peppermint, is the half-drained Mack nsh swamp 
which has boon oleum I of timber, os these mo 
usually, in our vicinity, made or black muck 
from two 1.0 (iftoon feet deep, sometimes with a. 
Plight admixture of other soils, the mint seems 
tiling until Another time, mevoly tvd 
the peppermint oil is obtained by pi 
muu in very strong tubs, made Sd.cnn 
patent rubber Iannis, and steam Iron 
passed through under heavy pressure. 
- M’.- 
with a very portable lightuess in weight, so 
that the Clipper Mower and Reaper is to the 
harvest hold what the clipper vessel is to the 
sea. Still farther to cotnbiue compactness 
roots of the barn, and the imimiro is kept Hood¬ 
ed. The liquid resulting is pumped out and 
used ns manure, with excellent effect und 
economy. 
How to Mend Rubber ximes. — In answer to 
es ; it i.s very important tlJilt Minst* rmvg ho per¬ 
fectly fltraj^ut. a* it (llmlnUhca very much tho 
future cowt of cultivation* The doptli of the 
rum.nv is from three to live inches. Tho roots 
nro 1 hen etrfMvn Along: the furrow hy hoy« or 
women in such 11 manner that there are about 
the construction ot the Clipper, every Item 
must pass a rigid inspection, from the first, 
easting iu the foundry to the. last touch of 
the lathe and the file. Every part must 
' and not remain upright. The 
ks you catch in the same barrel, 
the trap.—E. Hungerford, New 
THE CLIPPER MOWER AND REAPER. 
if ~^r - - f_ - m 
- =■<, 
'TUP 1 ™* 
| C 
, reaper c? 
| can rake off with one, two or all four of the 
$ arm 1mp If mt nf s* sweeps, or swathe Ihe grain, as he chooses. 
^5 r 'Phe Reaper platform and Its attachments 
- . ~ are independent and complete in themselves, 
THE CLIPPER MOWER AND REAPER. and . do uot compromise the completeness 
- and independence of the Clipper as a Mower. 
Herewith we give a view of the south front The Reaper platform is light and strong; 
of the Clipper Mower and Reaper Works at the rakes revolve with ease and certainly; 
Yonkers, fifteen miles above the city of New the cutter bar is readily adjusted to work 
York, on the Hudson River. The main front high or low, or maybe pitched over to the 
is three hundred feet in length—the foundry, front to allow the sweeps to take up lodged 
blacksmith shops ami other buildings iu the grain; aud the whole machine sits In corn- 
rear, extending back one hundred 
and fifty fk-et. The main building 
was originally erected for the manu- 
faclure of firearms, but on the re- 7 ' JSSSb 
turn of peace was transformed into / 
a manufactory of field artillery for / ~ 
the more peaceful uses of the bar- \ 
vest field, of which some five thou- j 
sand ^are being turned out for the reaper^ 
a good name to a thing. Sometimes j ^Jj|f 
the name is not a fair indication of ''jdl 
■ . 1 1 1..-< 1 >■-. .-r ^ 
visit the place where it is made and jttSHRt 
see bow it is made,so that we might [. Y * iffiAfj 1' 
speak from actual observation of its 1 * 1 - j«l 
materials and workmanship, from \ -'■•vfri ; ‘Ifttssfrairir 
the wood, iron and steel as they lie ' 
in the rough, before they receive the '.'7. •' .. ‘ 
touch of the foundry, the hammer, 
the plane, the lathe or the paint 
and varnish, which sometimes hide ' 
a multitude of sins, but in this case 
serve to protect and embellish what 
is already excellent in the quality of :^ - : 
In UiO selection of Iron for tbc WORKS OP THE CLIPPER 
castings, great care is exercised to 
tsntsstons. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ 01,NB. 
Notes of Discussions, Extracts from Let¬ 
ters, dfcc. 
To Prevent Horse Manure Burning. — GEO. 
