AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
117 
For the American Agriculturist. 
FAT SUFFOLK PIG. 
I send you a cut of a Suffolk Pig which I fat¬ 
tened last fall; also the following account, kept 
with two litters of pigs front the same sow, by 
Mr. David Crossman, of this place. The feed 
was bought at the prices named. 
PIGS, 
CR. 
By one sold at 3 months, 
“ pork of ten pigs slaughtered at 8 
months, 2240 lbs. sold at $7 per 
hundred, 
$6 50 
156 80 
“ ten pigs, 1 month old, sold for $2 
apiece, 
20 00 
Total, 
$183 30 
PIGS, 
DR. 
For middlings, 
$19 35 
“ corn at 62J- cts. per bushel, 
55 65 
“ barley, 62£ “ “ 
12 00 
“ apples, 12£ “ “ 
3 00 
“ pumpkins, 
3 00 
Total, 
$93 00 
Balance in favor of feed, $89 80 
All these pigs were the get of the Suffolk 
Boar, Prince, late the property of the sub¬ 
scriber, John R. Page. 
Scnnett , Cayuga Co JV. Y. 
CLAIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PATENTS 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 18, 1854. 
Grass Harvesters.— Martin Hallenbeck, of 
Albany, N. Y.: I claim the peculiar construc¬ 
tion of the fingers, as shown, viz., having ribs 
at the lower parts of the fingers and vertical 
slots passing through the fingers on each side 
of the ribs and inclined plates attached to the 
fingers at each side. The plates preventing the 
sickle from clogging, and the ledges preventing 
the grass from being thrown out from the fin¬ 
gers by the action of the teeth. 
Cleaning Cotton and other Fibrous Sub¬ 
stances. —J. C. Hard, of Medway, Mass.: I do 
not claim the use of teeth made of pointed wire 
and screwed to the beaters of cotton pickers; 
neither do I claim the application of springs to 
the concave of machines for operating upon 
fibrous materials. 
But I claim the use of the peculiar combing 
beater described, the teeth being so curved as 
to bring the beater very near to the feed rollers, 
and united with each other at their bases, 
in the manner of saw-teeth, as set forth. 
Second, I claim the peculiar method described, 
of applying springs to the slats of the grating 
beneath the beaters, each slat being furnished 
with independent springs, whereby the moats, 
as they fall upon the grating, are instantly 
knocked through the spaces beneath the slats, 
and are not carried round by the beater, to be 
entangled with the material, the slats yielding 
to permit the impurities to pass between them. 
Third, I claim the introduction of heated air 
into machines for picking and dusting cotton, 
by which a greater uniformity of the numbers 
of the yarn is obtained and the material is more 
thoroughly and readily cleansed. 
Process for Bleaching Flax.— J. A. Roth 
and Joseph Lea, of Philadelphia, Pa. Patented 
in England, May 2G, 1853 : We claim the pro¬ 
cess of distributing the flax fiber or yarn upon 
combs, or equivalent devices, and agitating the 
same when immersed in chemical bleaching so¬ 
lutions, as described. 
Machine for Bleaching Flax.— J. A. Roth 
and J. Lee, of Philadelphia, Pa.: We claim, 
first, the employment of the series of combs 
for the purpose of sustaining the fibers, con¬ 
structed and arranged as described. 
Second, the flax or yarn frame and method 
of arranging the combs in combination there¬ 
with, as described. 
Thirdly, the combination of flax and yarn 
frame and vat, as described. 
Iron Fences. —M. P. Coons, of Brooklyn, N. 
Y.: I do not claim any particular device or 
construction of a post or straining pillar, nor any 
particular mode of attaching wire or rods to 
them. 
I claim combining a spring bar with the rails, 
wires or other equivalents of metalic fence, as 
set forth, for the purpose of yielding to pres¬ 
sure or strain arising from change of tempera¬ 
ture. 
