MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
WINE MAKING NEAR CINCINNATI. 
next cut, so as to force the berries through HARVESTING WINTER APPLES. 
the seive, and to remove out of the way all _ -■ 
the stems as they are stript; with the aid of U T harvesting apples, especially those in- 
tbis apparatus, two men can, in the course tended for winter, they should be carefully 
of three hours, if regularly supplied with P* cke d by hand in bright clear weather.— 
A’vonoo ofAtvt A. ~ — hr\ x „ nn 1 . 1 . ,1. T All Kmicoc ovn nr\f -X J! 
with plans of a wine house and grapes, stem from 70 to 80 bushels. Im- All bruises are not only injurious as tending i38 ued from the united states patent office 
Jwtljamc IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE SPRINGS. 
- —... Mr. Thos. Goddard, of the city of Bos- 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS Jon, has invented an improvement in springs 
iued from the united states patent office ° r carrla g es > f° r which he has taken meas- 
For the week ending Oct. 7, 1851. ^ t0 SeCUrG a P a . ten t. The nature of tile 
_ improvement consists in the employment of 
To E. C. Brett, of Great Barrington, Mass., a P apt hoop or bow-shaped spring,construct¬ 
or the week ending Oct. 7, 1851. 
machinery. provements might be made, by which the to decay, but they render the fruit partially For-the week ending Oct. 7,1851. j patent. 1 he nature of the 
The great and increasing interest that is manual labor would be diminished; but this worthless. Some fruit growers pick their ~ ^ - a n ,ri ". f 0nsls ^ s m , employment of 
felt, not only here, but in nearly all parts simple and cheap apparatus, which Mr. } ruit the last of September, before complete- „ To E ‘ Cl BreU ’ of Great Barrington, Mass., T . p oi bow-shaped spring,construct- 
ot the United States, in reference to the Corneau has introduced, is generally used ty r ty e > an d allow it to shrivel a little be- f ° r lm P rovcment 111 machines for opening and , se . 0 an J desired inclination, 
culture of the grape and the manufacture by the wine manufacturers of France. fore P acke d in barrels, as it will keep well cIe ^ nil !f fl ° cks- 0 f °. • W . ™ 1 arc attac ^ d to the shafts 
of wine, induces us to devote some space 4. Mashinn —After nassinir through the under this treatment. Such fruit is not Pratt, of Elmira, N. Y., for im- , / , ' ° , a c o" slfJ eraMe distance for- 
to .his s„bjec t . Improvements upon -the stemming p/ocess .lUgi-ape®* fall into a eqnalin quality to that well ripened on the r™* <■ .PP-.ua for applying flock. "^oved Jubstee’for^e old* 
methods and practice pursued during the wooden mil consisting of two rollers rid wd tree - lu very warm locations, winter fruit is Tn i? r v ^ ™ ^ ^ • ut)Stl t«te tor the old- 
°b 1,16 ,Lufe T 0f Wi r “lo HP- by ‘be last of September. e’ds Tit 
. . . - J - wiwuuuiou UUU UiVUCl UC- 
superior wine is now obtained from this gree; it being desirable that every arape 
grape, and one which bids fair to rival the should be crushed, but that the seed should 
most celebrated brands of the old country, not be broken. 
and become thoroughly ripe. ’ p “ !" the end ess chain propeller- 
. « ... ° . ^ to W. Clements, of Lllershe, Ga., for linprove- 
After picking the fruit, pack carefully in ment ill devices for sowing in a seed planter. 