Jarvis, Fitchburg. Mass., asks how horse ma¬ 
nure can bo prevented from heating. Mr. Curtis 
said by throwing a little gypsum or plaster on 
ding Hint 
aolug tho 
i-lignt by 
i a boiler 
tlie steam 
s»w: 1 . .. f —»r"<.'■'utt.'tiiV*d' , ' P f..£n i ;v.r;!?: 
"AvSWSf-'g&iljn,* the i. only Z’X'A S^S^JST^' . . . 
mS!"s?i “n *5i^3ssviiu?n £ sSrSjsy 
spring, dragged, and tho mint immediately 
planted, 
Difufinq .—Iu order to plant we must have 
roots; those must be one year old or roots from 
some obtained #5.25 at a later period. Bui just 
now the war iu Europe Seriously interferes \s it It 
the trade. Most of the oil grown in Win necoun- 
ly is sold m Lyons, relinud, labeled, bottled, and 
ruois , meso iiuisr ue one year old or roots from sent abroad in tills form at no advanced m . 
which only one crop ot mint has been out. The Ptttftte.-These will depend upon the adapta- 
_ lion, of the ground to Hie crop, the knowledge, 
-I 'yvr—rr--- - Skill,and energy oi Hie grower, and Ui« price 
obtained. At #3.50 to $4 pel pound. It la .1 good 
\ paving crop, in 18(5$,a vow favorable yenr for 
\ mint, I naa two nofee widen yielded third two 
mint, 1 had two acres winch yielded thirty-two 
pounds to the acre, gold nt *4.50 per pound. Tho 
profits of the crop were #100 per acre.. In the 
autumn of 1868 1 plowed an old lowland pas¬ 
ture of twelve acres, planted seven acres in Hie 
fall, mid tho remainder in Hie spring. That 
planted In the fall produced the most mini per 
acre, both in 186!) and 1870, Hie average yield of 
tho whole being thirteen pounds of oil per acre 
in 186a (a very poor mint, year,) and twenty 
pounds of oil in 1870. I eat I mate the pro tits at 
$25per acre each year the oil being #&per pound, 
there are some crops reported at 40 pounds in 
the acre, but probably the lend was not measur¬ 
ed by n surveyor. On Hieother hand I have seen 
land not adapied to the. crop, poorly planted, 
tended a week or twottlier I he appropriate lime, 
and handled badly, which I WaseutlreH saikli.d 
did not. pay 25 cents per day for the labor ex¬ 
pended upon it, The whole question of profits 
may be answered in n single sentence. A crop 
of peppermint, oil sold at $3.50, which hna been 
well fertilized with brains, will pay well; with¬ 
out Hds fertilizer it Mill be a loss. 
Geo. A. Delta, ('liumliendnirgh, Pa., sends Mr. 
ItnAonoN testimonials from his neighbors, citi¬ 
zens of tho oounly where he resides, as loins 
enterprise and tho lunoeonoe und integrity of 
his intentions. Mr. Huaouon is very glad Mr. 
Dkitz’S neighbors think so highly of him. and 
wishes he had no evidence that those with whom 
Mr. UteiTZ has dealt in places remote from Ins 
home think differently. 
^ >. N • r • • 
iaSSBfe 
tin Sportsman, 
WORKS OF THE CLIPPER MOWER AND REAPER COMPANY, YONKERS, N. Y. 
secure a quality which shall be uniform- plele balance, without side draft or bearing I tho heap every time the stable is cleaned, Mr. I roots are usually lifted with a mtnt-liook 
]y fine and tough, and, having this stan¬ 
dard fixed, tests arc constantly applied 
to sec that the metal is kept up to it. 
By the exercise of the same care in se¬ 
lecting the steel, as well as by the pe¬ 
culiar form of the parts, the manufacturers 
arc able to combine a high degree of strength 
upon tho necks of the horses. ~ Cavahaoii said add muck in the same manner, that a correspondent desires the best trap for 
The Clipper is made of four sizes :-No. 1 1 0n ° 1 W, f h 1 U ' Wfty8 T* 
is a one liorse-n)o>v Oj Lbe use of small add jorood loam, ooat ushos, chip man urn, l wav os ty;* somot \ men thuy are slijrhtly covorod with I take tin old bane) f fuul place if. on a slick 
farmers; No. 2 is a light two-horse machine ; from the woods, rotten wood. Mr. Cavanaqii earth, in which ease they will keep long 
No. 3 is a medium tivo-Iiorso mower- i suifl ifc not be likely to heat if it, is not . Mantinu- Tho land having been tho 
, ‘ JioraL niowel - 4 covered. A frlfltid of Ins lias bum 1 tll „i ca dragged, a small Mow marks out tho 
is I lie large machine which is used as a coin- inn, wim.i, i, n ,,,1 i- * . .1 h . Vi for tho reception of Hio mint; ihe.viirof 
.■ , . * into whu.li ho puls nis nunuire Irom the stables, toon lnclu-s to two feet apart, accord I m 
nmeu leuper suul mower. In the process of and the water la convoyed to these from the fancy of the planter, usually about-twi-n 
NOTES FOR SPORTSMEN. 
