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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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NEW VOFK (.rVTF AnHim.TUriAl. SnriETV's FinST PBEMU'M 



RAIL-RniD HnRSE-PflWER k THRESnER, 



TUF, nttention of the farminp; public is colicitod to the npwly 

 improved Kail T?oai.l Horse Power, as now made and offered 

 to thera by the siibseribers. 



Having been lone pnfr.igod in the manufacture, pale, and intro- 

 duction of ajiricultural machinery, they hare had ample opportu- 

 nities to ascertain the wants of the farmer.'! as well as the merits 

 of the various machines now in use— they hare endeavored to 

 better adapt .such as they manufacture for the purposes designed, 

 and having paid more attention to these Horse lowers than al- 

 most all other implements together, they flatter themselves that 

 they have'succoeded iu so improving the endless chain power as 

 to do away the strong prejudice against its use. and at the .same 

 time so adapted it to a greater variety of uses that no farmer of 

 any considerable extent will do without one when once having 

 s«en them in operation. 



As their power is so dissimilar to those chiefly made and sold by 

 them previovis to last sea'dn. and from any others now in use. that 

 they deem it an olyect to themselves, as wel' as an interest to farm- 

 ers, to give a description of its principal parts with cute, as fiUowg : 



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Fig. 1 represents the top view of the running geer with the floor- 



inp off. A, A. the sills, supporting the bearing-* and main shafts. 



B the band-whe"l. 3 feet diameter connected to shift C the cou- 



Tiirre fer wheel connected to shaft 



D the pinion working inside the 



converi-'e wheel and connected to 



shaft, a. a, a. a. the ends of the 



main shafts with couplings and 



nuts attached, b. b. the two 



main shafts of the power, c. c, 



the reels (iron) on the forward 



main shaft which supports the 



endless platform in its revolution 



at the forward or upper end ot 



the power. The.^e reels, as also 



the coupling*, are all fitted firmly 



and permantly to the main shafts 



as represented. 

 Fig. 2 a represents a face and 



edge view of the couplings which 



are fitted permently to each end of each main shaft, (enlarged.) 

 Fig. 3. e represents a side view of 

 the converge wheel with a concave 

 or sunken hub and fitted to the 

 shafts and couplings a. a, a, a. and 

 confined with anut or screw. One 

 of the arms of this wheel is provided 

 with a projection plate to receive a 

 wrist pin for driving a pitman, of- 

 ten convenient in sawing wood, 

 churning butter, etc., etc. D rep- 

 resents a side or face view of the 

 pinion, vhinh i.s about '4 the di 

 ameter of tlie converge wheel, and 

 working into it : this has al«o a 

 concave huh anci fltte-1 to couplings 

 and confined by a nut. the arms of 

 the converge wheel passing over it 

 when in operation. 



Fig 4. B repre.aents a face or side 

 view of the banil wheel, three feet 

 diameter, (he hub of which is form- 

 form i^nT-u :^ «-. - . X, *'^ °' ^'"'^ """"^ plates so made as to 



lonn caTjties to receive the apokcs as represented, and when bolted 



throu;:;h the spokes and plates forms a strong and substantial 

 wheel. The back plate is also concave to receive a nut, fastening 

 and fitting also to each and all the couplings. 



Fig 5 shows the side view of one 

 the reels— two of which are used 

 on the forward main shalt. The 

 small rods of Ihe endless platform, 

 fitting in the c.xvities as they re- 

 volve, thereby giving i.iotion to the 

 reels and shaft, to which they are 

 firmly and permantly fastem^d. 



The diameter of these reels ia 

 such that tliey receive from the 

 platform, with the ordinary walk 

 of a horee, about fifty-five revolutions per minute, which it com- 

 municates to the converge wheel outside the frame. This wheel 

 in its turu communicates its motion in Ihe same direction to the 

 pinion working into it. which pinion, being only one-fourth the 

 diameter, n-ceivcs two hundred and twenty revolutions per min- 

 ute—the b.ind wheel B being attached to the opposite end of the 

 pinion shaft as represented This wheel being three feet diame- 

 ter gives sufficient speed for threshing, sawing wood, grating ap- 

 ples, ginning cotton, cutting and grinding feed. etc.. etc. 



Wtien the power is to be used for churning, (with band.) driving 

 grindstones, corn shelkrs, or when a slower motion is desired, the 

 baud wheel can be attached to either end of the reel shaft, at fifty 

 five revolutions per minute. Should it be desirable to have a still 

 slower motion for elevators, hay presses, driving paddle-wheels for 

 small boat, instead of propelling them by manual labor on many 

 of our streams and lakes, in the wood and lumber bnsriiess. etc. — 

 all that is nece.ssary is to put the pinion on the reel shaft and the 

 converge geer wheel on the other, working into it. and we have a 

 motion of about fourteen revolutions per minute, and with an in- 

 creased power in proportion to the decrease of motion, the horse 

 walking the same speed in all cases. 



The advantages of these arrangements are too plain to require 

 comment — only one or two need be mentioned, one of which is, 

 the removing the whole of the geering from under the horses and 

 from the dust and dirt always about the machines, where it may, 

 if desired, be boxed up and kept perfectly clean, requiring very 

 little oil or care to keep Ihem in order. There isno possibility of 

 breakage, or wear, or slipping of gearing, as is unavoidable in all 

 other powers \\ hich we have heretofore sold or seen. 



The platform, small shafts, rail-tracks, and wheels, are similar 

 to those made and sold by ns for several years past. The.so im- 

 provements having been tes'ed in vipward of two hundred Horse 

 Towers, made and sold during the last .season, and invariably given 

 good .satisfaction, and had the preference over any we have before 

 made, we have no hesitation in commending them to the favora- 

 ble notice and trial by all farmers or others desiring a cheap, ef- 

 ficient, and durable Horse I'^ower. For further particulars see 

 catalogues of " The Albany Agricultural Works, Warehouse and 

 Seed Store," furnished gratis on application to 



E.MKKV kCO.. 

 369 and 371 Broadway. Albany, N. Y. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUIVrBER 



The Breeding and Rasing of Domestic Animals 57 



Whe.it (xilture in the Genesee Valley 59 



Suggestions for the N. Y. State Agricultural Society 60 



Maple Sugar 60 



Corn Growing 61 



Hutter and Cheese Making 62 



Poultry House and Vard ; Diseases of Poultry, &c 63 



Morgan Horse. Gen. GifTord 64 



S. W.-s Notcsforthe -Month, 64 



Hay Hakes '. 66 



The Kitchen Garden ; Salt for Cattle, &c 66 



Bees. No. 7; Plan for a Farm House 67 



Symmetrical Cottage 68 



Plan of a Barn with Manure Cellar 69 



Threshing Oats ; Stock in Cayuga Co . &c 70 



Laoiks' DKPAnTMKNT.— The Season of Flowers 85 



VoiTHs' Dk.paht.ment.— Forest Trees, Stc 75 



Editors Table 77 



HOBTICn.TfRAL DEPARTMKNT. 



Hints on Pruning and Managing Orchards 71 



Kare and Fine Fruits 72 



.Answers to Correspondents 73 



How to Repel the Locust Borer, &c 73 



Market Gardening around London 74 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Sonnerat's .lungle Fowl 63 



Plan of Poultry House and Hen Park 63 



iMorgan Horse, Gun. GifTord 64 



Hoc Bed ... 68 



Plan for a Farm House C7 



Symmetrical Cottage 68 



Plan of Barn with Manure Cellar 6'J 



General Hanil Plumb ; Great Biganrcau Cherry 72 



Petunia , Dwarf Lupine 75 



Beech Tree 76 



