AND RURAL ECONOMIST. 



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horse, or any other power that it may be attached to, and 

 works to great advantage. From the very plain and simple 

 manner o"f its construction, it is easily taken to pieces and 

 cleaned, and shifted from oae place to another, and used with 

 great facility, and is considered one of the best and most use- 

 ful mills in use. 



CERTIFICATES FOR HARRIS' PAINT MILL. 



I the undersigned hereby certify that I have used Harris' im- 

 proved patent paint mill, purchased at the agricultural ware- 

 house, Boston, and consider it the best and most convenient 

 mill for the purpose intended of any I have ever used. It is 

 very readily cleaned and put in order. 



Hingham, Feb. 20, 1834. SETH B. GUSHING. 



I the undersigned do certify that I have used one of Harris' 

 paint mills for grinding a variety of paint for about two years, 

 and do not hesitate to give it the preference to every other 

 mill I have ever used. THOMAS B. WESTERN. 



Ware, May 26, 1834. 



I hereby certify that I have been in the paint business for 

 fifteen years, and have used different kinds of paint mills, and 

 have not found any so good as Harris' patent mill. I have 

 ground with one of these mills one hundred pounds of lead in 

 two hours. I. BARTLETT. 



I have used one of Harris' patent paint mills for grinding 

 small colors for some time past, and find it the best mill for the 

 purpose in use. GEORGE YENDELL. 



Boston, June 20, 1834. 



Willis' Patent Brass Syringe. This syringe is intended for 

 watering all kinds of green-house and out-door plants, and for 

 preserving grape vines from mildew, and has been used with a 

 solution prepared for that purpose, with great success. See 

 the following recipe : 



Take a pint and a half of sulphur, and a lump of the best 

 unslacked lime ; put these in a vessel of about seven gallons 

 measurement; let the sulphur be thrown in first, and the lime 

 over it ; then pour in a pail of boiling water, stir it well, and 

 let it stand half an hour ; then fill the vessel with cold water, 

 and after stirring weh again, allow the whole to settle ; after 

 it has become settled dip^Dut the clear liquid into a barrel, and 

 fill the barrel with cold water, and it is then fit for use. You 

 next proceed with a syringe holding about a pint and a half, 

 and throw the liquid with it on the vines in every direction, so 

 as to completely cover foliasfe, fruit, and wood ; this should be 

 particularly done when the f"ruit is just forming, and about one- 

 third the size of a pea, and may be continued twice or thrice 

 a week for two or three weeks. The whole process for one or 

 two hundred grape vines need not exceed half an hour. 