A Skunk Trap. 
Having seen in llm Rural New-Yorki;r 
pendent has neither mark nor piaster, let him short .0^ ,,s tlmv would ^„n lose ;heir vibdi- 
add good loam, coal ashes, chip manure, leaves ty;'sometimes tbuy are slightly covered with 
from Hie woods, l'otten wood. Mr. C.WANAan 'ulrth, iu which case they will keep longer, 
said it would not be likely to heat if it, is not t Van tiny. Tho land having boon thoroughly 
covered. A friend Of Ms has bum large tanks tefcUXh ^thomhit; Hu-yilro from rif! 
inio wliu Ii ho puts his nnuiuio Irom the stables, teen Inches In two feet 11 onrl, according to Ho¬ 
ly ineh- 
with strength and cfivdency, the machinery correspond to a certain standard, which is inquiries, Dr. ScnimEttNONo furnished the fol- 
is bo far simplified that every part has 'to determined by jig ami gauge. Every pattern lowiu ff ; - <iufc » piece, of jnq^ / nbber — an old 
bolb somcllmig and <to soincUiIug j l|ius in Ibc fuundiy mml be kept to ,m exact tZl S 
the sleeve winch incloses the axle shaft und stauclaid; every mil and screw must be a twice Ita depth with spirits of turpentine or re* 
the casing rvhich incloses the gear, not only perfect fit, every shaft and bearing must fined coal tar nnphlhiir-not petroleum naphtha. 
take the place of the frame of ordinary two- pass the inexorable test of the gauge which ® top the bottle and set one aide, shaking it fre- 
wheel machines, but also contain all the marks a fault to tbc one-tbousfindth’part of h!!!!!'!! ..nr! J 8 °'-" <Us ‘ 10l ' r °; Tl "*“ 
, - « , r . ’ . . , , uoauutu jwiiui tuko tho snoo anrl press tho rip or cut close to- 
hearings of shaft and gear, so nicely aligned an inch ; and to this end the tools themselves gether, and put on the rubber solution with a 
and protected that the parts can neither he must be inspected to detect the wear of taps, camel's hair brash. Continue to apply so fust as 
got out of place nor reached by dust, thus bolt cutters, and even of the gauges them- k ddc ‘ s m,til a thorough coating is formed. 
making of three principal pieces framework, selves. -Spirits of turpentine dissolves tho rubber slow- 
healings and casings that would otherwise This perfection of mechanism is one nf m.u..iv; n ,. -r, «w xr.. 
iilquirios, Dr. Scuppehnonq furnished tho fol¬ 
lowing:—Get a piece of j>mvi / nbber — an old 
shoe- vulcanized rubber i^nmt do; cut it into 
small bits. Put, it into a battle, aud cover to 
twice its depth with spirits of turpentine or re¬ 
ef wood about seven inches high, as shown 
in the sketch. You will see at once, that 
when the skunk goes for lii.s bait, which 
is in the bottom of the barrel, as soon as ho 
three rmib abreast of each other In the furrows, HL.' kfr ' •- 7/f/ t aw* ^ 
ami rorming uoarly a continuous line. TIuh is v4« : 4 f/fk Qi) 
very rapidly pcrfnrmod, about onc-fourtli as /Jj/ /.// jS y 
fast ns a man would ordinarily walk, a man or /,// ••SfV 
boy follows, and with a lino covers the roots; X, SfiLiCMSi, 
Boir etiincs they grecovered with the l’eet instead WBmU sVsAit, 
nt the hoe, as the soil is very mellow. The time - / .' 
