SOUTHERN PLANTER.— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



C. Leavitt's Pa-tent Excelsior 



CORN AND COB CRUSHER, 



YOUNG AMERICA! 



A WESTERN INVENTION, 



The above cut represents a valuable improve- 

 ment in Portable Grain Mills which are now 

 required and found so profitable in the improved 

 modes of feeding stock. It is well known in the 

 Western States, that the Farmers of this coun- 

 try are indebted to Mr. Charles Leavitt, of 

 Quincy, 111., for the successful introduction of a 

 machine for grinding Corn and Cob. 'Machines 

 for this purpose have long been in use, but were 

 attended with too much labor and expense to 

 render them profitable. 



In the year 1852, after expending much time 

 and money, he invented and patented a machine 

 for this purpose, which has proved almost inval- 

 uable to the Farmer ; and since the great suc- 

 cess of this invention, various machines have 

 been introduced into our markets, such as the 

 "Star Mill," "Little Giant," &c. &c, for the 

 same purpose. Mr. Leavitt being the original 

 inventor of this kind of machine, and from a 

 long experience, finding that all of them had 

 some defect, he again went to work to improve 

 the defective parts, and in February, 1855, he 

 patented another Mill, which has proved to be 

 far superior to them all. It was fairly tested 

 at the Ohio State Fair in October, 1855, 

 with the "Little Giant/' "Star Mill" and 

 others, and was awarded the highest Premium, 

 and is pronounced far superior to all others. 

 This Mill is set on three legs, cast solid to the 

 inner Plate or Cone of the Mill, which is consid- 

 ered proof against breaking by the draft of the 

 horses, thus making the inside Grinder station- 

 ary while the concave or outer Grinder revolves 

 by means of a double lever which applies the 

 power directly where required, with the least 

 possible loss by friction. 



The large teeth or cob breakers are set as near 

 the centre of the Mill as possible. The fine 

 teeth are inserted on moveable rings, which can 

 be cast thin of hard metal, and if ever worn out 

 can be readily replaced by new ones in five mi- 

 nutes time, at a trifling expense compared with 

 the cost of pecking stones. 



This Mill is furnished with two sets of fine 

 teeth, (and others can be furnished at any time 

 at a cost not exceeding $3 per set,) one set for 

 Crushing and Cob Grinding, and the other for 

 Grinding fine meal for family use. 



This Mill has also a very simple and conve 

 nient arrangement for receiving and conducting 

 the meal out at a spout on one side of the Mill, 

 which will enable the operator to set a box under 



and receive the meal without the trouble of sho- 

 veling it up. 



The adjusting apparatus is simple and effec- 

 tual and is worked from above without interfer- 

 ing with the operation of the Mill ; by it the 

 Mill is made capable of application to a vast 

 range of purposes, as well as being made to 

 grind coarse or fine as desired. 



Among the uses to which this Mill is adapted 

 are the following, viz: Grinding and Crushing 

 Corn and Cob together, Grinding meal from 

 Corn and other grain, and other like purposes. 



This form of Mill is so simple in its construc- 

 tion, and so few in its parts, that it can be fur- 

 nished at a very low price, when the value of 

 the services it performs is considered; and for 

 the same reason it is durable and not likely to 

 get out of repair. 



It is a well known fact among scientific Far- 

 mers, that two bushels of corn ground is worth 

 three in the ear, to feed hogs or cattle, and will 

 fatten either in one third less time. 



Price $50 — including an extra set of Grinding 

 Plates, which renders it equal to two entire 

 Mills for $50, and new plates can be furnished 

 at the small cost of $3 per set, which can be at- 

 tached in the same manner that new points or 

 shares are put to a plough when the old ones 

 are worn out. 



Trial of Corn and Cob Mills, at the late Fair of 

 the Maryland Agricidtural Society. 

 The following table will show the time occu- 

 pied and number of revolutions of each of the 

 mills on exhibition, in grinding half bushel of 

 corn and cobs. 



Minutes. Revolutions. 

 Excelsior Mill, 2£ 10 



Little Giant Mill, 4 J 15 



Maynard's Champion Mill, 5 20 

 Colburn's Mill, 7J 32 



Advantages of the Excelsior Mill over all others. 



1st. Great strength and durability. 2d. Sim- 

 plicity — having only one set screw to graduate 

 the quality of grinding, which renders it so sim- 

 ple that it may be managed by any ordinary 

 farm hand. 3d. It will grind more Corn, or 

 Corn and Cob, in the same time, and of same 

 quality, than any other Mill in use. 5th. Eco- 

 nomy — that part of the mill which is most liable 

 to wear being separate from the main body of 

 the machine, can be renewed when worn out, at 

 the small cost of $3. Thus, in the Excelsior 

 Mill we present the best, cheapest and most 

 durable Mill ever offered to the Farmer. 



The above Mills are now manufactured and 

 for sale by Talbot & Brother, Shockoe Foun- 

 dry, Cor. 19th and Cary Streets, Richmond, Va. 



JJg^All orders punctually attended to, and 

 circulars and further information furnished by 



R. McLAGAN, 

 dec 1— lOt. 157 Main St. , Richmond, Va. 



CGENNET, Watchmaker & Jeweler, 149 west 

 i Main St., Eagle Square, Richmond. Watches 

 and Clocks repaired and warranted. sep 24 ly 



