274 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



ing to be done but to fold up the papers of pins | 

 all ready for sale ! Well, that extraordinary 

 piece of mechanism has been invented and put 

 into practical use, by this Norwich machinist. ! 

 How much more useful than all the jugglery of 

 Herr Alexander, wonderful, truly, as that is ! 

 But he has not been satisfied with this achieve- 

 ment. He has now invented a machine, where- 

 by scythes, instead of being hammered out with 

 trip-hammers, (itself a great saving of labor,) 

 will be rolled out from the bar of iron, perfectly 

 made at one operation, except turning the heel 

 by a second one; the blade of the scythe will 

 in all else be complete, ready for tempering and 

 grinding. The inventor has spent two years in 

 bringing it to perfection. I heard the Editor of 

 your Farmers' Library catechising him very 

 closely all about it, and doubt not he will give a 

 more particular description of the improvement 

 and saving of labor effected by his curious ma- 

 chine for making scythes at a single heat. 



PRODUCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The Patent Office Report furnishes the fol- 

 lowing important information : 



Wheat, oats, rye, Indian corn, potatoes, hay, 

 and tobacco are raised in every State and Ter- 

 ritory of the Union. 



Barley is raised in all except Louisiana. 



Buckwheat is raised in all except Louisiana 

 and Florida. 



New England, New York, New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin do not 

 raise cotton. 



The States that do not raise cotton, together 

 with Delaware, Maryland and Indiana, do not 

 raise rice. 



Every State and Territory except Iowa, does 

 raise silk. 



Every State except Delaware makes sugar. 

 N. York raises the most barley, viz : 1 ,802,382 

 bushels. 



New York the most potatoes, viz : 20,553,6 12 

 bushels. 



N. York raises the most oats, viz : 24,907,553 

 bushels. 



New York raises the most hay, viz: 4,295,536 

 tons. 



Ohio the most wheat, viz : 1 8,7S6,705 bushels. 

 Pennsylvania the most rye, viz: 8,429,226 

 bushels. 



Pennsylvania raises the most buckwheat, viz : 

 6,408,508 bushels. 



Tennessee raises the most Indian com, viz: 

 67,838,447 bushels. 



Virginia the most flax and hemp, viz : 31,726 

 pounds. 



Kentucky the most tobacco, viz : 72,322,543 

 pounds. 



Georgia the most cotton, viz: 148,175,128 

 pounds. 



South Carolina the most rice, viz : 66,892,807 

 pounds. 



Louisiana the most sugar, viz: 37,173,590 

 pounds. 



North Carolina the most wine, viz: 17,347 

 gallons. 



These are curious facts, as showing the va- 

 riety of agricultural productions and the vast 

 amount of these productions. 



From the American Agriculturist. 

 REMOVING STAINS FROM CLOTH. 



Nothing is more common than the soiling of 

 clothes by grease, oil, or fat, acids, inks, sauces 

 and preserves, coffee, varnish, white lead, paint, 

 &c. All of these, if taken in time, may be re- 

 moved without much difficulty. As the whole 

 subject is too lengthy for a single article, I will 

 treat them in numbers. 



1. Stains from Oils, Fats, or Grease. — Re- 

 moved by soap, chalk, white clay, French chalk, 

 or ox gall. They most frequently occur on car- 

 pets and articles of dress. They give a deep 

 shade to the ground color of the goods, and con- 

 tinue to spread for some time after the accident 

 has happened. They hold fast whatever dust 

 falls upon them. On a very dark ground the 

 stain becomes lighter than the rest of the sur- 

 face, because the dust which rests on it is lighter. 

 Alkalies dissolve most readily these stains, but 

 there is great danger of injuring the more deli- 

 cate colors ; hence they should not be used ex- 

 cept by experienced scourers. 



Any good hard soap will answer to remove 

 the stains from blacks, blues, browns, drab, invi- 

 sible green, &c, by means of hot water, and the 

 soap and water may be removed by a sponge, 

 rubbing the nap in the right direction. In any 

 delicate colors, if soap be used we should always 

 first try a piece of the same kind of goods with 

 the agent, before using it on the article to be 

 cleaned. 



In all cases, where several colors are involved 

 in the stain, as in carpets, it is preferable to use 

 the white clay or French chalk. The latter is 

 better, on account of being easier to remove, al- 

 though either will answer the purpose, and, in 

 the absence of both, common chalk will do as a 

 substitute. The mineral should be reduced to 

 a fine powder, and made into a thin paste with 

 water, and spread over the stain, and when dry, 

 removed by whipping with a rattan, and using 

 a brush. The oil having greater affinity for the 

 chalk than for the goods, is thus taken up and 

 removed. If the stain be not removed by the 

 first trial, the process should be repeated. 