01 planting isin tba fall, a few weeks before the 
ground freezes, or early in tbo spring; most of ^ 
the mint, is spring planted. .. . , 
Cultivation. — When mint is planted in tho P asse3 center the barrel turns up wilh 
nixul ■ >4 1... L — — .1 . — _i. . , * . . tl. . .1 1 It x . 1 
spring, tho tender shoots soon show 1 in-msclves tbe skunk, woodchuck or other animal caged 
with or wfthoSt cultivation hyii' mint°eiihVvtt- * u l * lC ^ l tter, without making any scent. 1 
Sfe.lSSS, u . ,m "| l<0 M ; 9ku " k b y u « <*«. «.d «j 
tine labor Is immense!. The Crop is usually cul- him Where L please. Care must be taken 
nnmgrowrrs. UI,(lh0Cd timCfl by ' Morou « h uot to place tlic barrel too high, as it might 
A . ,, . ’ „ cst, but forms the most elastic cement. tivated twieo and hoed three times hv ttmrmio-h „i 
beaimgs and casings that would otherwise This perfection of mechanism is one of Dissolving Bone Meal -T T. Norris Getty*. 1 
mvolve fifteen to twenty separate pieces, the fruits of the war, and had its origin in burg, Pa., write 8 :-I would be glad to knowtL tlSough ' ! &~thc ‘'moJfh of August the mint 
with all their liability to derangement, of the gun works at Springfield Mass from best pla “ t0 dissolve bone meal. I have been hna completely covered the ground, and stunds more sk - [; 
bolu, u«.s, washers, caps, elc., etc. which place came some of the workmen in . U „tf to dr,"'n, ^ l ' ,e ket * e 
The fingers are steel, fonnetl , me 0 ir> ' Dr ’ Hexa » er entirely oootwUs the earth. The IKKS! Ajnna, O. 
solid, ancl the slot sawed out after- 
ward; then tbe finger is hardened 
at the point and cut only, so that 
the steel finger is of the toughest 
possible material at any place 
where it may be likely to be bent. 
We saw a finger, taken at random, 
the cup beat down close with a 
hammer and raised hack to its 
place with a chisel twelve times 
in succession before it was broken. 
The finger bar is of 6teel. The 
knife-head has a hall joint, per¬ 
fectly fitting in any position. As 
a Mower, the Clipper has a for¬ 
ward cut, so that both the team 
and the work are under the eye of 
the Oliver; the cutter bar is easily f&s. / 
adjusted to any inequality of the 
ground, and to pass obstructions 
the axle is long, so that the ma- 
chine rides steadily, and the seat is V 
low, by both of which latter ar- /£\ v fl 
rangemeuts tbe driver is not liable 
to be thrown from the machine. fvBj 
These are briefly, the vital IjifK 
points of the Clipper, as a Mower, rafiH 
in which capacity it Las achieved flTnTn 
a high reputation in the few years \ J 
it has been before the public. .Vjj 
We come now to consider tbe 
Clipper as a Reaper, in which ca¬ 
pacity it lias botli a Dropper and 
a Self-Rake attachment. After 
mature consideration, the manufacturers 
ot ,lir ' Clipper, for the first lime, this year 
offer the public a Combined Mower and Self- 
Rake, upon which they have been experi¬ 
menting for several years, but were deter¬ 
mined not to offer a Self-Rake until they 
were reasonably sure that it should hold the 
same posili m among Reapers as the Clipper 
had attain. 1 as a Mower. 
The Clipper Self-Rake is an ingenious 
contrivance, with revolving sweeps, as shown 
n the cut, and these sweeps or rakes are so 
lar under the control of the driver that he 
TEE CLIPPER REAPER AND SELF-RAKE. 
the Clipper works, introducing the same wood aches, half and haft, moisten with* dirty cates tl 
accuracy into agricultural implements; in- soap suds, and keep where it will not fa-eze. just he 
deed, there is a superior quality of median- ( ’ hu,e!il! Y «n-—E. K. Brown well asks ii this o'/'/p/] 
ics ill ull the shops of the Clipper Works cSculBnt ' v ' m - row in Otsego Co., N. Y, and is usually 
comm isino- n mnii-im, . f . ’ answered that It will, and grow towards China mnehin 
H V V m:artW0 f ,,s, ei - , and ho less easily dug, than any other ftjvlln, 
ulimited m the several departments. In known Wiber. luli vm 
View Ol the great COfn Detitiiin in this elAa-i/)!' I*e»»ernilnl ('iiliur.- nmi nn n.. t? w,,,.. .! 
entes that the time of the harvest Is a t hand, and 
Trapi>liiK Oder. 
I notice that J. T. S. wants to kuow how 
to trap the otter. Of all animals, the otter is 
the most cunning; its sense of smell is re¬ 
markably good. If a person visits an otter 
slide, they will leave it Immediately, and 
perhaps not return for two or three weeks. 
They appear to have a natural dread of man, 
and in their travels, will scarcely ever follow 
the creek or river close by a house. They 
land some distance above or below the dwell¬ 
ing of their dreaded enemy, and transport 
their precious coals over land, through tho 
fields, to the water again. 
