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Остовкв 8, 1868.) - THE GARDENERS QOHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 947 
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. Exhibition. tis p le that no country could show | drive out the waddi Де thus find an idt. dn 
ie ре у sdoptel for lightening his | taken out. in the States of Arlerióa for “ Simp | their cultivators and parers, it Dr have created 
. ." They generally consist "ot mechanical | more stir than 16 does now When we are all "Нанте 
Б emigratin d tW Far est—encouraged Ъу | е contrivances that can be easily constrücted and re vhich th ай Ма, р da 
almost gratuitous grants of land from the Federal | paired by the means at the disposal of people living in concerha the tillage of the find, is being wrought gak 
Government—that a short sketch of a few of these | 096 of the way districts. efore ойг eyes. 
ui most generally used m of stump extractor in| It is creating а good deal of excitement, however, 
ica consists e «< com v lever of wood|amongst th о who pos the light soils of Norfolk, i5 
à x нь) thened with i Th er is about 30 feet | which, а! steam has not been a 
ledge that — engineers in ү country are loug, with a wheel at wh end ihi it is worked hori- | mical к? ҮТЕ for horse- е! nd baie Féjusited d 
directing their attention to suppiying a demand | zoñtally, by а pon s en. The stump with the|to witness the performance of one of these machines 
for ' this class of кти achin vA d. rmest roots is chos the fulcrum, from which, | on the farm of Mr. Hastings f. 
aided by pulleys, the rit үе the stumps in the | under the Earl of Leicester pas" ngham, near Dereham, 
tting down trees in America і is ч baekwoodeman’s surro ounding ne eighbourhood. „Most „£ tbe American | I availed myself of e invitation, and was much 
felling icit at great pioneer of o | pleased witli what I sa 
civilization. This implement is in of а is babl diff 11 The occasion chos ü fü its exhibition was one of 
broad w edge, being харав at the back vihe a gi eye, | and сү like the contrivance sold ünder A name | those ploughing matches which ате e! so Sdn 
into which is inserted а long curved handle of tough нА Weston's pulley block—zmight be used to blishi kike 
Hickory wood. Curiously enough the head of the|stumps. Tt would have to be mounted on a strong [аца recogni mga emmin niy of inter м "tos 
Yankee felling axe is the exact pattern of the antique | threelegrod frame Do the hoe А powerful | farmer and bis А mn un rris 
headsman's axe, still exhibited in the Tower- of|screw could also be n the same way. between these two dad Lol the to roay ug torte 
Londón. In the hands of a stalwart and diapers The toti of t mile vrl and i gunpowder, have also | witli an acknowledgment of the w e low 
axeiman this instrument доев а remar! of been used for e the roo! rees, and the the part of the hig er, is at the fenera v iaccenihul 
work, but a& a somewhat wasteful expenditure Y P wood | o latter means xem — "ts AT. prin — farm Рет arrived at Longham just pisei: the 
and muscular power, as а deep and broad notch has to асы but perhaps not unatt ended w ploughmen ем their team Lm д assembled upon the 
be cut into the tree before it can be fled. In Eastern fields allotted to them. А strong group, with gii 
Europe, апа indeed in most semi- civilised со untries, been used for raising the roots of trees from cattle and cheery faces. Y ood deal of nervous 
almost all the operations s shapin g Hyde Park and in St. James's Duk In ihe 79 of the gw d spasmodic rubbing 
out by means of the axe. We have often beeu| American backwoods, however, such а contrivance 4 s &©— vidences of the anxiou 
astonished at the Lo eta with which this kind of could not be very well kept in repair by th tate of mind on the jart. apes of the younger 
ше banks of the Elbe who were enduring tlie chaff of the more 
and of the Danube. Tw ao dens with their peculiar | ђе ructed for ' bleärliig land on а large seale. А | experienced. In all there mustered 34; the men with 
hatchets, wil оба spe a lóg of wood нойр pom eodd. be chained to "the root, zu oci iron-wheeled fogt going into one field, those with 
as quickly a5 the co vie ota could be carried out end of which might be raised by ап hydraulic j the, old „Norfolk swing-plou ugli into another.. The fact 
by means of a éross-cut saw. Не are obliged to separate the two 
А saw, worked M о men, is otter employed for | of New South Wales— a gold medal from | because ib goes hard with the wooden р e ie when 
felling trees, wedges being used аз the work progresses, | the Society of Arts bti his i of era M 
in order to keep the tree from jamming the tool By | stumps of trees from freshly Hg wd land. А | Тһіз із of course a concession of the point as to the 
means of the saw, à си эй —Ó be felled more Күл of wooden logs were roll ртт each | oint R of the Mor RERS but p^ fe prize is 
— " than w and а — stump, and when this wás dolis, t d e onim e xtent of | fr the of the men, not to 
mount of timber is suus a the same tim Pene vi acres was set on fire. А few ttended | distinguish the Menig ot the ieron ош, but 
everal kinds of machines verom in Amerin for | to tho fires, and in four or five days 4 99 pet wk of the | litelo. exception can be taken to the p 
felling trees, and where a mà 1 be applied burnt Sir JoHN pan on siders died 4 э» ll - these Мары те ре к there is 
usualsaving of time and теср folibws аза of | it of much importance o the agi of clearing lan. d elty to excite SDN stimulate thought, and 
course. It is, however, evident that it would b be dif Eon this еа al tle pen es be felled rd Md collect. the neighbourhood. In place of steam, which is 
cult to construct а ni е that could be in all | period of the su when the stumps are exhausted | often resorted to by "cil Societies to increase their 
situations in the thickly wooded forests of a nes a ooun: Hi а созізвныіа b рой tio on ОР feit sap. Тһе stupi receipts, this Digger was dead upon the cae from 
try. Some amount of time is lost in fixing and anchor | are then left a season for two or three years before | Lord Sondes’, where it had bn orking, and aroused 
ing the machine; it із not always very easy to|being burnt out. 16 appears that this plan does not јар e to do. 
