THE GARDEN ROLLER. 
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THE GARDEN ROLLER. 
This implement has been lately very largely 
introduced for horticultural and other uses. It 
consists of two cast-iron sections, one foot in 
width, and twenty inches in diameter, with 
an iron handle. The most complete ones have 
two large weights suspended from a shaft with¬ 
in the sections, to give them additional weight, 
and these are so adjusted as to throw the han¬ 
dle up when not under control of the hand, thus 
always keeping it clean. Though generally 
used by hand only, ahorse can be readily attached 
to the handle for any heavy work. They are 
made in two sections to obviate the very bad 
effect in turning, where the entire roller is solid, 
by which the earth is scraped up on either side 
at the same time that it requires much addi¬ 
tional power to move it. As now arranged, when 
turning, one roller is moving back while the 
other is moving forward. There is a further 
advantage from having small sections, in the 
consideration that if one, by any mishap, be¬ 
comes broken, its place can be supplied by 
another, without prejudice or loss to any other 
part of the machine. 
Garden Roller.— Fig. 87. 
The field roller is made from sections of the 
same width, but of larger diameter, and each of 
double the weight of those in the hand roller. 
They have the further addition of a large wooden 
box, to hold any increased weight required, as 
they are always moved by a team, and are used 
for roads and fields, where large weights are 
necessary. But as the latter has been particu¬ 
larly described in fourth volume, p. 139, we 
omit further notice of it here. 
NEW-YORK AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
The following fair notice of our businesses 
copied from the “ Farmer and Mechanic,” an 
excellent family paper, published in New York. 
Coming as it does from such a source, unsolici¬ 
ted, it is appreciated in the same kind feeling 
in which it is given:— 
Among the many excellent establishments of 
the kind now in this city, we would invite the 
attention of our readers to the extensive Agri¬ 
cultural Warehouse and Seed Store of Messrs. 
A. B. Allen & Co., advertised in another column 
of our paper. For the last five years, we have 
watched the growth of this establishment, and, 
from the intelligence and experience of the pro¬ 
prietors, we feel justified in saying that no other 
house in the United States, if in Europe, offers 
so many advantages to the farmer, the planter, 
or the gardener, for the purchase of articles of 
husbandry, as the one under notice. An in¬ 
spection of their extensive factories, lofts, ware¬ 
houses, &c., connected with this establishment, 
will be sufficient to convince any one of the 
truth of our remarks, particularly on witnessing 
the unsurpassed variety of implements, seeds, 
and machines which are exposed for sale. It is 
thus obvious that the farmer or the planter will 
have a better opportunity of selecting what he 
may need in an establishment of this magni¬ 
tude, than from one less extensive in its char¬ 
acter, or limited in its supplies. 
AWARDS AT THE LATE STATE FAIR AND SHOW. 
There will always be more or less dissatis¬ 
faction with the awards of committees at the Agri¬ 
cultural Shows; we have, therefore, repeatedly 
contended, that all such committees should be 
instructed to report the reasons in full, which 
governed them in making their awards, and 
that these should be published, so that the ex¬ 
hibitors may be fully enlightened thereby. 
Among those who demur pretty strongly, at 
certain decisions, at the late show of the New- 
York State Agricultural Society, is our friend 
Mr. W. S. King, of Rhode Island, and he has 
taken the committees on swine and milch kine 
to task rather humorously about this matter, in 
two long columns of the Providence Journal. 
If we had room to spare, we should like to copy 
the whole article; but as it is, we must content 
ourselves with a few spicy paragraphs on the 
subject of milch cows. 
“ The decision of the committee on milch cows, 
&c., has, however, excited more surprise than 
that of any other. 
“ We have not met with a solitary person 
among the many good judges of milch kine 
upon the ground, who had made selection of 
the cows which took the three premiums as 
being superior to others. 
“ It is very desirable that this committee, in 
their report should give us, who have considera¬ 
ble capital and considerable pride invested in 
the breeding of stock, the grounds upon which 
their decision rested; the points in which the 
premium cows were superior to all others. 
“ To prove to all that we do not lightly join 
issue with this committee, we here state the 
performance of one cow, (and that, unfortu¬ 
nately, our cow,) which was not thought worthy 
of mention. 
“ The shorthorn cow, Flora, the property of 
the writer, was certified to the committee to 
have given 1,020 quarts of milk in 60 days, and 
to have averaged sixteen quarts per day for the 
next thirty days, and to have given nine quarts 
on the morning of the show, (she gave eight in 
the evening,) this in her fourth month, and the 
beast only four years old. A passing injury to 
one of her teats considerably diminished her 
yield during the trial. This is equal to over 
twenty quarts per day, for a cow six years old, 
or more. 
“ Old farmers will stare when they learn that 
Rhode Island had three cows on the ground, 
that beat this yield so far, that not even a pass¬ 
ing word of approval was bestowed upon this, 
(to us,) uncommonly fine animal. 
“ As to her frame and color, she had every 
point for beauty, and every mark of a milker. 
“ We do not here mention the fine cows of Mr. 