hovnn D r»rwJ Un.wl ~ 1_1 __ rni {* 1 I ... ° r 
. 1 t> ut springs, ny the" arrangement of 
this bow spring with loops, as soon as the 
weight is applied to the carriage a double 
action is obtained, whereby the horse is 
i , i L i , , r „, J ..*«» ouvving in a bccu plainer. -— wueicuy me norse IS 
A sketch nf the detnii c ef , ; i “ ~~~rr7 - W — barrels, and head up closely, ihe follow- To James Fulton, of Louisville, Ky., for im- g reat ty relieved from the downward oress- 
__ _ 1 °f the details of wme making The rollers are turned by hand; the tng is the mode of management in this sec- provement in escapements for time pieces. mg weight, and at the same time the mn 
CorneauSon^ jty® tabI,S . hm ^ nt f Mes . srs> above wood cut exhibits in R R, a section . tl0n - The barrels are piled up horizontally To J. H. Murrill, of Manchester, Va„ for im- bon of the carriage is rendered more pleas' 
Corneau cvj bon, at Latonia, Ivy., four miles of these rollers, and that, which fnllnwo m cool, open sheds, or in the shade, nf t,-ee« .:__ui° i,C Ilu trca more pleas- 
Pnvnnoi. A t . • ir r •, J , "wu vu, vnuui.w .u ~ ^ ^uniciuy a.u j . ja. iuurrui, oi iviancliester, Va„ for im- 
r p. T , at Latoma, Ivy., four miles of these rollers, and that which follows 111 C00 ^ °P en sheds, or in the shade of trees provement in running gear of locomotives 
irom Cincinnati, may not be uninteresting shows two men, one stemming, the other or buildings, and sometimes in open space, To Wm. Scott, of Rising Sun, Ind for im- 
to our readefs, an d which will be readily mashing the grapes. covered with boards laid over the barrels, provement in revolving rollers, 
understood by a reference to the accom- to keep off the sun and rain, and allowed to To Joshua Stevens, of Chickopee, Mass f as - 
oahe”Sino L°, J P “ rra " gement WL. TT. VI tiU - Nove “ be , r > tU1 there is l ” “»“• Co.,) for improve™,,, i„ 
‘ danger offteezing. Apples thus managed revolving breech pistols. 
__ _^ escape a severe frost. The thermom- To Le Grand C. St. John, of Buffalo N Y 
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ant and agreeable .—Scientific Amer. 
IMPROVED SEED PLANTER. 
^ Mr. Myron Corey, of Jerseyville, Jersey 
Co., Ill., has made an improvement in ma¬ 
chinery for planting corn and other grain, 
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eter may be ten or twelve degrees below for improvement in apparatus for warming air and f° r which he has taken measures to secure 
freezing, or the weather cold enough to water for dwellings. a patent. The nature of the invention con- 
freeze ice half an inch thick. We have To Orion Thornley, of Lebanon, Ind., for im- sists in constructing the machine in such a 
known apples to escape when the thermom- provement in machines for cutting screws on pcs s manner that the corn or grain is conveyed 
eter was twenty degrees below freezing, and raiIs fo1 ' bedsteads. from the hopper to plant the same in rows 
but there is a risk in leaving them out in To Patrick Killin, of Mount Healthy, Ohio, for j en gthwise or crosswise of the field, or as it 
so cold weather. When the weather be- improvement in portable elevated ovens. termed “sowing both ways.” 'it also 
comes too cold for them to be safe out of To s pe»cer Lewis, of Rochester, N. Y., for em braces the property of planting as many 
doors, put them in a cool cellar. Some improvement in machines for cutting screws on or as few hills as may be desired in a row 
fruit-growers put them into a cellar iramc- rails for bedsteads. by a very simple arrangement. There is 
diately after harvesting. Whether apples To dement Masserano, of Turin, Sardinia, als .° a n indicator connected with the ma- 
„ . .. . . are put into the cellar early or late, the cel- ( assi S norto Clement Masserany, Josephine Wick- chine for marking the distance the corn or 
from the rollers, the grape (being en- lar should be well ventilated in clear weath- administrator of R. Wickliffe, Jr., of Lex- grain is to be dropped in hills or rows _ 
lre ,y. se P a ™fed from the stem and thor- er, when the wind is north or west; but in g ton , Ky., Charles Caringi, Andre Crestadora, This indicator marks out the spots on the 
oughly mashed) passes into the press, where kept shut up closely when the wind is in Pelle gm, Rocca and Louis B. Migone, of Genoa, ground, but it can be thrown out and in 
ie final operation of separating the juice other directions. This should be practised Sardinia, for improvements in locomotives moved g ear pleasure. The machine is also 
is performed 1 lie wine passes from the even in winter, when there is no danger of b yJ; ho P 0 w e r ° f animals. ^ adapted to plow, plant, and cover the seed 
bed of the piess by means of a conductor, apples frezing. — New England Farmer. p ° C. S. Buckley, of Macon, Ga., for improve- all at one operation.— Sci Amer 
into the basement, from whence it is con- _ _ _ . _ men t in circuit changes for electro magnetic tel- -_ _ _ * 
veyed into casks containing 260 gallons -» r t, T , ^ egraphs. surmcv enwnvwcTWYi 
a _i. u _ ° ° Mammoth Pears.— Mr. Jacob Coooer of --- --- smoke CONDENSING GRATE. 
