THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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SEYMOITE & MORGAN'S IMPROVED REAPma MACHINE 



As our cduntry improves and our population becomes 

 more liop.se — as our forests disappear before the 

 v.oridraan's axe and the boundless prairies beconjc 

 covered wit!) the golden grain — as our home con- 

 sumption increases and the nations of Europe look to 

 us for bread, Rbapi.ng Machines will become abso- 

 h;!oly norcssary to secure nur crops, especially in the 

 Great We^t. Hundreds of acres everv season m 

 1 hat section, are either materially injured or entirely 

 l'.;st for want of the proper facilities for harvesting. 

 A machine that can do this work well will be of the 

 greate.- 1 public benefit, as it will not only enable the 

 farmer tn secure his grain, at just the right time, and 

 ai.-o be a great saving of expense, but it will also 

 enable him to do by horses, oxen, or even steam, that 

 which has hitherto been done by a most severe des- 

 cription of manual labor, rendered doubly oppressive 

 by the season of the year in which it must necessa- 

 rily be perfcrmed. 



Reaping Machines have been used in England, to 

 some extent, since the commencement of the present 

 century. The mildness and moisture of the climate, 

 however, making the ripening process slow, and the 

 harvest comparatively lengthy, and the cheapness of 

 labor, obviates, to some extent, the necessity which 

 exists in this country. In 1821 a Reaping Machine 

 was invented by Jeuemiah Bailey, of Chester 

 County. We believe this machine answered the 

 purpose tolerably well, and was used to some extent. 

 A machine was invented and built in this city some 

 ton or twelve years ago, by a Mr. Moore, that was 

 dcsignc I to cut the grain and thresh it in the field. 

 These machines have been improved, and are now 

 manufactured and used at the West. The Reaping 

 Machines most generally used of late years, is 

 McCormklc's Virginia Reaper, and Husset/s Reaper, 

 both of which have been figured and described in 

 previous volumes of this paper. Messrs. Sf.tmoiir &. 

 Morgan, however, think their machine an improve- 

 ment, and superior to either. We have not had an 

 opportunity to witness it in operation, but those who 

 have seen it work, pronounce it superior to any 

 other in use: cutting from fifteen to twenty-five acre's 

 a day in the most perfect manner, even among wet 

 and lodged wheat, never choking, though the grass 

 be ever so abundant, and that it leaves the grain in 

 a good condition for binding. We shall make it our 

 business to see this machine at work, and shall then 



speak definitely of its merits; in the m antirae we 

 refer all interested to the advertisement of Messrs. 

 Sevmour Si Morgan, and the certificates accompa- 

 nying, in the present number. \ 



CARE OF STOQET. 



Editors or the Farmer: — In addition to warm 

 stables or sheds for cattte, such as are tied at ail, 

 should he fastened securely by the neck or head. — ^1 

 Many R one has lost a valuable cov.- bv injurie.s re- 

 ceived by loose sf^ars, oxen or other cows attacking ]» 

 them in a savage manner, wlion there was bo possi- y. ' 

 bility of escape. Horses too are frequently injured .'' 

 by kicks by getting loose in stables; or by standing 

 too closely together. 



' Great care should be taken in fitting up stables to 

 have the floor sound and strong; the pianger and 

 stantions in the right places; and the animals kept 

 clean and dry by some pmper bedding and the fre- 

 quent removal of air droppings. Warm stables, well 

 ventilated and cut feed will enable one to winter 

 stock with the least expense, and in a thriving condi- 

 tion. Not only should their food be given to them 

 regularly and indue quantity, but their water and salt 

 should be offered with eoual uniformity as: to times 

 and seasons. System and order are indispensable fn 

 the stock grower and dairyman. The best way to 

 salt cattle in wirifer is to feed them brined straw corn 

 fodder or hsy twic? a week. In this way a little salt 

 can be kept constantly in the systems of domestic 

 animals and greatly promote their health and im- 

 provement. Avoid driving or sending stock a great 

 distance to water in winter. They are a])t to suflcr 

 much from thirst: and to drink to excess when thev 

 do reach the spring, well or creek. 



Green feed such as turneps, carrots, pumpkins, po- 

 tatoes and the like, is extremely useful to mix with 

 the dry forage of th.; farm in winter. There is room 

 for great improvement in wintering and fattening 

 sheep, swine and neat cattle. Much may be gained 

 by providing suitable food the season previous, 

 and having it well protected from frost. In addition 

 to this, warm pens and comfortable stribles are indis- 

 ()ensable to economy in savi/ig living flesh from 

 waste, and making new on the carcasses of domestic t', 

 animals. Owtario. - ' 



