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NOTICE OF ARTICLES AT THE 24th ANNUAL FAIR 185L 



AGRICULTURAL. 



Improved Corn and Cob Cracker. 

 This is an improvement on Real and Hale's patent, for crack- 

 ing corn and cob together for purposes of fodder. It came in at 

 our last exhibition too late for examination and premium. The 

 machine, however, was put in operation, and as far as we had 

 an opportunity of examining it, did its work satisfactorily. The 

 importance of a machine of this kind, and the very frequent in- 

 quiries made at the Institute for one, warrants us in making a 

 brief notice of this. We think it possesses superior merit to 

 othei; machines we have seen, intended for the same use y it may 

 be applied to other purposes, such as cracking drugs, hemlock 

 bark for tanning, and various other substances. 0. Nichols, & 

 Co., Lowell, Mass , are the proprietors, A. C. 



C/tuims. 



The attention of many ingenious men has of late years been 

 directed to the invention of some method by which the labor of 

 churning might be materially lessened. The products of in- 

 genuity, thus directed, have been numerous, and the success va- 

 ried. We have witnessed the operation of several churns within 

 the last few years, whicli produced butter in the space of from 

 four to seven minutes. There, seems, however, to be a very 

 general doubt expressed, whether butter, churned in so short a 

 space of time, possesses as much sweetness as when more time is 

 consumed in the process of churning; and also whether it does 

 not sooner deteriorate. These are important considerations, and 

 a solution of them is of consequence to dairymen, as well as to 

 the consumers of butter generally. 



Mr. J. B. Tillinghast presented, for the first time, at our late 

 Fair, a churn of novel constiuction, denominated by him ' the 

 Premium Churn,' which possesses some good qualities. It may 

 be constructed of wood, or Rockingham ware, which is better,. oS 