PLAN OF A WINE HOUSE. 
A. Door opening to the vineyard by 
which the grapes are brought into the wine 
house. * 
J3. Back door of wine house. 
C. Front door of wine house. 
bed of the press by means of a conductor, app les frezing.— New England Fanner. 
into the basement, from whence it is con- _ . 
veyed into casks containing 260 gallons -r, ,, T y ^ 
each; these, though by no means of so large p / AMM0) 11 Mr. Jacob Cooper of 
a size as those used by some of our wine £ hel ^ f haS P laced on our table two P eai ' s 
manufacturers, are of a very convenient ca- he T f en ° rm0US m f lze we evei ' saw or 
pacity for ordinary crops. The first fer- , rd ° f ' rhe y wei g h pounds each, 
mentation takes place immediately, and at aiK f easure 14 ^ ln ® hes the shortest cir- 
the end of six or eight weeks the wine be- c . um ^ rc ' nce ’ and wd \ porportioned. , We 
comes clear—or what is technically termed , oubt vei 7 macl1 whether anybody has 
“fine” a second fermentation takes place in arger ° nes -~ Geneva Courier - 
the spring about the period of the blooming A few years ago, Mr. F. W. Lay, of 
of the grape. The wine should not be hot- Greece, in this county, exhibited at our 
tied until it is at least one year old, though Fair, pears altogether ahead of those above 
dano-er nf by th ° P ° Wer of animal s 
uanger ot Tft r « , 
apples frezing. — New England Farmer. r ° 9’ S ' Buckley ’ of Mac0I) * Ga -. for improve- all at one operation.— Sci. Amer. 
_ - ■ _ u __ men t circuit changes for electro magnetic tel- - _ 
egraphs. 
Mammoth Pears.— Mr. Jacob Cooper of ---—-- SMOKE CONDENSING GRATE. 
Phelps, has placed on our table two pears NEW JERSEY ZINC PAINTS M* I)«m Tm 7~ ^ , . 
the most enormous in size we ever saw or „ • u X * l Tompkins, of INew 1 ork city, 
heard of. They weigh two pounds each M The Z ' nC 1 aints ° f tlie K J * Ex P lorin S a,ld h evented a new and useful improve- 
and measure 14 \ inches the Shortest cir- Ml “ ia g forwhl ^ dmy revived a gold ment in Fire Grates, for which he has taken 
cumference, and well porportioned We raeda , at the las J Bair > Wl11 P roba % receive the measures to secure a patent. The improve- 
doubt very much whether anybody has ® ame testrniomM tins year. This company has ment consistsj in thes employment of a con- 
larger ones.— Geneva Courier. * * labored assiduously to perfect this branch of na- denser, which condenses the smoke and 
a tional industry, and after years of research and prevents chimnies from smokin<>'; and, in 
A FEW years ago, Mr. F. W. Lay, of expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars eonnection with this, there is an arrange- 
Greece, in this county, exhibited at our has introduced an article of White, Black and ment °f devices for shutting off all the 
Fair, pears altogether ahead of those above Brovm Zinc Paints > which are likely on every draught, when desired to remove ashes or 
_ - . .. , 1 1 . ,1 1 r w . .. j o ^ aucau ui LUUbU aUDVC - J ^ T - 
D. Opening through which the stems are U “ tre( l^ entl y bottled for immediate use, ment5oned< 0n f m .. ■ h , 2 ,, accoun t to supersede all others having lead for a clean out the grate, 
rown from the machine. J 11 ®*' previous to the second fermentation; , g ' basis. Those paints are inodorous, and the beau- As grates have bee 
E. Tables for picking over, and assort- tillS • ma - y be done vvith safet y tbe bottles one ’ ios.—and another 2 . 2 - lbs. ty of the white zinc paint manufactured by this many improvements wi 
thrown from the machine. 
