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Saw and Roller Gins. Cotton gins have become the indis- 

 pensable articles of the cotton planter. A new roller gin has 

 been invented by a Mr. Whittemore, and is coming into very 

 general use; it is readily worked by hand or horse power. 



Stamps, of all descriptions, for marking and branding the far- 

 mer's tools, of which every farmer who'is in the habit of lend- 

 ing and accommodating his neighbors and friends, as all farmers 

 are and must be, should have every tool marked with his name. 

 This prevents the loss of many tools, and much inquiry and 

 trojble among neighbors. 



Garden Reels and Lines. Very hand}'' and convenient imple- 

 ments for the gardener in laying out his borders, beds, alleys, 

 &c. 



Pruning Chisels and Saws. Of all the implements that are 

 used on the farm there are none used to so much profit and 

 advantage as the pruning knife and saw. Too m.any of our 

 fruit and ornamental trees are suffered to run to wood; from 

 this circumstance we have less and poorer fruit. 



Manure and Hay Fork. No one implement has undergone so 

 thorough an investigation and improvement as the hay and 

 manure fork. Since the first introduction or use of these arti- 

 cles, great improvement has been made in the form of them, 

 and the quality of steel from which they are made. Among 

 the most approved manure forks in use are those of Willis, 

 cast steel, manufactured from one piece, in which no welding 

 is necessary. These forks have been in common use for many 

 years. They are so well tempered as to have that degree of 

 elasticity that they discharge the manure with the g'reatest 

 ease ; they are in no way liable to clog or foul, and are very 

 strong and durable. Unfortunately for" this article, there has 

 been great Quantities of a very inferior kind made and sold in 

 the form and shape of the true patent ones, which havmg been 

 made of very poor steel and slighted in the manufacturi'ng of 

 them, has injured the use of this very useful and almost indis- 

 pensable article. 



Budding and Pruning Knives. A great variety of budding 

 and pruning knives are now used, of various forms and shapes : 

 some very superior ones. 



Fruit Shears. Those shears which are attached to a pole are 

 for the purpose of taking off fruit from the extreme branches 

 of trees, or such parts as are not to be come at conveniently in 

 any other way. For this purpose they are found to be very 

 convenient and useful ; they are likewise used for taking off 

 scions, &c. 



Tree Scrapers. This article, which is indispensable in keeping 

 trees in good order, should be used every season in removing 

 the dry and hard bark from trees, to increase a quick and 

 vigorous growth, and keep them in full bearing. 



Transplanting Trowels and Forks. 



