VOL. Xv. KO. 39. 



AND G A R D E N E E ' S JOURNAL 



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New Inventions. — As f«rtile as are tlie 

 Yankees, in new inventions, ihoy cannot at pres- 

 ent snppiy thern at Washington as Cast as they 

 burn them up. As a new recruit, however, to 

 sup|)ly the place of those (-onsiimed, we will men- 

 tion the (ollowiuf: which have come to our knowl- 

 edge, t, 



Woodward's Hay Tress. — This is a very 

 neat and well contrived [iress — invented by Mr 

 Woodward, of Dresden, Me. for pressing hay, cot- 

 ton, hops, &c. 



It consists of a stout bos or place to put the 



hay which contains a piston or follower. On 



one side, near the to)), is a shaft extending across, 

 and on each end of this shaft is a spiral, or snail 

 formed projection, which commences even with 

 the body of the shaft and rises or projects above 

 it, as it goes round. To one end of each spiral 

 is attached a strong chain ; this chain passes 

 downward under a pulley, ami then upwards, and 

 is hooked to the piston. On one end the shaft 

 is also attached to a large wheel or pulley. To 

 this a strong rope is fastened, and a horse or 

 yoke of oxen is attached to it when pressure is to 

 be applied. The shalt being put in motion, the 

 chain winds round the spiral — beginning at the 

 large end following along to the smallest end — 

 thus varying the projiortiun of the power to the 

 resistance, .is the resistance increases. We think 

 this quite an improvement in the press — it being 

 portable and convenient — cost probably abou; 



winding up a watch or clock. Springs passing 

 from some part of the frame to the circuiMference 

 of the cylinders pull them back after the povv<;r 

 which rolled them over is s|ient. On the top of 

 the periphery or circumference of these <ylin(lers 

 is fastened a band which pa.<ses down to a treadle 

 below. There is a treadle to each cylinder, and 

 in order to put the machine in motion, you place 

 your feet n[)<)n the treiidlcs, and bear alterniitely 

 "upon the one or the other. As you bring one 

 cylinder over by the pressure of the right foot, 

 you turn the shaft too which by means of bands 

 and pulleys, commimicatf-s the motion to the cyl- 

 inder. You then ease the pressure of this fool 

 and press with the left, this continues the motion 

 of the other cylinder with the shaft, while in the 

 mean time the spring brings back the right cyli:i- 

 der, and the palls to their first [losition, and thus 

 by alternate pressure, the ni'otion is kept up, and 

 the grain threshed. We have not seen it in opiT- 

 ation, but understand it threshes clean, and we 

 have no doubt aftbrds good exercise to the opera- 

 tor. — Maine Farmer. 



SANFOiio'a Grindstone Shaft. — Every one 

 who has a grindstone needs a shaft to it. And it 

 is no small job sometimes to get a good one and 

 have it well fitted. , Mr John Sanford, of i-'ree- 

 man, has invented a mode of obviating this ilif- 

 ficulty in a great measure, lie has a shaft cast of 

 iron after a suitably sized pattern — the bearings 

 are made stnaller in the pattern than the inai^i 

 body so as to need little or no turning to make 

 them right. A cheek or projection rises up about 

 midway of the shaft forming a shoulder against 

 which the stone presses wh 'n upon the shaft. 

 When the stone is placed in its proper position, 

 lead is run in the space between the stone and 

 shaft, wh'ch fills it completely up. The lead is 

 held in its place by notches or indentations in the 

 shaft. \ hole or mortice is left in one end, into 

 which is placed a wooden or iron crank. It is a 

 simple and convenient article. 



West's Thheshing Machine. — A portable 

 hand, or rather foot threshing machine has re- 

 cently been invented and set in operation by Mr 

 Annni West, of Greene. The threshing part is 

 on the plan of a cylinder and beaters or bars. 



This is put in operation by a peculiar .appara- 

 tus as follows. 



A shaft goes across the frame in front of the 

 cylinder. On this shaft is fixed two hollow 

 or box cylinders, within these are four palls. 

 These palls arc fixed to the inside of the box by 

 a pin and the other end drops into notches cut in 

 the circumference of the shaft within the cylin- 

 ders. The cylinders or boxes play easily upon 

 the shaft in one direction, but are prevented from 

 turning the other way by the palls which catch 

 . into the shaft and turn that also as if they were 

 all solid together, similar to the contrivance of 



It gives us great jjleasurc to be able to an- 

 nounce the discovery of a new species of Mona- 

 (lelphia. It is a shrub or tree bel6nging to class 

 xii. rdonocia. 1 have ventured to call it Piun's 

 Tivertonensis, from the i)lace of its growth. 

