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kind of stock. About the 1st of June and 1st of October is the 

 proper time to trim a hedge fence, which ought to be done twice 

 a year, after it is three years old, to keep it at its proper height. 



BERRY PRESS. 



Mr. Thomas Bell, Harlem, N. Y., exhibited a berry press, by the 

 use of which the juice may be readily expressed from any sort of 

 fruit berries. It is simply a tin or metalic cylinder with a piston 

 forced down by a screw. 



CANE MILL. 



Mr. Daniel Bonsall, Salem, Ohio, exhibited a wooden cane mill 

 for the expression of juice from sorghum and sugar cane, also from 

 beets and apples. It requires about one horse power to operate it, 

 and costs fifty dollars. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — This sugar production is becoming a most 

 important question, and anything bearing on it is interesting. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — We know that wooden mills will do well, 

 are cheaper, and more durable. This, it seems to me, is a valuable 

 invention. 



BUILDING MATERIAL. 



Mr. S. T. Fowler, Brooklyn, exhibited a new bull ding material 

 composed of sand, lime and saw dust; two parts of saw dust, and 

 one of lime, cemented, and tinted any durable color; costing about 

 twelve cents per cubic foot, and said to be durable and fire proof. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — The quality of cement is greatly afiected by 

 season and atmosphere. Exposure through the summer before 

 grinding greatly improves it. 



GAUGE FOE HOLDING THE BARS OF REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES. 



Mr. Thomas Brett, Geneva, Ohio, exhibited a gauge for holding 

 the bars of mowing and reaping machines in grinding, and explained 

 the manner of using it 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I regard this as a valuable invention, ana 

 it overcomes the difficulty in grinding a proper level on the knives. 



SEAT FOR REAPERS AND MOWERS. 



Mr. Brett also exhibited a seat for the driver, which would pre- 

 vent accident in mowing and reaping by machines. 



Mr. Wm, S. Carpenter. — This is undoubtedly a good invention — 

 labor saving and life preserving. On this seat, it seems to me, 

 riding on a mowing machine might be a pleasure. 