Potato Washing Machines. —J. H. Fairchild 
and Sylvanus Richardson, of Jericho, Yt.: We 
claim the manner described of constructing the 
machine with an outer solid revolving cylinder, 
for containing water and catching the dirt re¬ 
moved from the roots with an inner slatted cyl¬ 
inder which is secured fast to the outer cylin¬ 
der, and revolves with it for removing the dirt 
and foreign matter from the roots, and discharg¬ 
ing them in a clean state at one end of the ma¬ 
chine, in combination with the spiral or screw 
thread placed in a spiral manner between the 
two cylinders, for the purpose of separating the 
dirt from the washed roots and effecting its dis¬ 
charge simultaneously with the discharge of 
the roots at the opposite end of the machine 
through the passage, as set forth. 
Fly Trap3. —David and S. K. Flanders, of 
Parishville, N.Y.: We claim the horizontal cir¬ 
cular rotating disk, divided on its upper surface 
by the ledges into sections, which sections, as 
the disk rotates, pass underneath a cover of the 
box, which box contains a wiper that sweeps or 
traverses over the surface of the sections, as 
they pass under the cover, and throws the flies 
into the box and behind the wiper; the disk 
and wiper being operated by clock machinery 
or its equivalents, as described. 
Machines for Paring Apples. — J. D. Sea- 
grave, of Milford, Mass.: I do not claim, in 
general, the device of combining with a paring 
machine in which the paring knife moves au- 
tomicaliy over the apple, a sliding piece, moved 
automically in regular alteration with the move¬ 
ments of the knife, in such manner as to push 
the apple from the fork at the completion of 
the paring. 
Maize Harvesters. —Wm. Lapham, executor 
of Seneca Lapham, dec., late of Salem, Ohio.: 
1 claim arranging and operating the reel, that is 
hanging the reel on a frame working vertically 
in ways and supplied with suitable stops for 
receiving and discharging at intervals the cut 
maize, as set fourth. 
lie-issue. 
Cotton Gin.— Fones McCarthy, of Orange 
Springs, Fla. Patented originally July 3,1840 : 
I claim the combination of a stripping plate, 
breast plate, and drawing roll, as set forth.— 
Scientific American. 
HORSEBACK EXERCISE. 
Riding on horseback is, perhaps, of all others 
the most manty, elegant and efficient form of 
exercise. In the first place, it cannot be taken 
without being out of doors; then it enables you 
to breathe a larger amount of fresh air than if 
walking, because you pass through a greater 
space in less time, and consequently a greater 
number of layers, or rather sections of fresh 
air, come in contact with the nostrils, with less 
fatigue. Another advantage is, that all the 
muscles of the body are exercised in moderation, 
and, to a certain extent, equally so. And then 
again, while thus exercising, and while every 
step forward gives you a fresh draught of pure 
out-door air, the mind is entertained by every 
variety of objects, new things being constantly 
presented. The only thing to be guarded 
against, is a feeling of chillness ; this is essential, 
for every chill is an injury ; whether a man be 
sick or well, a chill must necessarily be succeeded 
by a fever, and fever is disease. 
Horseback exercise, to be highly beneficial, 
should be active—a “ hand-gallop,” or a trot; 
and, if practicable, a different road should be 
traveled every day, so that the mind may be 
diverted by novelties, and thus compelled away 
from bodily ailments. 
The English, as a native, are a stout, robust, 
hearty race. The nobility have a long list of 
names who have lived to the age of seventy, 
eighty, and even ninety years; but horseback 
exei’cise with them is a national amusement; 
many of them make a ride on horseback as 
much a matter of course as a daily dinner. 
Almost the only gentleman seen on horse¬ 
back in New-Orleans, is the English merchant, 
showing the power of a national habit, and its 
influence abroad, as well as at home. 
If parents could be made to comprehend the 
full advantages of a constant breathing of pure 
air to their children, and wmuld be at pains to 
impress their young minds with its high import¬ 
ance ; were they to pay more attention to their 
physical training, requiring them to take active 
exercise, four hours every day, on foot and on 
horseback, there would be some probability 
that, notwithstanding the heat and impurities of 
a city atmosphere, those children would grow 
up in healthfulness, and live to a good old age, 
instead of paleing away, as they do, long be¬ 
fore their prime, growing prematurely old, from 
a constitution blasted in the bud. — Hall's 
Journal of Health. 
The best time is noio, the best place is herre. 
