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CIRCULAR OF THE 
TO TIIE 
concerning h. p. westcott's 
The Senega Falls Chup.n Mancfacterino 
CO. having purchased the entire Right for the 
United States of Westcott’s Adjustable Dash 
Churn, and erected an extensive Factory, with 
ample machinery for the manufacture of said 
churns of different sizes to an almost unlimited 
extent, respectfully address all interested iu the 
easy and economical production of Good Butter. 
Although the Company have only been organ¬ 
ized a brief period, each director and stock¬ 
holder has long been satisfied in regard to the 
great value and advantages ol' the improvement 
they have united to introduce to and place with¬ 
in the reach and means of the Butter Makers of 
the country. Indeed, they have all been familiar 
with the Churn for months, und some of them 
for years, and know or fully believe whereof thfy 
affirm when they express the conviction that 
the Adjustable Dash Churn has not its equal, for 
either small or large dairies, on this Continent,— 
for the smalt sizes are adapted to the wants of 
those having only one a few cows, while the 
larger ones are suited to extensive dairies and 
butter factories. [Several chums of the largest 
6ize, have recently been furnished for butter 
factories, arranged for steam or other power.] 
The Company firmly believe they are aiding an 
important branch of industry by introducing 
the Adjustable Dash Churn — that its use will 
improve the ^cality and increase the quantity 
of the Butter production of the country, and at 
the same time lessen the trouble, labor, and con¬ 
sequent expense to which dairy farmers are sub¬ 
jected. And lienee, if the Company do not make 
a fortune they will aid in making the fortunes 
of dairymeu. 
SENECA FALLS CHURN MANUFACTURING CO, 
Ills; 
fPkA -/ I V UtUUU YiUUU. 
Iht rtf// stable da<\h \ i^teern the great advantage 
which your churn 0 yer any other I 
have ever seen introduced, and, with the proper 
temperature, nearly doubles iU ability not oniv 
to produce- rapidly, but to fully convert all tlm 
butyracoons particles from the reruns a’lvfcurdv 
contents, and give more and a better article than 
those contrivances that claim to work In almost 
miraculously short periods. The fact that the 
upper or adjustable dash can he guaired so as to 
bury Itooll in tliu creum and ride above the uur- 
lace, with n very short stroke,—thus, in com¬ 
bination with the lower dash, completely aera¬ 
ting and agitating the cream, by a much shorter 
movement, ot dash than would be required by 
the old liishioncit churn,— renders tho working 
of tha Invar 
HEADQUAKTERS OR THE SENECA TAILS CHURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
?. 8IL3BY, Prt-Mdeiir. HENRY P. WE8TC OTT, Superintendent. CADY SIRSJJY 
Srcretnr 
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS, 
The Adjustable Dash L’bur 
be made — from one-fourth or less to a full barrel. 
We think uo churu yet Introduced combines so many 
good points and advantages, and we are proud to 
learn that the inventor (though of coarse 11 “boru 
1 uakee") i* n citizen of Western New York, and that 
a company has been formed for the extensive manu¬ 
facture of the invention In one own region. * * 
Regarding this Adjustable Dash Chum as a great 
Improvement- an ultimate long desired—notwith¬ 
standing our prejudices ou the start, we commend It 
most cordially to the attention of butter makers 
everywhere, iu the confident belief that it will prove 
a very useful and permanently popular invention. 
As will be seen by an advertisement in ibis paper, 
the churn is being extensively manufactured at Sen 
eca Falls, and no rights are offered lu this State- 
evidence that ttiose having It in charge have faith iu 
the invention, to say the least. 
Tioin ihe New York Independent. 
