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more finely broken, and the surface left much smoother. For 

 garden rollers or gravel walks the stone or iron rollers are 

 prepared, of different sizes. 



Grass and Edging Shears. These shears are for the purpose 

 of edging banks and slopes, for trimming and keeping the 

 banks" in good order, and the oftener theyare used the more 

 thrifty and thick the grass will grow. 



Corn Shelter , A corn sheller is one of the most convenient 

 and labor-saving implements that the practical farmer has in 

 use. Various machines for this purpose have been invented. 

 The most improved and best adapted for common use are those 

 of Harrison, with the patent vertical wheel. It can be employed 

 in all cases for large or small sized ears. It is very simple in 

 its construction and durable in its operation, and no way liable 

 to get out of order ; one man can work it to good advantage, 

 though a man to turn and a boy to feed it works it much better 

 than one alone. In this way it will shell ten to twelve bushels 

 per hour. They are so light and portable as to be easily re- 

 moved from place to place, and one machine will serve for 

 several families, or even the inhabitants of a small town. 