E. Tables for picking over, and assort¬ 
ing the fruit previous to being stemmed. 
E. Stemming and crushing apparatus. 
G. Large press—capacity of one hun¬ 
dred bushels. 
II. Small press—capacity of 40 bushels. 
L. Door opening into the basement. 
can be kept in a very cool place. There 
are many who think the Catawba wine is 
better at this period than ever afterward. 
—Horticultural Review. 
VITALITY OF SEEDS. 
„] 1 , ! ,r n i i l ’ basis> lll0Se paints are inodorous, and the beau- As grates have become very common 
ne, 2 ? lbs. and another 2. 2 - lbs. ty of the white zinc paint manufactured by this many improvements will no doubt be made’ 
y ■ ■ - 1 -' - : company is remarkable. It covers as well as on them. There is certainly a oreat field 
white lead, and retains its whiteness in all situ- for improvement in the grates of our com- 
>>\> iliXXfXX v wt U HU7nl|> aUons ; even m closed apartments, or on walls mon stoves. There JS not a single one in 
_ _ * behind pictures, where dark shades would be use that exhibits a just regard To conven- 
= _ produced on lead. This paint retains its purity ienc e in cleaning out the fire and removing 
Winter Salad.—T he following recipe and lustre even when exposed to sulphuretted the ashes. There are crates which are 
of the manufacturing process, from the the Baltimore Sun, in a letter to that paper, ne Y kmith, is published in the Jujy nurnl 
gathering of the grape to the bottling of says: of the Quarterly Review : 
^ 4 ICCeived last winter two seeds, said “ Two large potatoes passed through kitchen sieve 
1. Gathering .—The grapes when fully to be wheat, which were found in the folds Unwonted softness to the salad give-, 
ripe are gathered in baskets containing °f the Egyptian mummy, which Mr. Glid- ° f ,nordt ' nt inu3tard a(ld a single spoon— 
; about..bushel, as well « in a sortof “pan° trolled in Boston 'The mummy was 
niei of wood, made very light and strong, supposed to be one of the Pharoahs. It To add a double quantity of salt, 
j ai) d which is supported by straps or thongs P r °ved to be a priestess, and to be more Three times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, 
' 1 of willow, on the back of the picker: they than thirty centuries old. And once with vinegar procured from town; 
> brought from the vineyard in this manner 'fheseeds were shaped something like 
' 1 a . n Bn own upon the picking tables where P Gar * barley, and of that size, and were of Let onion atoms lurk within ibeiiowi," ’ 
they are carefully assorted. a dark tinge, as if colored by the same pre- And scarce suspected, animate the whhie; 
2 . Picking .—This consists in removin'>• P ara d° n which had been used in the pro- Andlasl| y. °n the flavored compouad tosBi 
; ■ by hand, all green, shrivelled or decavod ces of embalming. a magic teaspoon of anchovy sauce. 
I; grapes, which g are thrown into tubs or'bar! . }. P'^fed the two seeds in a flower-pot 
( rplc nnrl 1 „ x~ . 1 111 LilG SDrinO*. I MPV nfArminoforl rFvmxr _ I.. r..n . i. . 
weather for more than a year, has continued as 
sound as when first put on. I am glad to learn 
that the company are prepared to supply the 
most extensive demand for the Zinc white, and 
will extend its works as fast as the rapidly ex¬ 
tending demand will warrant. 
