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a corn husker, 

 O. M. Pond, Iowa, being a flat ring, part of brass and part of 

 rubber, to go over the hand, and having a flat horn coming out of 

 the brass, seemed an ingenious device for the object stated. 



SUMMER COOK-BROILER AND FLAT-HEATER. 



Judging from the numerous inventions for economizing fuel, 

 inventors are studj'ing economy in all its most rigid aspects. Mr. 

 Bond showed a device for saving coal in the summer, when but 

 little fire is required, which consists of an iron vessel, somewhat 

 like a low dish-kettle, having holes and slots in the bottom, through 

 which air may enter when a fire is kindled in the furnace. A small 

 quantity of coal, it is said, will boil a teakettle, or cook meat, or 

 heat flats, with much less coal than is required to do the same 

 amount of cooking in a stove. 



THE LriTLE GLVNT STUMP MACHINE. 



One of the most useful machines on farms when rocks are to be 

 lifted or stumps are to be pulled, is a light, cheap and powerful 

 machine with which two men can perform the labor of several 

 hands with a machine of the old style of stump-pullers. For the 

 purpose of showing how the farmers in South Jersey take out their 

 stumps at a cheap rate, Mr. Parven, of Forest Grove, brought in 

 a small model of the "Little Giant," which is cheaply made and 

 very powerful. Two men can carry it with ease, and place it over 

 a stump and extract it quicker than they can cut down a tree ten 

 to twelve inches in diameter. When on a visit where the men 

 were clearing new land, at Manchester, N. J., numerous stumps were 

 seen having tap roots sLx or seven feet long, which had been taken 

 out by two men with a " Little Giant" machine. 



SCRATCHES IN HORSES. 



Mr. R Johnson, East Groveland, N. Y., informs the Club that 

 kerosene oil is an efiectual remedy for scratches in horses, and he, 

 recommends that kerosene be tried as a remedy for the foot-rot in 

 sheep. 



Mr. S. Robinson recommended washing the legs of the horse 

 with strong soap suds, and then applying strong beef brine. 



Mr. S. Edwards Todd said that it is essential to keep the stables 

 well cleaned to prevent scratches. A preventive is far better than 

 a cure. 