To trap the otter is almost, out of the ques¬ 
tion. You must take a large sized sleel trap, 
set it, hang it over a fire and smoke it for 
two or three hours; then take a stick or 
board, and get into your canoe, (if you have 
one,) go to the place most frequented by 
them, and place the trap about three inches 
[ under water, ami carefully cover it with 
1 leaves, light trash or grass, which you can 
fish up from the bottom of the stream. Be 
very careful not to touch tbc bank above 
water, if you do, it Is all over with you. He 
can read in the print of boot heels his death 
warrant, and he bids adieu to bis haunts, and 
seeks a peaceful home many miles distant. 
In going to your trap, never go nearer than 
the opposite side of the stream. If Mr. Otter 
should accidentally put on a wristlet, he will 
make directly for his den. If the trap is not 
heavy enough to drown him, a weight can 
he attached to the chain. V\ r e have caught 
several iu this way, although they are very 
scarce. 
Trapptuir Squirrels 
I think a poor business. I never knew of 
any person catching enough to pay for the 
trap. I can tell you how l have caught some; 
deed, there is a superior quality of median- fthhiene Yam.— e. r. Brownwell asks U' this 
les in ull the shops of the Clipper Works 0801,16111 win £ row in Otsego Co., N. Y, and is 
comprising a working force of near two ! U l", worf ' 1 ' ll f ‘twin, ami grow towards China 
i,„ n i, , ? , , near two faster, and ho less ensfiydug, tbuu any otlier 
mmmui m the several departments. In known tuber. 
view of the great competition in this class of f*«Ti>urnUni Culture nmt on, -Dr. E. ware 
manufacture, a leading necessity is the pro- ' I T, Y?®' rKK read llm following paper;—“There 
duct ion of the very best oualilv of ^ ,:1 *»'immlly, from a n-tfioa within ten miles 
the lowest nnssllile r-o^r » i . ‘ W , ' 1 f™ni my resldeiu^ $500,000worth of peppermint 
! J® *? we Y P°ssil»le cost, which can be at- O, 1 '- large proportion of which is consumed in 
honed only hy the best of workmen, and hv N ns f l,, . , 1 "! >"id "it the continent of Europe, and 
use of the best style of labor-savin"-mach in 2!!. s ‘!! 1 i8 the product or land nearly worth loss 
«*. «r which .« prominent KS, SSmSmT™ 
iii the LIipper Mower and Reaper Works at i 11 " 1 children, which cannot, ho made avuiiablo 
1 Yoilkersi to a large extent Oil ft farm. 
So**.—The soil best lulaptod to the growth of 
just here good, sound judgment money, for It one instance will do. 1 was .shooting sqwir 
/ k I I o I I in.d-n.i .. .i r. I ... I r .17 IV. i .. hi. , . « . 
often makes one-half difference hi the yield of 
oil, if the mint is cut too bile or too early. D is 
usually mowed with it scythe, sometimes with a 
machine left to wilt a day, or part of a day. un¬ 
cording to the state of Mif* went Iter, then carrv- 
lull.v rnlccd or forked in to bhi nil cocks, nndafter 
ft day t wo of these cocks made Into one. The 
point aimed at is to keep all ilie leaves on Ihe 
stems, preserve them from tliusunaitd rain, and 
reduce the mint to the smallest oompii-s for dis¬ 
tilling. Careless handling nt this stage is dis- 
rels one day, when i observed otic go into a 
tree and slip into a hole. The tree being 
very easy to climb, I said to myself, “you 
arc not safe vet; if bullets cannot reach you, 
smoko can.'’ I climbed up Cautiously, 
plugged the hole up securely, ran borne and 
got. some matches, a grain sack ami an ax. 
I then climbed up, cut a small hole on the 
natrons. The second year the mint is neither opposite side from the one the squirrel went 
cultivated nor hoed, and as the grafts which ! hi at, anti set Some of the rotten wood oil lire 
Sdlrtn'| , Ali ,, 'rhS'?h.laof^Sli'SS™»lVy inside ttorawlly. I Ikes imex.pped ll,c first 
the groatcBt the first year, hut sometimes t he re- hole and held the mouth of the suck over it, 
verse In very rare Instances the field Is mowed a , H l |, y blowing the fire soon liiicl llim.—L. 
the Hurd year wlthnul. replanting. n 
Disiilliny .— I shall defer the details of the dig- ”•> Upp#P &MUllWcy t U, 