determine beforehand which way a tree will € - succeed on bm elly or mois y soil; it i From Vin I iut s en Р бе implement at the 
an oversight in this respect will often cause the | fitted for argillaceous or rfeh vegetable mould. It has| Worcester Show, where. it was very severe 
plete destruction of the machine. The Highland been also carried ont with success by some of the | test, beside the steam ЧОРДА © Че various com- 
Agricultural Society of riget offered in 1831 g in Russia i i i 
premium for the — — machine for felling tim Messrs. KENN. of Dublin exhibited in the at to expect. That one Te not worked by 
ber; the Society re four , all | Eastern annexe ol thie late Exhibition, a d шоро the manufacturers, Messrs. Barnard, Bishop, 
e or ti P Roin d the stumps of trees, | of Norwich, but b H 
which, however, seems to have “тр сема into ргаб- | 80 е f 
ve d describe im е | obliquely 
Socioty' в ournal for 1831. 
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D Йер ta intéided bo pe pariri dd duties of de 
imt, тия, апі б арн at опе tion 
К leave the land as it would be le Ru a Жо 
weeds being 
charge of 9 g powder of 
extr éinely ingenious us and from 8 to 5 ounces, according to T бузы of the root, 
viia method es folling а E - ng up ted into the dou А shor iat: n и 
А сштеп nveyed from tle | then screwed in by means of a pr. gth o 
boiler. through - за: d d. do tible » Inin rubber hose |i 3 passed thro o the уви Plug, Чч cua is applied, 
into ап v» e — at the end of whose A space is left 
piston is attached a the e gunpowder, in де rto] pd 
I isto an A чы УНА А i 1 Wr is two cylinders form cd of se discs 0 or кре ы 
аге во famous for their айыр labour-saving с known, à рй E iino mh bati if ета wadding | from . whose нетет МЗ ЖЕЛ pA 
trivances, that unfortunate circumstances possetis a be incautiously left in the uzzle; the d of | of steel curved teeth, 6 opo in length. This cylinder, 
ion of the di 
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complete exposition of Yankee notions in last years | Ње powder is во instantaneous at % Нав Ам revolving in the direction 
d M great ease, 
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mere ingenious contrivances for saving labour іп |barrel, unless че fs данды ўве. ard rear. is me T 
clearin gens orest land; altho cugh t h the class of mre a of | rally burst in rowels ot and smaller cy der, which work 
thi is opt до койдой wie ie [IT of rie lar; Pr one, being actuated by 
ан ап е toot! 
k y free it of its a p rero in LH тете 
machine for sawing wood and felling trees wasexhibited | ўве of steam in.fel lling ng an СГА ing a way ds t 
in the American Court. The reciprocating. motion | would evidently greatly facilitate аа а ерен a "the them lightly er the surface in "the of the 
of the saw was given by a crank working in a slide ; | operations, p aam ally as the furnace could be fed il implement. The breadth of and taken ў [^ Van 
gu is someti i i aste ў TAr saw was 27 inches; the dia p ое hes larg 
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motion is к i anp the ы is merely made to| used this. powerful agent Dr AUN forest land. | 8 aa m. odis need of clea ennsing, od therefore са 
work in. guic The handsaw, however, requires à pan tead ot ей aia down the and thus n. the digger to advantage. | would have done „better, 
tp to set m io the work. То carry this bg in the gro und to be егег» eradicat ted by | however, had no rain fallen during the vight. "There 
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і , 1 t through EA the axe. А ве i 
follow up its work. We believe t at the йара Нал | | lone pote engine js made to drive à porem might bé done with one, It is for the" most AT 
inventor has patented this movement in all the un- | windlass mly, anchored to the groun bso; 
tries where. are giv Пы о 
dl à a chain or steel rope tied to the uent doses o 
m LES Mm азз тана in c ре freque t ыы i 
за а | 
а Rm by this plan. M d as ^ 
tree, whi h is thus dragged "bodil out [ L 4 
ret таа а le vel 0 es p x ts went wo ›оп& 3} acres a 
з could, - ü TS in Essex, was lately " 
oes not, however, Paya Маррей taat tho 3d üired to T 
S cha Aet e CODES Muta 
enabling him to wai n iş сор] ly c ound, B Qm RT 2 isa jl YDELL'S | 1s. 
beforo beginning to RA "gines" E d venta | ; 
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M OA f bark "o -. the Dos d E the 
E of "e rad stopped, they idie, and leave а ed 
nd bete Len va va di м 5 
en burnt out, the ground is sown 
the next harvest, and the large trees are felled at чә Tete E Mon 
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Next in order to felling the body of а 
the extraction of da roots and Ense hy iho im Е НЕ рети "5 TE ut 
Clearing away Ty caused чеч e | weeda 
resistance offered rous roots, | heard er, but 
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- ) pi. othing could. bé more mx sa There will 
* dp more get a iually bo M i Sen А erem des b some disadvan tages—for instance the 
earlier, when боёш d 