As there wore several inqnirlea before tho Atm-rl. 
can Institute Farmers’ Club concerning new-fashioned 
Churns, the chairman invited A. E. ettonn to brine 
into the meeting one of Wkstcott’s class churmf 
tf ! 3bito the points of superiority over the com¬ 
mon dash, which most people believe to lm tin. 
best ctnuu in the world' The chTrn G made oLni? 
h-tniim, hnvlug a dasher on the lower on2 
• thi piston-rod or handle. In addition to this 
ts tn l l;( (1 , t; u> 1 ,, t | H . b ,. ri tvhlcliiH'ra/l'uo^f/^Vodr 
1 w widen screw ou the handle, to accommodate the 
upper dasher to t.ho quantity of cream. When the 
hl,t ^ lulu civum.tho upper dasher is 
sc owed down near the lower dasher. T T , 
Improvemwit wtdeh was well received by nil theex- 
peitoftCrd hut ter-makers present, aims n, ,,-i rt r,, 
eream more perfectly. atm to agitate In nii.ore\hor 
ou^h iuatiQ 6 f, rti© danhttr id worked by u horizon ml 
lv # sl>rtnn 0 o , r 1 coi?ell wl p0 "' lr Mp(,llud 19 downward. 
dsHttli fhni C T wi re raises me handle and tho 
, Vi th ? rchovlng Urn operator of the. fatiirtio of 
lifting the dasher through the heavy cream f 
trig hTs hands al‘o. which is a great rellet' afev -sJ 
great^ource 0t ol ,n fntT 1Ul chnra knows that the 
requDccl'tcfraigo the §aeher. #US tUu cxortio “ 
i hr N'. Y, .Journal of Commerce closes Its mnort 
r! VVt of the Adjustable Dash C iK 
, fore the Farmers' Club in these words _ - tY c ,| 
Sii “™ v g, 1 ;, a 
Ei«.„ tho HprlnarOffM Olnna.) Republican. 
A New Churn. — There has just be«n Introduced 
to some ot our amateur and practical butter makers 
anew patent chum that really scents to bo a i-reat 
improvement on all predecessors It la h^ASVni 
(dca of the old dac, & 1U „,, Which was Si'Stevor. 
itc witU f&rmeis 4or inrtkliicf cocxl biiftnr a mi ,*y-k , 
ngah llo, bailor capacity of the mtik, thornffitedl - 
ous and hard won,; and it u held to combine *h« 
ease ot working that belongs to the revolvkmr or 
wheel churoB with tlm elfectlveues* of tho prlmttive 
dasher. The new chum la Called WnrrcffiT> 
•UftTitBUS PAHII Uuuujf. hut* two (lusher-* un 
aod lower, and is worked hy a hand In somothm^lFuc 
a pump. We Is thorough commotion in iiso^erm 
tet ,md W ‘ ! ff Q mld,l Y believe that it does its work 
,« w «Ctly and completely. And it certainly 
miu l ! lnu °b impression on those of onr buttore 
making larhrers w ho have seen It. The machine is 
u was first patented 
Aug. 13, 1803, and an improvement subsequently 
made was patented April 4, 180 .*j, Soon after 
the first, patent was granted the churn was ex¬ 
hibited at the New York Stale Fair and awarded 
the First Premium. It also received much 
commendation from practical men. Among 
other good judges, the Agricultural Editor of 
the N. Y. Tribune (Solon Robinson, Esq.,) thus 
spoke of it in his report —naming it first, and 
commending it highest, of all the churns on ex¬ 
hibition : 
From the N. Y. Tribune. 
Of Churn* there is, ns a matter of course, - the 
usual number, and there is one ver-j/ decided improve¬ 
ment by II. P. Webtcott of Seneca Falls. "But," 
said a lady in our hearing, “ it is only the old dasher 
chum.” That 1» true-It is nothing bnt the old 
dasher churn; but that is the first form, of churn ever 
invented, and what nearly all the niters of "butter 
ADVANTAGES CLAIMED 
FOB If. P. westcott’s ADJUSTABLE DASH CHURN. 
The Patentee claims that this churn possesses 
many advantages, especially over the old-fash¬ 
ioned dash churn, some of which wo will here 
briefly enumerate. 
1. It, is more easily operated — sp much so 
that a child ten years old can churn four to 
five gallons with ease, and one man can readily 
churn twenty gallons. 
2. By having the upper (adjustable) da3h I am 
enabled to use a short lever purchase, to which 
is attached a spiral steel spring to lift the lever, 
thereby greatly lessening the labor of the oper¬ 
ator, and rendering it easy for a person to churn 
while either standing or sitting. 
