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TAPLIn’s HORSE POWER.-DRESSING WOUNDS, ETC. 
pomology. Could a better opportunity occur for 
monographs of the most thorough character % 
H. W. Beecher. 
Brooklyn , N. Y. Dec. 1847. 
We have the pleasure of announcing to our 
readers, that the Rev. Henry W. Beecher will be a 
regular contributor to our journal the present year. 
His articles will be principally on pomology , to 
which he has paid much attention. He is consi¬ 
dered one of the best informed, and most original 
writers on this subject. Domestic affliction, in the 
loss of a promising child, and the engrossing cares 
of a new situation, have prevented his giving a 
more elaborate article for this month, as he had in¬ 
tended. Our readers will recollect that he has re¬ 
cently removed from Indiana, and is now installed 
as pastor of the Plymouth Church, at Brooklyn, one 
of the largest and most respectable, of that rapidly 
growing city. When a resident at the west, Mr. 
Beecher edited the Indiana Farmer, for several 
years, en amateur. The pomological articles which 
then appeared in that journal, were read with much 
interest, and very generally copied throughout the 
Union. 
The exportation of fruit has at length grown up 
to no trifling item of our foreign commerce, while 
its consumption at home for the past few years 
has been greatly on the increase ; it is highly 
proper, therefore, that more attention be given to 
its culture. 
TAPLIN’S HORSE POWER. 
Fig. 8. 
The best horse power, decidedly, with which we 
are acquainted, is that more commonly known 
among us as Taplin’s. Figure 8 , gives a good 
idea of it. It has a wooden rim or circle, from M 
to 20 feet in diameter, to which iron segments are 
bolted on the under side. These gear into a cog 
wheel, which revolving, turns a drum or pulley on 
the same shaft, which moves the machinery by a 
belt; or it may be geared on to the cog wheel by 
other cog wheels. The horses are attached to 
whiffle trees, hooked on to the arms close where 
they join the rim, and thus move the power as they 
travel round. It can be transported easily from 
place to place in a common farm wagon, and may 
be set up in twenty minutes, and taken down in 
half that time. It is simple in its construction, not 
liable to get out of order, and when so, is easily 
repaired. It may work in the open field, though it 
is better to have it under cover when stationary, 
especially during stormy or very hot weather. 
When the team is to be attached to this power, 
take the pin out of the standard which keeps the 
rim up on a level, and lower one side of the rim 
to within two feet of the ground ; now step a 
horse over, then swing it round to the next hook 
for a whiffle tree and step over another horse, and 
so continue till as many are put on as are wanted. 
For efficiency, durability, and simplicity, we pre¬ 
fer this power to all others. Price $55 to $ 75 > 
according to size and quality. We recommend that 
size which costs highest, as the most serviceable, 
easiest worked, and cheapest in the end. 7 
DRESSING* WOUNDS. 
Every farmer is liable to have his cattle wound¬ 
ed. Sometimes these wounds are dangerous from 
the loss of blood, or they leave unsightly swellings 
and scars; it is therefore highly necessary, that 
they should understand the best mode of dressing 
them. 
The first thing to be done is, properly to secure 
the animal, so that it shall not be able to injure the 
operator ; then the wounded parts should be care¬ 
fully cleansed, and every foreign substance re¬ 
moved. If the wound bleeds profusely, especially 
if the blood flows in jets and is of a florid color, 
it shows that an artery is wounded, and this should 
be secured. The best mode to do this is, to apply 
a ligature to the bleeding vessel, that is, tie a small 
string round it if possible. If this can not be done, 
then take a wire about eight inches long, put one 
end in a round stick for a handle, bend the other 
end about an inch ^om the extremity like a hook, 
put this instrument in a fire and heat it to a white heat, 
and then sear the mouths of the bleeding vessels. 
This will generally stop the flow of blood at once. 
The parts should now he examined, and the shape 
of the wound observed ; then with a large 
needle, armed with a strong thread well 
twisted and waxed, take a stitch including 
the parts about half an inch from the edges 
of the wound ; then tie in a bow knot. The 
first stitch should be taken in any angle or 
other definite point, so that the parts may 
be drawn exactly in their original position ; 
after this, several other stitches may be 
taken about an inch from each other. W hen 
they are all tied, perhaps some parts may not be 
properly adjusted 5 now untie the bow knots and 
draw them tighter until the edges are in opposition. 
Next scrape some lint from a piece of coarse linen 
and cover the wound, which should be secured in 
its situation by a proper bandage. No other appli¬ 
cation is necessary ; lor a wound bound up in its 
blood, and kept so without once removing the ban¬ 
dages till it gets well, will be cured quicker and 
leave a smaller scar, than in any other way. Salves 
and applications of all kinds, generally do more 
injury than good. 
If there should be a difficulty in passing the liga¬ 
ture through the skin, a hole may first be made 
with a small awl. After four to six days, unless 
the weather be cold and unpleasant, these dressings 
may be removed, when generally the wound will 
be found perfectly healed. 
Venerable Apple Tree.— An apple tree, near 
Hartford, Connecticut, brought from England, and 
planted where it now stands two hundred and eight 
years ago , bore a small quantity of fruit the present 
season. The tree has only a mere shell of the 
trunk, with a few small green branches. 
