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THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



954 lbs. on my first trial, which took me 18 46-GOth minutes, 

 and gave 2iJ0 lbs. -wheat. On my second trial, I liad 74s 

 lbs., and was 9 minutes in threshinsc, and had 136 lbs. wheat 

 (not 166 as the committee reported.) This last 100 sheaves 

 had two kinds of wheat, of nearly equal proportions ; one 

 kind was weevil eaten and rusty, and green, with very little 

 wheat in it— the green kind was quite small slieaves; yet I 

 could not thresh them much more than half as fast as I 

 could the otlier kind. In this last experiment my concave 

 was raised one-f mrth of an inch. After the wheat on my 

 first trial had been t;iken up and weighed by the committee. 

 I fmnd that they had left considerable on the ground— I 

 should think 6 or 8 lbs., thereby diminishing my yield to 

 that extent. 



Emrrv, on his second trial, had allotted to him SIO lbs., 

 taking io -Ki-t)Oth minutes in threshing, 'and gave 100, ll>s. 

 wheat, (including what might have been gathered from his 

 first tlireshing,)— hLs concave about the same as on tl>e first 

 trial of his machine. Badger had S50 lbs. allotted to him, 

 which took him lT40-60th minutes, and gave 156 lbs. wheat. 



In both of my experiments, I labored under the disad- 

 vantage of an imperfectly operating riddle, it having too 

 stiff a spring for a pitman, which caused it to jar a great 

 deal when riinning fast; this caused me to run my cylinder 

 1(1(1 revdUitiiins per minute slower than Emery did his, when 

 it should have run 100 faster, with the same movement of 

 the platform. Thi.s caused the horses to perform one-eighth 

 less labor than on Emery's in the same time. Taking this 

 into consideration, I threshed my first with less power, ac- 

 cording to the quantity threshed, than Emery did his second, 

 and that with his ctjnoave up ; and the last 100 sheaves 

 there was no chance for him to dispute its being threshed 

 quicker than his, and also better. If these experiments do 

 not prine the superii^rity of my machine over Emerj''s and 

 all others, then I wish the committee would inform me 

 what would. 



The experiment In which the committee altered their 

 account (and making an error thereby), was in trying the 

 several machines with six men on them, weighing 92.5 lbs. ; 

 the machines in the same position as when threshing. — 

 Mine gave 850 revolutions, as I noted at the time — 356 as 

 the committee noted at the time, and 256 as reported. The 

 .366 as noted by the committee, would give about 2,250 revo 

 lutions of the cylinder. Emery's gave upon the second 

 trial 240 revolutions of band-wheel, and about 2,100 of cyl- 

 indoT. My cylinder was 15 lbs. heavier than his. These 

 experiments again showed a decided superiority of my ma- 

 chine. The great diflFerence in the gearing between my 

 horse power and the others, my band-wheel turning three 

 times to either of the others twice, with the same movement 

 of the platform, which permits me to use a much smaller 

 band-wheel and larger pulley on the cylinder, which ena- 

 bles me to use^ a much slacker band, causing less friction 

 tliereby, which is one of the causes of the superiority of my 

 machine. 



The othrr experiment made could form no correct data 

 to judge of the merits of the several powers, as there was 

 so much difference in the movement of the platform to each 

 turn of the band-wheel : in order to have made an equality 

 in the experiment, the powers should not all have been at 

 the same elevation as they were, but should have been so 

 elevated as to have caused the same perpendicular descent 

 of the weight on the several powers to each turn of the 

 band-wheiM ; this would have elevated mine near six de- 

 grees higher than Emery's, and about five degrees higher 

 than Badger's; by this it is plain that my power would 

 have far exceeded either of the others. As it did exceed 

 Badger's, and fell but little behind Emery's, in the experi- 

 ment, with two men on it weighing 269 llw., it gave 356 

 turns to my band-wheel, and 13 lbs. hold back; and gave 

 292 turns of Emery's, with 27 lbs. hold back. 



At the State Eair at Utica I had again a new machine, 

 which I was taking to a man in that county, to whom it had 

 been contracted to before leaving home. Badger brought 

 one, which ho said that he haa run sufficient to smo(Mh it 

 up, and that he meant to prepare this time. Emery had 

 the same one (.as he said) that he had at Geneva, which he 

 had run sufllcient after leaving Geneva to make it run in 

 its easiest manner. Boon after setting my machine, the 

 committee came to try them ; they said that they had con- 

 cluded to try all the horse powers with the same ma- 

 cliine ; they declined to try them the same as was done at 

 Geneva, to know whether they had there made an error or 

 not. 'i'bey put five men on eadi horse power, weighing 714 

 Ibs.,att;iclicd 111 the same machine; mine gave 1,390 revnlu- 

 tions orcyliiKler, Kmery's 1,996, with 38>< inch band-wheel, 

 and l,Hs(i ^viM| bis 42 inch band-wheel, and Badger's gave 

 2,160,his bauil-wliccl being 36 inches. Each turn of the i)lat- 

 lorm gave motion to the cylinder as follows: Mine 192; 