3. By the use of the adjustable dash I can vary 
the quantity of cream from one to twenty 
gallons — the dash being instantly adjusted for 
any quantity of cream. 
4. By the peculiar shape and action of the up¬ 
per dash air is carried to tho bottom of the 
churn at every stroke of the lever —thus pro¬ 
ducing a complete aerification of Die cream in 
connection with its agitation, and combining a 
chemical and mechanical process. 
MR. II. F. v\ estcott — Sir: Yours of April 
oth carne to hand to day. Am in a hurry, but 
make it a point to answer letters. We are now 
using your churn and think no patent churn 
hcrctolore invented equals It in producing irood 
1 1 111 f /• r UI.v ,.t.. ... . , r * R _ 
he offers to butter makers. U is harrol-form, made 
of the best of heart white oak, 'ttMetnlly hooped with 
Iron and neatly varnished. The churn-staff, to which 
the UasheiB, ns seen below, are fixed, Is wood, and 
passes through a whlto-ash lever, fastened by a pm ; 
the remote end of the lever, as represented, Is at¬ 
tached to the churn by a spiral steel spring, for rais¬ 
ing the dashers, and warranted of the best qunllty, 
and of workman like style; the lever rests on a ful¬ 
crum of malleable iron, so constructed as to he read¬ 
ily detached arid removed with the dashers when the 
butter “comes,” all being easily re-atwched when 
wanted again Tor rise. * * * Tho adjustable dash¬ 
ers are operated very easily by the lever, the person 
either sitting or standing, as ho or she pleases. It is 
In fact a double dash, both perforated as shown Ju 
the cut, the upper one bolug moveable, easily moved 
up or down, and adjusted for any amount or depth of 
cream. Tho ease of w orking this lever will bu appa¬ 
rent to any oue. as compared with working the old 
fashioned churn dasli-staff. 
merits, he last year obtained an additional 
patent, which it is believed renders the Churn 
THE BEST AND MOST PERFECT IN THE WORLD. 
Like unto many- men of genius, however, the in¬ 
ventor, (after spending so much time and money 
in experimenting,) had not sufficient ready 
means at command to introduce his valuable 
discovery to the public, and therefore recently 
disposed of a portion of hia Interest to several 
persons who have united with him In organizing 
(under the General Manufacturing Law of New 
York,) a Company with a Capital of $100,000 for 
the manufacture and sale of the Churu on an 
extensive scale, aud also for the sale of Rights 
of territory. The Company have decided, how¬ 
ever, not to dispose of any territory in New 
York, but to reserve that State to be supplied, 
directly and through agents aud merchants, 
from their homo factory. All other territory 
covered by their patents will be sold by 8tatcs, 
Territories or Counties. 
From Hu- Rocliextcr Daily Union. 
, A Moosi. Churn.-O f all tho contrivances which 
we have ever examined for making bntter. tho nd- 
jiittuble dash-churn, now on exhibition ,» t . the Natlon- 
w , 1I I , V.‘ :1 111 trUri ptJb seent-t to take tho palm it 
exhibit* progress in the right direction—lor It is the 
Old-luahltmeii da®h churn In Imrrei Jortn (the true 
principle,; with such Improvements in the dash and 
node of apply big power us comprise all the requisites 
of a good churn, it. 1, very simple.easily opVui et? 
and cleansed, convenient to handle, and produces 
mipertoi lmller. Lhe glu?« model uo exhibition is a 
callosity, niid shows clearly the advantages <.t »r, 
invention, white the full sized chum gives u pracUn.l 
demonstration ot the sutne. This churn is a Western 
New York mventum, and is to be produced exten¬ 
sively wu learn, by tho Seneca Falls Churn Manuiac- 
tun tig Company, under the direction of t.lie Sunenu- 
teudeut anu patentee, Mr, li. P, w eatcott. 1 
From the N. Y. Weekly Time*, 
thiV^w- m ,W f 5' ,,le Agricultural Editor of 
the N. 1. \\ c-.kly littios flays-A wind-mill r.ui he 
constructed to do churning with Westcotv’s Ad¬ 
justable Dash Churn by Amply arranging a wheel 
and crunk to work a pittn io to be attached to the 
bundle ot tho chum. Ju reply to several olhyr lu- 
qu rles about the excellence of Wcstcou.'s churn it 
la proper to statu i hut it Isoneol the most impor¬ 
tune Improvements on the dash churn recently 
brought out, Dairymen who think that the old dash 
churn is tho best kind that was -over made will feel 
constrained to say that this la superior after they 
have given it a fair trl&l.” y 
[Many commendatory uotlc«s, similar to tho above, 
are omitted for wuut of space.) 
