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states. The grain is cut by an ar- 

 rangement of l<nivcs, acting in a way 

 nearly rcseml)ling scissors. l"ho pri- 

 ces are S 100 and Si. 00. It cuts from 

 fifteen to twenty acres per day. See 



Fifr.2. 



Mr. M'Cormick's reaping machine 



has hecn used with success on the flat 

 lands of the James River. It costs 

 SI 00. 



Mr. Carpenter, of Caledonia, New- 

 York, is also the invfntor of a ma- 

 chine for reaping and thrashing grain : 

 it is said to finish fifteen acres a day 



with the help of one man to drive, 

 and one man to tend the machine. 

 Cost, .$600. 



Mr. Eslerly, of Heart Prairie, AVis- 

 consin, has recently patented a har- 

 vesting machine for reaping the heads 

 of wheat, barley, rye, and timothy: it 

 is warranted to cut twenty-five acres 

 a day of wheat, and requires two men, 

 a boy, and three horses. It is highly 

 recommended by those who have 

 seen it in action, and the State Agri- 

 cultural Society, at their fair in 18M, 

 awarded the inventor an extra pre- 

 mium for it. "We believe this to be 

 a machine of great promise. 



REB.\TE. The groove sunk on 

 the edge of any building material. 



RECEPTACLE. In botany, has 

 four difTerent significations : 1. That 

 part of a flower upon which the car- 

 pella are situated ; or, in other words, 

 the e.xtremity of the fruit stalk. 2. 

 The axis of the theca of Trkhomancs 

 and Hymcnophyllum, among ferns. 3. 

 That part of the ovarium from which 

 the ovula arise, and which Js com- 

 monly called the placenta. And, 4. 

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That part of the axis of a plant which 

 bears the flowers when it is depress- 

 ed in its development ; so that, in- 

 stead of being elongated into a stem, 

 it forms a flattened area, ui)on which 

 the flowers are arranged, as in com- 

 positae. 



RECTIFICATION. A second 

 distillation. 



RECTRICES. The tail feathers 

 of a bird. 



RECTUM. The lowest intestine, 

 ending in the anus. 



RECUiMBENT. Leaning down. 



REDB.\Y. An indigenous South- 

 ern laurel, the Laimis Carolincnsis : 

 it is an evergreen of 10 to 25 feet. 



REDDLE, or RUDDLE. A red 

 aluminous marking stone. 



RED GUM. A kind of blight which 

 affects grain. 



RED LIQUOR. Crude pyrolignate 

 of alumina, used in dyeing as a mor- 

 dant. 



RED-LEAD. A mixture of the 

 protoxide and peroxide of lead, used 

 as a paint. 



RED ROOT. A name given to 



