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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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invention, and designed to take the place of bulky 

 rolling screens, and to save expense in flour mills. 

 The inventor claims that it makes no dust, re- 

 quires no machinery to screw the flour to artd fro 

 in the chest, saves room, will not clog, and is ea- 

 sily managed. Also, that a machine of this kind 

 six feet long will do as much Avork as two rolling 

 screens, eighteen feet long, and make as fine flour. 

 With this he had a Winnowing Machine for clean- 

 ing corn, rj'e, oats, barley, grass seed, beans, &c., 

 which was compact and effective. 



J. J. Ayres, East Hartford, Conn., had a mod- 

 el of a Self-Acting Farm Well, which is claimed 

 to be equivalent to a living spring in the pasture, 

 or yard, as an animal can bring its own supply 

 when it is needed. It is a capital contrivance. 

 We have pictured and described it in the Farmer 

 heretofore. He also presented a Self-Acting Oate, 

 a model of which operated admirably. It is too 

 expensive for common use, but just what would 

 be appropriate for the entrance to parks and plea- 

 sure grounds. 



Mr. T. N. Breed, of Lynn, had a collection of 

 Grindstones, hung on friction rollers, and which 

 were in every way excellent. 



Messrs. WiiiTTEMORE, Belcher & Co., Chico- 

 pee Falls, presented the Eagle Hay Cutter, Corti 

 Shellers, Meat Slasher, Boot Slicer, Apple Purer, 

 &c., all of which were admirably constructed. 



Mr. R. S. ToRREY, of Bangor, Me., presented 

 numerous specimens of honey, together with hives 

 filled with living bees, so tastefully and inge- 

 niously arranged as to especially attract atten- 

 tion. The fruits of these bees, and the intelli- 

 gent mannfer in which their master had controlled 

 their labors, needed only to be seen to be appre- 

 ciated. Mr. Torrey does not only say what can 

 be done, but shows what he has done. His hives 

 are constructed upon true philosophical princi- 

 ples, and are the only artificial ones we have ever 

 seen which afi"ord a perfect winter ventilation. 

 As honey abounds in the country, and is a whole- 

 some and palatable article, and as the culture of 

 bees has a happy influence upon those who en- 

 gage in it, we regard the information that will en- 

 able us to manage bees and secure their products 

 as valuable to the community. 



W. S. TiLTON had a large and somewhat com- 

 plicated machine for cutting up corn stalks, but 

 as no one was present to explain its operations, 

 we did not get a clear insight into it. 



Several Rotary Harrows "were on exhibition, 

 by Thomas R. Blaikie, Boston. 



H. B. Davis, of Lexington, had Patent Horse 

 Rackets, an excellent article, that enables the 

 horse to travel over marshes or fresh meadows 

 that are too soft for the bare hoof. 



O. R. Chaplin, of South Boston, had a model 



The inventor anticipates important advantages 

 from the ability of his knife-bar to accommodate 

 itself to uneven surfaces. We doubt whether his 

 hopes will be realized in this particular, — but the 

 machine has other important qualities, and espe- 

 cially one in the power given to the motion of 

 the knives by the leverage attached to them. The 

 ease with Avhich it can be thrown in and out of 

 gear, and backing without changing anything, are 

 decided advantages. We hope to see a full-grown 

 machine in operation. 



H. Mann, East Attleboro', Mass., had a Vege- 

 table Hand-Weeder, loith Garden Seed-Soioer At- 

 tached. We have spoken of this Wceder before 

 as a most valuable labor-saving machine. 



Manny's Patent Improved Moiving Machine, by 

 Alzirus Brown, AVorcester, Mass., Wood's, by 

 Walter A. Wood, Hoosac Falls, N. Y., and 

 the Buckeye, by Parker, Gannett & Osgood, 

 were on exhibition, and are all valuable machines 

 and have won good reputation for themselves. 

 With the Manny Machine there was a Spring 

 Tooth Horse Rake which we thought had most or 

 all the good parts of that important implement. 



The model of a Potato Planting Machine ap- 

 peared as though a full-sized one might be a val- 

 uable acquisition. 



A little, simple and cheap Fire and Garden 

 Engine was exhibited by Joseph Bird, of Mount 

 Auburn, Mass. It is a new, easy working, and 

 yet most powerful little machine. It is so small, 

 (weighing less than two pails of water,) that it 

 can be taken to the fire in a moment, and from 

 its largest pipe, 12 gallons of water can be 

 thrown upon the flames in one minute. It is so 

 strong that it cannot be broken by working ; it is 

 not liable to get out of order, and with proper 

 care will last a century. The best possible recom- 

 mendation of it that could be given was from a 

 President of a State Street Insurance Company, 

 who said, "Where Bird's system of preventing 

 fires is adopted, I will insure at one-half the usu- 

 al rates !" Mr. Geo. E. Bigelow, of Concord, is 

 the agent for the sale of them in that section of 

 Middlesex county. 



Parker, Gannett & Osgood, Boston, pre- 

 sented a Hoeing Machine and a Potato Digger, 

 invented by L. Wetherell, Worcester, Mass. 

 A good potato-digger is an article greatly needed 

 on the farm. The only way one could judge of 

 either of these machines would be from actual 

 test in the field. 



R. P. Wilson, of Boston, had an Air Pressure 

 Churn. It is claimed that this churn will pro- 

 duce more butter from the same cream than any 

 other, and that it will be more yellow, and come 

 quicker. It certainly must be more easy to clean 

 than any other we have seen. 



Whtttemopf, Brothers presented a Patent 



