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report on stump-pulling machines. 



The undersigned committee submit their report, as follows: The 

 Empire machine, exhibited before the Club at a recent meeting, by 

 the manufacturers, English & Johnson, of Corning, N. Y., was 

 tested last Saturday on the premises of Mr. George W. Esten, at 

 Boonton, N. J. The implement used was purchased a year ago, 

 and since that time has been employed in removing the stumps 

 from five acres of new land. Mr. Esten informed the committee 

 that it had never failed to do its work well, and that it had saved 

 its owners a thousand dollars during the past six mouths. The 

 stumps were extracted from very stony, hard, gravelly soil, and 

 measured from one to three feet in diameter. At the trial the 

 committee saw a green chestnut stump lifted in about three min- 

 utes; it took up earth weighing at least fifteen tons, and which 

 could not have been dug out by hand for less than six dollars. 

 Further satisfactory exhibition was given, and the committee were 

 convinced that the " Empire " merits all the praise bestowed by 

 those who have used it. It is simple in construction, adjusts itself 

 to uneven surfaces, is durable, and easily operated with one or two 

 horses, or a pair of oxen, or by hand power, if the stupips are com- 

 paratively small. Its lightness insures ease of transportation, and 

 its cost is much less than that of most machines which claim to 

 accomplish a like amount of labor. The committee are unanimous 

 in recommending it as the best stump-puller for general use, which 

 has been brought to their notice. 



The same committee, on Wednesday last, April 1, witnessed a 

 trial of Pressy's stump-puller, at Bricksburg. We saw it pull 

 stumps, eight inches and under in diameter, at the rate of ten an 

 hour. Considering its cheapness, portability, and the ease with 

 which it is put up, and that all the iron parts of it are made of 

 wi'ought iron, and can be repaired by any blacksmith, we recom- 

 mend it as one of the best machines for sandy and light-timbered 



sections. All of which is submitted. 



J. B. LYMAN, 

 S. E. TODD, 

 J. A. NASII, 

 A. B. CRANDELL, 

 RALPH MEEKER. 



SL'BSTITUTE FOR WALL PAPER. 



IVIr. Davenport, New York, exhibited specimens of this material, 

 which attracted considerable attention. It is simply very thin 