¥ Other import¬ 
ant. considerations and therefore noteworthy in re¬ 
lation to Westcott’s churn. «te, that, it is easily kept 
clean, make* good bnttei, and !a an ornament to the 
tidily-kept dairy room. A child can churn In it from 
■1 to 5 gallons of cream, and a man 20 gallons. 
From the Cultivator & Co. Cient., April * it>. 
We lately had tho opportunity of inspecting the 
operation of this churn, and were favorably Impress¬ 
ed with itB action. Nothing Ins ever wholly super¬ 
seded the old dash churn, and the Weetcott improve¬ 
ment appears to combine lhe principles of that, with 
the modification* necessary to increase Sis effective¬ 
ness and facilitate its use. 
From tlic Ohio Farmer of April 28. 
Of all patented and patentable implements, the 
churn has been among the must prolific, though per¬ 
haps the washing machine can show as many cavt-ofl’ 
samples. We have not seen Westcott’s Adjusta¬ 
ble Dash Churn, but from the illustrations which 
we here present, it strikes u as perfectly Common 
sense in its structure. 
[The Fanner then c.ypiew the substnuce of flic arti¬ 
cle given iu the Rural New-Yorker of March. 10.] 
From the Prairie Fnnner, April 28. 
Iu nnswer to an inquiry as to whose manufacture 
of churn is preferred by dairymen, tho editor of the 
Prairie Farmer notices Mr; Westcott’s invention, 
and among other things sajs: —“From the illustra¬ 
tions which we are here enah id to present, and from 
the testimonials of those who do know or what they 
speak, and whose judgement is worthy of all resjicct, 
wo believe It to he one of tha very best churns ex^ 
tant. It is called “ Wks-scoit's Adjustable Dash 
Churn." Wo know this to be a ejood churn inasmuch 
as it embodies simply the principle of tho old fash¬ 
ioned dash churn, which any body knows Is a right 
principle. * * ♦ It will he readily seen that a 
double break of the creum, l» accotnpHehed at each 
forcing down of the handle, it Idle by tho construc¬ 
tion of the upper (adjustable) dasher, air Is forced to 
the bottom of the churu at each stroke. Mr. Wssr- 
uoTT'e invention is adapted to both largo and small 
dairice, aud i* made of several sizes. It is also sold 
ot a fair price, we should Judge-$s to $10, according 
to capacity. 
Now whether we have answered our inquirer sat¬ 
isfactorily or not, we at lea.it claim to have shown 
him what wo call a good churn —one that is cheap, 
durable, simple, easily operated and cleansed, and, 
we believe, efiicient.” 
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS 
Of Westcott’s Idjustable Dash Churn. 
Though tho Adjustable Dash Churn ha 3 been 
used to some extent, by way of experiment and 
to test its merits, for two or three years, it is less 
than three mouths since it was first really offered 
to the public or advertised tv> any extent. Aud 
within that brief period It has been more 
strongly endorsed and commended by the Agri- 
eultural Press aud practical butter makers than 
any clmra ever before offered to the American 
or European public. Tbo Company take pride 
in referrieg, especially, to the high commenda¬ 
tions of leading Agricultural Journals, aud only 
regret their inability to give, in this connection, 
all that the Press has said ill favor of the Adjust¬ 
able Dash Churn elijce the first of March last. 
But our present spice only permits extracts, in¬ 
stead of entire articles: 
From tire Rum! New-Yorker, March 10, ’60. 
The complete Adjufltab/t Dash Churn, (as shown 
in figure 3.) we regard us be best invention in the 
line of a churn yet offered U the public. Bused on 
CLASS MODEL OP ADJUhTABLB DASH CHURN. 
