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PABKINSON'S IMPROVED 



Eds. Gen. Farmer : — Having procured an interest 

 in •< Parlvinson'd Improvement in hanging and opera- 

 tin"- Gatcp," for the use of my farm, and finding tliem 

 far superior to any gate I have ever used or seen, 

 and finding them thus pronounced by numerous 

 others, I have thought it might be attended with 

 benefit to my fellow farmers and all others who are 

 freeholders, and consequently gate users, to introduce 

 them through your widely circulated and valuable 

 journal. Their simplicity, cheapness, convenience, 

 and safety, also that they may be used as well in 

 winter as summer and never sag, being among their 

 most prominent features of superiority. They may 

 be made of either slats or pickets, nearly in the same 

 m-^ni er in many respects as our common gates, 

 except that no frame-work is required, slats being 

 used iusiiad of morticed scantling. The posts 

 aie split down with a saw, (either at the mill or by 

 hun-1,) and a tongue taken out the thickness of the 

 gate, or enough thicker to admit of the gate's work- 

 ing freely in the space, and hung at the bottom by 

 simply passing through both gate and post a single 

 wooden pin. After the posts are set, (which is not 

 usually done until the gate is atiacheJ,) they are 

 sawed asunder in the middle and roll over each way, 

 having previously prepared slats in the midlle, in 

 order to make two gates of it. A small sliort post is 

 placed in the middle, with a Jiotchcut in it to receive 

 and steady the gates when t^hut ; also, a small slid 



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hoven by the frost sidewisc, they are operated nearly 

 as well. The fence, if board, is nailed to the same 

 posts, requiring no extra ones. They may extend 

 liigher than the gates, if desired, and be capped by 

 splitting the cap the same as the posts, and the gates 

 made in the most beautiful style, of pickets, or may 

 be made of the coarsest material, with planks or slabs 

 pinned together at the bottom for posts, at an expense 

 (without posts) of jFrom seventy-five cents to two 

 dollars. They are equally convenient for small as 

 large gates, a small spring or snap being attached to 

 the post to hold the gate down. 



Persons who have not seen a full sized gate, may 

 come to the conclusion that they are too heavy for 

 common use, which, however, is a mistake, as a child 

 who can by no possibility carry round or open one- 

 half of our common farm gates, can open a sutficient- 

 ly heavy one for common purposes, the lifting being 

 equal to 8 lbs. 3 oz. at the starting point, on the 

 gate I use, and becoming lighter every inch it is 

 raised. If desired, however, a pulley may be attached 

 by placing the roller near the top of the post, fasten- 

 ing one end of the string to the inside corner of- the 

 gate, and the other end to a weight wliich passes 

 down the back side of the post, in a carding or open, 

 as preferred. G. H. Lambi.rton. — H'aiervilii, JV. 

 Y., Fcb'xj, 1851. 



We hope our correspondent will continue to be 

 well pleased with the operation of these gates ; but 



A GOOD NATIVE COW. 



is attached, to pass through both parts and fasten [ we have seen so many improved gules that were in- 



them so firmly tliat iiu animal, however sagacious, ' ferior to the old swing g ite, well made and hung, 



can open ihen^. Thus we save the expanse of hinges, j that we should prefer having them well tested before 



(not a small item in hanging a dozen gates,) save , recommending'. 



half the expense in making, and some expense in 



material ; besides, any common farmer can make 



and hang his own gates without the aid of a machine, 



and have a gale that can never sag, (the pest of uli 



hinge gates :) also, it can be used the year round, 



never being obstructed by snow, as in case of a very 



heavy fall the gate may bo raised b)*' raising the pin, 



thus raising the gate to a level witli the snow. 



Your readers will readily sec that these gates are 

 operated quicker, as a person can stand by their side 

 and throw them both over at once with one finger of 

 each hand, and they will remain open without fasten- 

 ing while the team passes through, which may be 

 held by the bit while opening and the reins while 

 shutting, the operator having to ?tep but one pace 

 after sliutting one to reach the other, which may be 

 thrown carelessly together witli no fear of their 

 breaking or splitting when made of common J inch 

 pine, spruce, or hemlock lumber. They never can 

 blow open to expose crops ; they work as well on 

 uneven ground as anywhere ; and if the posts are 



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Messrs. Editors : — Through the nnedium of your 

 paper we find many of the farmers throughout the 

 country boasting of the fine qualities of their stock 

 — their "Short Horned Durhams," their "Devon- 

 shires," or some other "blood" — as far superior to 

 any other for workers or milkers. All I have to say 

 through the same medium, is that I have a JVative 

 scrub cow which I wish to class with their number 

 one " bloods," as a milker. Let those that have any 

 better speak out. From my cow, in just ten months, 

 commencing March lOlh, 1850, was made 3973 l^s. 

 of good well-worked butter, besides one churning of 

 about four pounds from which we were unable to make 

 butter ; also furnishing milk for my family, aver- 

 aging about four persons, for the same length of 

 time. Her keeping was besides good hay or pas- 

 ture, four quarts of wheat bran per day. William 

 Perry. — Florence, Ohio, Feb., 1851. 



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