg 

 County of Hampshire entered for exhibition only, 

 a Regulator for Water Wheels, it was not pre 



excellent, the finish and polish superior, but 

 improvement was perceived in either that would 

 justify recommending a premium. 



Mr Benjamin Wheeler of Framingham, County 

 of Middlesex, presented for premium, a plough for 

 paring grass land previous to burning, the work- 

 manship was good in nil its parts and suitable for 

 the purpose intended, but your Committee could 

 not view it as a new invention: the Share is double 

 like the Bog Cutter presented by Mr Meriam — 



machine tliis season in Brighton threshed and I 

 terwards cleaned, with two men to turn and o; 

 to feed, five bushels and one half peck of wheaV 

 one hour, when the two men who turned con 

 only thresh with flails, and clean up ten bushels 

 a day, of wheat from the same field, and in eve 

 respect like that threshed in the machine. 



Mr Pope produced certificates from persons wl 

 had used his machine with Horse power by wliii 

 it appeared it threshed eighty bushels per day 

 the red straw wheat, and two hundred and thn | 

 bushels of Oats in seven hours. Mr Pope a 

 I'ressed a letter to the Committee in which he p 

 the foUov^ing questions and requested an answe 

 viz : 



1. Is not the machine composed of the best m; 

 terials to insure durability .' 



