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grant’s patent fan-mill 
by dro uijhl .bis year. The Cuba species of Bermuda 
grass which we have tried here, is succeeding finely, 
and will be valuable for meadows as well as grazing. 
We have taken a fine sward off a small lot this year. 
Another neighbor made an experiment this year, in 
wine, and the best judges think there is no doubt of 
his sue ess. He has a good vineyard for the time he 
has set it out, and contemplates making wine exten¬ 
sively a a few years, having had experience at the 
busine* when a youth on the Rhine. We are pro¬ 
gressing slowly with leveeing the salt marsh, in 
which we find a considerable quantity of marl, alu¬ 
minous earth, and decomposed vegetable matter, con¬ 
stituting its principal ingredients. 
1 trust your work will do all the good to agricul¬ 
ture it is capable of, from its merits, and this can only 
be effected by its being widely disseminated, which 1 
hope its friends everywhere are using their best exer 
tions to effect. John J. McCaughan. 
* Mississippi City, Oct. 8, 1845. 
GRANT’S PATENT FAN-MILL. 
Grant’s Patent Fan-Mill.—Fig. 74 
Considering the simplicity of its construction, and 
complete efficiency in all its operations, we think the 
above Fan-mill is the best in use. It has taken the 
first premiums for three successive years at the State 
Agricultural Society shows, and we believe at no less 
than seven country fairs. Mr. Grant has recently 
made some improvements in it, which consist in add¬ 
ing to the screen and other parts in general use in 
fan-mills, an additional screen, and what is denomi¬ 
nated a chess board, which are arranged in such a 
manner as to cause a much stronger blast of wind to 
act upon the grain at the lower part of the shaking 
sieves or screens than at the upper, and thereby to 
aid the action of said sieves in effecting the screening, 
by which means the chaffing and screening are per¬ 
formed simultaneously. All other fan-mills require 
that wheat should be run through twice, to clean it 
thoroughly, while the Patent Fan-Mill will chaff and 
screen wheat more effectually in one operation, than 
other mills will in two operations, thereby saving 
half the time and labor required by old mills. The 
Patent Fan-Mill will also clean all kinds of grain, 
such as rye, buck-wheat, oats, corn, peas, beans, 
clover, timothy, and flax-seed, in one single opera¬ 
tion. Oats and peas are separated by being run 
through the mill once. 
Directions for cleaning Grain and Seed .—Foi 
chaffing and screening wheat, put No. 2 sieve in No 
1 groove, No. 4 in No. 3 groove. No. 9 in No. 4 
groove, and the board in No. 5 groove pushed back 
even with No. 9 sieve. If cleaning for seed, put No. 
7 in No. 6 groove; if, for market, put No. 8 in No. 
6 groove—give it the middle shake, and open the aif 
slides. 
For rye and buck-wheat, put No. 2 in No. 1 
groove, No. 4 in No. 3 groove, No. 8 in No. 6 
groove, and give it the long shake, if you want to 
screen iye the same as you do wheat for market. 
For oats, put No. 1 sieve in No. 1 groove, No. 2 
in No. 3 groove. If to separate oats and peas, or take 
out thistle heads, put No. 4 in place of No. 2—give 
it the long shake, and close the air slides part way up. 
For corn, peas, and beans, put No. 2 sieve in No. 
2 groove, the board in No. 6 groove—open the air 
slides and give it the short shake. 
For flax seed, put No. 4 sieve in No. 2 gioove. No. 
8 in No. 4 groove, No. 12 in No. 6 groove—shut up 
the air slides and give it the long shake. 
For timothy and clover seed, put No. 4 sieve in 
No. 1 groove. No. 12 in No. 3 groove, and the board 
in No. 6 groove—shut the air slides and give it 
the long shake. If you want your timothy seed 
