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GENESEE FARMER. 



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SMITH'S CORN- SHELLER AND SEPARATOIl. 



Corn Shellers. 



Among the many machines for- shelling and 

 separating corn, the one figured ahove is highly 

 recommended. In a recent conversation with 

 an intelligent agriculturist v/ho has spent seve- 

 ral years in one of the principal corn growing 

 sections of the South, he informed us th&t he had 

 known two of Smith's Shellers (driven hy steam 

 power) to shell 3, COO bushels of ears per day, 

 and perform the work well. The machine is 

 thus described in the catalogue of Messrs. Rcg- 

 «LES, NouRSE, & Mason, of Boston, Jiass. : — 



"It consists of a horizontal toothed cylinder 6 

 feet long, and- one foot two inches in diameter. 

 The eai-s of corn in the operation, are confined 

 to a part of the upper and rising side of this cyl- 

 inder, by means of a cast iron concave extending 

 the whole length of the machine, and being shov- 

 elled or let in the machine at one end, they are 

 driven through, and the cobs discharged at the 

 opposite end, while the grain ialls below, being 

 admitted on either side of the cylinder. Tlie 

 operation is governed by elevaling or depressing 

 the discharge end, which causes the machine to 

 discharge the cobs fast or slow, and of course 

 operates more or less npon them ; thus securing 

 to the operator the power of finishing his work. 



This machine is capable of shelling two hun- 

 dred bushels of ears, per hour. Upwards of one 

 hundred of them have been already sold, and 

 they may be seen at work in New York, New 

 Orleans, and other Northern and Southern cities 

 and towns, where they have given great satisfac- 

 tion. They are very simple and strong in their 

 construction. Price, $50." 



This machine may be obtained of the above 

 named manufacturers ; also of H. L. Emery, 

 Albany, N. Y., and A. B. Allen & Co., New 

 York City. 



Clinton Corn Sheller. — This is believed 

 to be one of the most efficient and durable hand 

 shellers now in use. The accompanying cut 

 gives a good representation of the single hopper 

 and single balance wheel machine. It is said 

 that, with two men, two hundred bushels of ears 

 are easily shelled per dajl^— or, with two hoppers 



and large balance wheels, double that amount of 

 labor can be performed by three men. The 

 manufacturer states that the machine is equall)' 

 well adapted for the large ears at the south and 

 west as for the small ones of the north. Some 

 have a balance wheel on each side, v/hich bal- 

 ances the machine better, and the wear ftf the 

 shafts is more equal and 

 durable. It is about \\ 

 by 2 J feet on the floor, 

 |ii and 3 J feet high ; with 

 the single hopper it 

 weighs about 100 lbs., 

 and with double hopper 

 and balance wheel about 

 150 lbs. For sale (and 

 warranted satisfactory) 

 by H. L. Emery, Alba- 

 ny, N. Y.; and we pre- 

 sume it can also be ob- 

 tained at the other prin- 

 cipal Agricultural Warehouses throughout the 

 country. Price, with single hopper, ^lO — 

 double hopper, §13. 



For figure and description of Burrall's Sheller 

 and Separator, (manufactured by the inventor at 

 Geneva, N. Y.,) see Vol. Vil, page 115, of this 

 journal ; and for Taylor's Improved Sheller 

 (manufactured in this city,) see same volume, 

 page 255. 



We may be permitted to remark in this con- 

 nection, that we have no pecuniary interest in 

 any Implement Store or Manufactory — and that 

 our only aim, in noticing various implements 

 and machines, is to furnish proper information 

 to those of our readers who desire, or would be 

 benefitted by the use of, such articles. We com- 

 mend onlv such machines, «Scc., as we know or 

 fully helleve to be of intrinsic value — and neither 

 •'love nor money,'' to use a homely phrase, can 

 induce us to recommend wliat we consider tinc- 

 tured with humbug, or calculated to deceive or 

 mislead the agricultural community. Tliis is our 

 plalforin; and, although too limited to benefit 

 speculators, we think it broad enough to suit the 

 views of the great mass of our readers — those who 

 are entitled to correct and impartial testimony. 