 Leaves solitary, flat, denticulate, nearly in rows, 

 conefe ovate, terminal, hardly longer than the 

 leaves. It occurs in the w lods in Tiverton, Slate 

 of Rhode Island. It is a straight tree, remarka- 

 ble for the horizontal arrangement of its branches, 

 and resembles consi<lerably the Pinus Canadensis 

 of Bigclow. , It difl'ers however, in one impor- 

 tant particular. It is studded with beautiful red 

 flowers, of various sizes, from the dimensions of 

 a large cup down t i that of a dime. Outer leaves 

 a fainT red, inner a dee|) scarlet. Flowers about 

 the 25th of December. Before the floweis ap- 

 pear, it looks almost precisely like the the Hem- 

 lock Spruce. It is sometimes used at Christmas, 

 for decorating Churches. 



PoTisH FROM Beet Root. — A new discov- 

 t ly has been made in France, to produce potash 

 insuch quantities from the residum of beet root, 

 after ujaking the sugar as to threaten a rivalry 

 with the produce of the American forests. M. 

 Duhrunfaut is the discoverer. The molasses, 

 after serving for the making of sugar, is distilled 

 to obtain alcohol. The remainder is then, instea.f 

 of being thrown away, mauufuctured into potash. 

 The quantity of potash furnished by Mr Dubrun- 

 faiit's process is equal to one sixth of the quantity 

 of sugar extracted from the beet foot. Thus 

 says the Journal des Debats, taking the amount of 

 indigenous sugar manufactured each year at 

 40,000,000 of kilograinmes, there may besides be 

 extracted from the beet root, which has served for 

 that production, 7,000,000 kilogrammes of saline 

 matter, comparable to the best potash of com- 

 merce, and this too without the loss of the alco- 

 hol, and other produce, the fabrication of which 

 must be continued sinn Itaneonsly. According 

 to present prices, the 7,000,000 of kilogrammes 

 represent a value of from 8,000,000 to 9,000,000 

 of francs. — IVashington Globe. 



The Insane. — We learn from the last report 

 of the Prison Discipline Society, which by the 

 way, is one of the most interesting documents 

 which was ever piinted, that Dr Woodward and 

 other gentlemen connet;tcd with instilutions for 

 the insane, are decidedly in favor of employing 

 this class of patients in the cultiva.ion of land. 

 Not only iloes it greatly promote their heahh, but 

 it enables them to contribute in part, at least, to 

 their own support. It is a singular fact that the 

 insane are more manageable in the fields tlian any 

 where. At Worcester, where the experiment has 

 been made to sou(e extent, it is stated that while 

 many have escaped froui the yard, enclosed as 

 they" were by high fences, oidy one has escaped 

 from the fielils. — Library of Health. 



Guy Richards, of Montreal, in an article, writ- 

 ten for the New York Observer, gives the follow- 

 ing as a remedy for Hydrophobia : 



" Take a table spoonftil of oyster shell lime, 

 powder it, and sift it through a piece of book 

 muslin, to this add a sufficiency of egg to give 

 it a consistency something like soft dough, try it 

 in a little fresh butter or olive oil. Let the patient 

 cat the cake in the morning and abstain from food 

 and drink at least six hours. " This dose repeated 

 for three mornings in succession, is in all cases 

 sufficient." 



Woman. Were it not tor woman, our infan- 

 cy would be without succour, our manhood with- 

 out enjoyment, .md our age without relief Then 

 how can we respect them too much. 



Hessian Fly. —The best preventives agamst 

 the depredations of the Hessian Fly seem to be 

 good soil and good culture which shall ensure a 

 vb'orous growth, and sowing after autumnal frosts 

 by which the young wheat is believed to escape 

 tlie fly in the fall. Some experiments recorded m 

 the third volume of the Memoirs of the Newark 

 Board of Agriculture, and elsewhere of sowing • 

 caustic lime\ipon the grain in the spring of the 

 year .seem to encourage the idea that it saves the 

 crop at least partially from the fly ; but these will 

 hardly justify us in pronouncing the remedy effi- 

 cient, it is worthy of further trial; and we 

 should like to be advised of any results that may 

 strengthen the probability of success. 



Fruit kept sopnd in Cotton. — We have 

 been informed by a gentleman, who has had 

 practical luoof of its success, of a new mode of 

 keeiiing fruits fresh for the table, as grapes, plums, 

 &c. a iong time after they have been gathered. 

 It is simply to alternate them in layers with cot- 

 ton baiting, in clean stone jars, and to place them 

 m a chamber secure from frost. The discovery 

 was accidental. A servant maid in the family of 

 William Marcy of Union village, Washington 

 county, about ' to visit her friends, &c, cured u. 

 quantity of plums in this way to preserve them 

 till her return. They were found to have kept in 

 excellent condition, long after the fruit h-ui disap- 

 peared in the garden. From the hint thus afford- 

 ed, Mr Marcy, Mr Holmes, and one or two neigh- 

 bors laid down gr.^pes in this manner last fall, and 

 they enjoyed the luxury of ficsh, fine flavored 

 fruit through Uie wititer, until the early part of 

 March. 



An evidence of the e.xtent of the wine and 

 fruit trade of the United Slite.s, it may be men- 

 tioned that oo. the I8th of October last, sixty five 

 sail of American men hanlmen got underway 

 and left the port of Malaga. 



Between man and wife nothing ought to rule 

 but love. 



