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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



is from twenty-two to twenty-six quarts per day. day, and they require great care for two or three 

 There are thousands of cows in the western days before calving, lest the udder be too much 

 counties of Scotland that will give thirty quarts crowded by the new flow of milk. Your Com- 

 per day, and very many that will give thirty-six rnittee have known fifty-six quarts of milk drawn 

 quarts per day, and some go as high as forty- j from one Ayrshire cow, in about forty-eight 

 two quarts. The Ayrshires, when in full flow hours, immediately before calving, 

 of milk, require to be milked three times in each | "All of which is most respectfully submitted" 



MR. GEDDES' HARROW 



{Scale, half an inch to the foot.), 



We are indebted to George Geddes, Esq., I 

 of Onondaga county, for the drawing from which 

 the above engraving was made, as well as for 

 the annexed description of the harrow, invented 

 by him some years since, and which has been 

 extensively used in that part of the State, and 

 found superior to any other known there. With 

 the aid of the description and drawing, our 

 readers in any part of the country will be able 

 to get them made for their own use, as there is 

 no patent for it. — Cultivator. 



Description. — Timber, three inches square. 



The side pieces should enter the centre pieces, 

 so that the acute angle will contain thirty-five 

 degrees. Or the bevel may be found by laying 

 a carpenter's square on a board, and measuring 

 on one side of the corner three inches, and on 

 the other two inches and one-twelfth of an inch ; 

 a line drawn through these points will make a j 



| triangle, having the smaller angle, that is the 

 ! angle at the point where the three inches 

 reached, — the angle required. 



The tenons should enter the centre pieces only 

 one inch, the mortise and tenon being cut square 

 with the centre pieces, as shown in the engrav- 

 ing. If this joint is well made, the bolt passing 

 through both sticks will keep the timber in place 

 perfectly. The side pieces have each three 

 bolts, X, X, X, passing through the middle, to 

 prevent their splitting. The back hinge is made 

 of Swede's iron, bolted at A, B, C, D, E, F, on the 

 timber with half inch bolts. These bolts should 

 be well made, and have large heads on the 

 lower end, as if any thing breaks, it probably 

 will be these bolts. 



The forward hinge is made with Swede's 

 iron, and bolted on the top of the timber, with 

 | three bolts in each side of the hinge. 