SECURING ANVILS, &c., TO BENCHES, 
Mr. John Wright, of Rochester, says 
the Scientific American, lias taken meas¬ 
ures to secure a patent for an improvement, 
grapes, which are thrown into tubs or bar¬ 
rels and pressed separately, to make a com- j nties P nn g- I hey germinated, grew fine- Serenely fun, the epicure may say— ~ ' complete protection. Iron chimneys and boilers curve d slot through it, and fixed to the said < l> 
mon wine or vinegar. The finest grapes Z’-. nd .° ne f the^plants bears a hundred * ate cannot harm me— I have dined to-day!” of steamers are perfectly protected from oxida- bottom board; the curved slot has flan dies I 
ai^ carried thence to the stemming appa- or ™ re S rain ^- The other is more back- - tion by it, and neither heat nor frost causes the °n its sides which form a semi circular in- I 
ratus,where they undergo another operation. war > ana is still in flower. Ihe leaf re- Economy in Candles. —If you are with- paint to crack or scale. The French government °bned plane, fitting in the recess of the <V 
3. Stemming .—Beside the improvement sea j bles J[? alZ( r; uuiy be a species of out a rush light, and would burn a candle have adopted these paints for all naval and gov- shank of the anvil, as spoken of above, and I 
in quality of the wine which this process ^ 7 1 . and °‘ ^gvpt—the granary all night’ unless you use the following jp-e- emmental purposes, not only for their superior- bearing against the upper surface of the ! 
imparts, there is another material advantage ? anC1 ,. tu “ es ~ must * ot course, have caution it is ten to one an ordinary candle by, but from philanthropic motives, because they shank in the recess, so that when the semi- J’ 
derived fi-nm if u . o • ° Deen cultivated with ffrain, which, for that will o-utter awav in an linnr er fvxre enw,, _ m.iL-n tlieen rlvoavlfnl illcooono T— .1 .7 f.ireillar ri ate lo U.. • . T y <! I ' 
The Brown and Blaek Zinc Paints possess the ^bich he has recently invented, to secure,’ 
same admirable qualities as the White, and sell a su P er for manner, anvils, &c., to bench- 
for so low a price as to render them appropriate es ‘ em ploys a vertical shank attached 
for the most ordinary purposes. Asa protection to tbe bottom of the anvil; said shank has 
to iron and tin against rust, they are unrivalled. a re( jess cut around it near its lower end 
On iron surfaces, a galvanic action takes place formin g a knob, and the shank is made to 
which without injury to the pigment, deposits a P ass through the top board of the bench, 
thin coating of zinc upon the iron, forming a m w bich is a semi-circular plate with a 
...lit, vinegar, me rinest grapes J -. —r“ u “ 
ar^ carried thence to the stemming appa- 0r more S r . ams ; The other is more back- 
ratus,where they undergo another operation. war d, and is still in flower. The leaf re- 
may say— 
have dined to-day \ y 
curved slot through it, and fixed to the said 
bottom board; the curved slot has flanches 
after the stems are removed; from which ’ Lucy 
about four hundred gallons of wine may be ^ bu ^b was o 
obtained. J a mummy and 
“Stemming” consists in separating the beautiful dahlia 
A bulb was once taken from the hand of die, when, if the same be lit, 'it will burn j Stl ? g account ot th e new method of pro- INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGENIC IMPRESSION 
a mummy and planted, and grew up a ver 7 slowly, yielding a sufficient light for ? UC . | “S ^ an( l snow by mnehmery. Steam j { 
beautiful dahlia. In another instance a a bed chamber; the salt will gradually sink 1S actuall y eonverted into snow by the aid . M «- Fox xalbot has succeeded in show- < 
few OTains of wheal, were fmiml wViIyyV. ic, as the tallow is cnnsntnerl tbo TY-,aifY.A 0 s fe am > an d solid blocks ot ice are pro- ln g befo*e the Roval Institution in T,nru-lnn l 
berries from the stem; it is done in F (of few 8 Tains of wheat vvere foun d, which is as th e tallow is consumed, the melted tal- 7 St ^ am ’ a J d SOlld bl0bks ar ® P r0 ‘ tb ® R( ?y al Institution in London, 
the orround nlan'f bv rYvnanc .now cultivated in Encrland. and nailed low beincr drawn throuo-h the. salf’and duced in a lew moments. It is said that the power of luminous radiations to imnress 
the ground plan) by means of the appara¬ 
tus of which a wood cut is appended. 