Emery's 158 ; Badger's 151. This shows that they both had 

 more descent of the platform than mine, and thereby apply- 

 ing to each turn of the cylinder, equal to the difference 

 in the motion of the platform, an increased amount of pow- 

 er. My power should have been elevated about 2)4 de- 

 grees higher than that of Emery, and about 3 degrees 

 higher than Badger's, to have given the same perpendicu- 

 lar descent to each turn of the cylinder ; this would have 

 been safflcient, even with my new power, to have equalled 

 either of the others. 



The platforms of Emery's and Badger's powers moved 

 more than twice the distance in a minute that mine did in 

 this last experiment, consequently descended more Uian 

 twice the perpendicular height, thereby consuming more 

 than twice the amount of power; yet they did not accom- 

 plish only about 1)4 of useful service. After the committee 

 had got through with their experiments, I went to using my 

 machine in tlireshing some, and in running the portable 

 grist mills, which use caused it to run much easier than 

 when the committee made their experiment. I then made 

 some more experiments. I first tried to see what weight it 

 would take to move it. We found that two men weighing 

 about 360 lbs., would give the cylinder about 400 motions 

 per minute; by adding another man of 160 lbs., making 

 o20 lbs., it gave about 1,100 revolutions of cylinder. "We 

 then added another man of 133 lbs., making 6.53 lbs. — this 

 gave about 1,800 revolutions. This showed a decided gain 

 over the experiments of the committee, and exceeded the 

 others ticcording to the weight on the power. 



As a proof of my faith in the superiority of these ma- 

 chines, I will let any person have one (who has a reputa- 

 tion for honesty, and has one of Emery's or Badger's,) of 

 these machines upon trial — and if upon a fair trial he does 

 not concede it suiserior to either of the others, he may keep 

 it for his trouble. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE. 



Central Bridge, May 6, 1S53. 



These machines are made by G. ■WESTnfGnoirsE & Co., 

 at Central Bridge, Schoharie county, N. Y., to whom all 

 orders should be addressed. 



They also make a combined Thresher and Cleaner, to be 

 used with the two-horse power ; and Cleaners for the large 

 lever powers. 



These machines are warranted to give satisfaction to tho 

 purchaser upon trial, or they can be returned and money 

 refunded. The prices for this season will be for — 



2 horse power and separator, $220 00 



2 horse power and riddle, 150 00 



1 " " " 130 00 



The above prices include straps, and all things necessarj' 



to operate them. Single, the prices will be, without any 

 driving straps, for horse power — 



2 horse power, $110 00 



1 horse power, 90 00 



Separator, , 110 00 



Thresher and riddle 40 00 



We will deliver the two-horse power and thresher and 

 riddle, at any point on the railroads or canals in this State 

 for $8, or horse power and separator for $10. 



July, 1S53. 



Extra Improved Superphosphate of Lime for Sale. 



THE subscriber, at additional expense, has recently made 

 important improvements in the m.anufhcture of this well 

 tested and valuable manure, and is now prepared to fur- 

 nish an article assuredly equal, if not superior, to any in 

 the market, at the lowest cash prices. 



Put in b.ags of 50, 100, and 150 lbs. each, and branded 

 " No. 1 Superphospate of Lime." Manufactured and sold 

 by Wm. PATTERSON, 



Divison Street Wharf, Newark, N. J. 



AOF.NTS : 



nARKF.Li,, Merrick & Brri.r., 10 Gould-st, N. T. 

 11. Emery, Esq., Agricultural Warehouse, Albany. 

 PniTTiF.H& Fuller, H.allowell Maine. 

 E. Green, Esq., Eastqn, Penn. 

 8. Chase, Esq., Middletown, Conn. 

 July, 1853— 4t. 



Seedlings, Fruit Trees, &c. 



EIGHT acres of Apple and Cherry Seedlings by tho 1000 

 or acre. Also, Seedlings, and grown trees of Mountain 

 Ash and common Fruit Chestnuts; 2iViOO Apple — best 

 varieties — grown trees; 6,000 Cherry — b(\st varieties; 5,000 

 Peach — best varieties; 40,000 Apple and Pear, one year 

 from graft; 1,000 Plum, one year, on i)lum stock; 2,000 

 Cherry, one year. -Strawberry Plants bv tho loo, 1,000, 

 100,000. THOMAS WRIGHT. 



Macodon Nursery, Macedon, Wayne county, N. Y. 

 July, 1853.— It* 



