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any desired capacity ; on tlie inner side of which there are 

 placed at intervals, angular flanges, or projections of about two 

 inches wide, running in an angular direction from top to bottom, 

 or nearly so. The cover of the churn is in two parts and close- 

 ly adjusted to its top, on which is permanently fixed an iron 

 frame of light construction, for sustaining the driving wheel and 

 dasher shaft, on the top of the shaft is a bevelled multiplying 

 wheel which is put in motion by the driving wheel. The dasher 

 shaft passes near to the bottom of the churn, from which, cross 

 arms, to any desired number are attached, extending horizontally 

 so as nearly to meet the flanges on the side. The driving wheel 

 being put in motion by the hand with a crank, communicates 

 very rapid motion to the dasher shaft, and thus butter is pro- 

 duced in about six and a half minutes; then with a slow revers- 

 ed motion of the dasher shaft, the butter is very soon collected 

 in a mass. Ry removing one-half of the top, the whole appara- 

 tus is easily dismantled, and it occurred to us that it presented 

 facilities favorable to cleansing and purification, which is all im- 

 portant in good butter making. This machine obtained the sil- 

 ver medal of the Institute. 



To our mind, were we engaged in practical agriculture, we 

 should consider Si;j:pson's Pendulum Machine a valuable ac- 

 quisition to our stock of tools. This may be applied in operat- 

 ing all kinds of churns, patent as well ^^ the old daslier, in any 

 required space of time. 



We have just been informed of the result of a test, made in a 

 neighbouring city, where nine different churns, one being the com- 

 mon churn, were put in operation at the same time, with milk 

 at 62° F; Tillinghast's was not of the number; and it ig reported 

 that butter was made in each of them in about the same space of 

 time, say six to eight minutes. A. C. 



FLAX AND HEMP BREAKING AND DRESSING MACHINE. 



Mr. S. 0. Clemens, Springfield, Mass., exhibited at the Twenty- 

 fourth Annual Fair a machine of novel construction for the above 

 purposes. This machine was in operation during the fair, and 

 performed its work much to the satisfaction of those who exam- 