now cultivated in England, and called l° w being drawn through the salt, and con- duced in a tew moments. It is said that the power of luminous radiations to impress ! I 
mummy wheat, I shall call mine mummy sumed in the wick. the process is exhibited m one of the re- soud matter instantaneously. [ 
millet until I find some more appopriate --— freshment rooms of the World’s Fair, wheie "Upon a wheel adjusted to move at very ( ( 
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Morris White Peach.— Inquiry. —Per- a^imptal nUdoTfrom'‘betaT iaWawvy utes "Tai t'dlf" l” “T“ “t ^ P laced ’ ' ras Proper]/ adjust™ i j 
mil me to ask the fruit growersof Western for some time, pieces of newly made cliar- by one machine^ ‘' re ‘ kmd " b<i “ ade was mad^wlTT' v . h . ,ch , th ® experiment 1 
New York, through the Ruilyl, whether ^1- The charcoal will .bib tbe odor ^ “Abetter than the tedious pro- ‘ 
the “Moms White Peach” can be success- >j r „J jlurml ° °‘ tSS " eet and mce — cess by winch our ices are prepared for the screen in front of the camera opened at‘he ! ! 
fully cultivated ? What is their size—time ta ble ; and what is of great importance to same moment as the paper on the wheel ' \ 
of ripening? Is the tree worthy of exten- After haviniTlnMr^!’ " us to know, the machine can be made to was illuminated by the light obtained bv ( 
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rSr.T-’ax'SS: nasaBiKahirs: « 
Jmm ' Vl,lU PriCeS? 1 *“ to to- of tor as security is iucerned-it being a .Tie ^ \ \ 
R fall planting; what say you to that? It is “^, ter to ., tura a most an y kc y land, is the patentee. We may be su?e the image of the paper wkh its Drinfpdw’ $ [ 
’ a question with many, and if answered by _ u bl c ^ 1 1 a bent w ire. that our ingenious countrymen will soon j ters was most faithfully represeifled on ^ t r 
M 1 “.f h a P esare ‘ llr °™ on the wire sieve, good authority, will have its effect To Picklk Peaches Take K . ; ntrod ? ce thia mw invention into this conn- photographic suifioe without a blur-everv •' ’ 
M., which is open enough to allow the ber- west Macedon n y t w „ 1 i Reaches.— -lake ripe but try. In our sultry climate it wil be a most letter being as sharn as if thp | m „™ 1 ? < ' 
nes to pass, but retains the stems; a little ’ "' B ‘ f hard ,P eacbe f s ’ ^ oft ^ down, stick a valuable acquirition. been obtained from thevdLTT 1 ‘ ’ 
PUnk, P, is held in an inclined position, to When the leaves have fallen and the ^ ^ t ! 1Cm in Cold ---- rest.” ^ ‘ ° ^ P a ? er at i 
which a backward and forward movement tree is in a state of repose trees’mav be R? «l vl . ne § ar ’ . Ju three montns they will A piece of white linen, spun and woven__ _ 
is given by the operator, as shown in the transplanted. P ’ ' } ^ and also retam m uch by hand having 7,000 threads in the warp, People seldom improve when thev W S 
p of their natural flavor. was exhibited at the World’s Fair. no one but tho™ J *1 1„ * the T bavre 
People seldom improve when they have 
no one but themselves to copy* 