“ [The Glass Model or Small Churn Is both useful aud 
unique, as, it is not only a good churn, but shows the 
Adjustable Dash aud Its operation, and ie a handsome 
pieceof furniture, It holds from two to lour gallons.] 
5. UDlike tlio old dash churn, the cover of 
which has to be made as tight as possible to 
prevent the cream from splashing out at the top 
(thereby excluding the air from the cream and 
often causing long churnings and sometimes 
had butter,) the peculiar shape of adjustable 
dash not ouly prevents the cream from being 
thrown out at the top, bnt, allows holes to be 
made in the cover for the admission of fresh air, 
which is carried down and mixed with the cream. 
The lower dash always goes to the bottom, 
which cot only agitates the cream but brings it 
to the surface, while the upper dash carries 
air down and does the malu part of the churning. 
b. All parts of tho churn which come in con¬ 
tact with the cream are of wood—aud every part 
is made of the very be6t material and in the best 
manner. 
7. The churn is convenient to use, easily 
cleaned, &ioiple and durable - and the most com¬ 
petent judges pronouuce it the best and cheap¬ 
est arrangement ever Invented for ease of churn¬ 
ing and making superior butter. 
CHURN COMPLETE, AND THE ADJUSTABLE DASH. 
CHURN FACTORY, MACHINERY, &c. 
The Factory represented at the Head of this page 
has recently been constructed expressly for the man¬ 
ufacture of the Adjustable Dash Chum. At first only 
machinery for making the dashes, handles, covers, 
etc., was put ln,-but finding It almost Impossible to 
procure elsewhere sufficient quantities of ejood, barrels 
and steel springs to sujiply their wants, the Company 
are now adding such machinery as will enable them 
to make ail (he parts qf the Churn under the eye and 
supervision of Its Patentee. Tho Company hope 
SO«n to bo able to mm out from one hundred aud 
fifty to two huud-cd Churns per day. Thus far it has 
been impossible to supply the demand from dealers, 
and hence the reason that the Ghnrn is not yet on 
sale in numerous localities where it Is desired. 
OUR CHURN AT THE STATE SHEEP FAIR. 
Our Superintendent, Mr. II. p. Westoott 
aud General Agent, Mr. A. E. Sloan, exhibited 
the Adjustable Dash Churn at the State Sheep 
Fair, Rochester, on the 0th of May, Inst., where 
it was critically examined by u large mmibcr 
of people, and very handsomely noticed by the 
dully uud other papers. As u sample of the 
notices voluntarily accorded it wo give the fol¬ 
lowing from the Rural New-Yorker of May pi 
Westoott 1 -, Adjustable Dash Churn. — Among 
tho valuable labor-saving machines and implements 
exhibited at, tho State ohcep Fair, last week wu- 
ft, P. Westcott’s Adjustable Dusk Churn, it was 
shown In practical operation, and attracted numb 
attention uud coinmcndutlou from n large number of 
spectators. Though no euunniitee wa» appointed by 
the Association, Moser*. L. JU. L.v.MiwoiHv uf thia / 
SIZES AND PRICES OF CHURNS. 
Five sizes of the lurrci-formed Churn race above cut: 
iiTo nniuiUacturnd, holding from five lo thirty galloiui. 
Tlio retail prio^of So. I, (ifi»t lergMat »lzi% thirty gallon*,/ 
In *16: N0.3, ithree fouruw barrel,) fit; No.S. (Tialfbar- 
red,) **’: No. 1, .quarter ’nrrel.i fO; \o. 5 , (one-fltlli 
barrel,) $3. OnUrt for alnyle Churns must be. accent- 
ou , V, 1 c/ratrs jor ainyte c -/turns must bn aecom- 
panted by oMAv 
l? r IMuhl* Win be filspoacd or for States and Coun¬ 
ties, except New York State, which It reserved. Messrs 
A. h, Bloan and U. K. Lusk are OeuornI AeniUg of the 
Company tor the «.\lr of any territory out of New York 
or applications may be made to the President, SuDerin! 
tendentor Secretary. . 
If. Cl. 8IL8BY, l’res’t. 
H. F. WF.8|TC0TT. 8np’i. 
Seneca Falls, N. V., May, isfir;. 
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