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vice has become the property of the Metro¬ 
politan Washing Machine Co. 
The Universal Clothes Wringer, with 
cogwheels, was thought to be the acme of 
perfection; but see the bungling way of 
clamping it, to the tub, and as there was 
only a pair of single cogwheels, when a lnrgc 
article of washing was put between the 
rollers they were pressed apart so as to let 
the cogs out of touch, when it was no better 
After several 
knives—a single one of which is left partly 
out in the cut, to show how it is inserted, 
and the shape of its toothed edge. The 
knives are adjusted and secured in their 
places by means of steel set-screws, and when 
they need sharpening or renewing can be 
taken out and re-set in live minutes time. 
The cylinder is operated in a sectional iron 
to pay from $80 to $100 for a steamer to 
cook for twenty or thirty hogs don't, 1 think, 
pay at all. I have heard of various cheap 
steamers, and I write you for your opinion 
on the one above described.—c. a. i\ 
Wk don’t give opinions about what we 
know nothing about. Not, being engineers, 
and knowing nothing about the power of 
poplar to resist steam pressure, we cannot 
answer our correspondent satisfactorily. If 
any of our readers can, we shall he glad to 
have them do so. 
have at hand in case of necessity or when 
an animal is severely choked. Sometimes 
tying up one fore leg and then make the* 
animal jump or walk, will relieve it, or the 
arm of some young person may be readily 
thrnst down the throat to remove obstruc¬ 
tion, but these modes of relief are not always 
successful, and it is best to be prepared for 
the worst cases. 
WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINES, 
From lime immemorial, among civilized 
people washing day was a day of terror to 
men, women, dogs and cats, until the benign 
than a plain friction machine, 
improvements, the cogwheels were made as 
shown in the cut. Each wheel has a double 
set of cogs alternating in such manner that 
when one set of cbgs is about to let go, the 
other set take hold, even ir the rolls are 
three-fourths of an inch apart; and by a 
shoulder between the two the teeth cannot 
mash in upon their points. 
The latest improved Universal Wringer 
has movable metal clamps aud thumb 
screws for fastening to any sized tut); a fold¬ 
ing shelf or apron, for carrying the clothes 
over the edge of the tub or machine ; com¬ 
pound wooden spring-bats, to equalize the 
pressure of the rolls; a patent stop, to pre¬ 
vent the rolls from letting the eoga out of 
gear in short, everything which ingenuity 
can invent, has been pressed info Service, to 
make The Universal a complete ‘Wringing 
Machine. 
At the great factory in Middlefield 1 had 
an opportunity to see the whole operation, 
from the wood and metal in the rough to the 
finely-finished machine, and it will he inter¬ 
esting to the many thousands who use these 
machines to know something of the place 
where they arc made. At the factory are 
employed about one hundred workmen in 
the several departments of manufacture, and 
the works turn out six hundred machines 
per day, using five hundred tons of iron and 
a million feet of limber in a year. 
The machinery is of the most improved 
models, specially adapted for (his purpose. 
Every part of every machine manufactured 
is a duplicate of itself, so that each member 
is sure to fit in any machine. The wood 
work is all brought to an exact, size by 
machinery, and the iron work is cut and 
turned to a nicety. The rubber rolls are 
made of t.he best material and in the most 
durable manner. The galvanizing of the 
grey iron is the perfection of the chcmie art, 
and is a secret with the operator. The ma¬ 
chinery of the factory is propelled by t\yo 
twenty-horse power water wheels, and one 
forty horse power steam engine, giving a 
force abundantly sufficient to ensure con¬ 
stant employment for all hands. 
The Metropolitan Washing Machine Co. 
is fortunate in the selection of its managers. 
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c tornts WA S 
OARE OF STOCK 
Almost the entire success and profit of 
raising stock depend upon their care and 
treatment during the first and second win¬ 
ters. IIow many farmers there arc whose 
professed aim seems to he to see how cheaply 
they can get, their cat tle through the winter, 
with tlm breath of life left in them. What a 
suicidal policy V No farmer who raises 
stock can afford to let his cattle, which have 
become fiit on grass, run down and conic 
out spring poor. It, lias always been 
my plan to have my young stock go to 
grass in the spring in as good and thriving 
Condition as when they left, it m the fall. 
The result is, my heifers always come in 
when two years old, thereby gelling their 
use one year earlier, ami the butchers pay¬ 
ing me for two-year-old steers in the spring 
as much as those who adopt, the first-men¬ 
tioned course do for three-year-olds, 
Many say we cannot afford to feed as you 
do; we cannot spare the grains; we cannot 
alford to feed any other way. The extra 
expense of keeping young cattle fat through 
winter is not ns much as most people think. 
Nut so much depends upon the amount ex¬ 
tra as regularity in feeding, and warm, com¬ 
fortable quarters. Warm stables and warm 
houses save feed and fuel alike. Be sure 
and keep your hay to feed last, for <011110 
will not eat straw very well alter warm 
weather begins; also feed your cows extra 
for a lew weeks before calving and they 
will do well afterwards. 
Boys if you are raising a yoke of steers to 
make a yoke of working oxen, and want 
them smooth, round honed and quick, don’t 
let them get poor; and lathers don’t give 
hoys calves and colts to raise and pet, and 
then, when grown, sell them and then use 
the mean excuse that you only gave them to 
call their’s if you wish them to hold your 
word as sacred. 
1 think calves require as much grain the 
first winter, ns they do the next, to have 
them do equally well. A neighbor of mine 
once said to me lie thought his plan of rais¬ 
ing stock was more profitable than mine. 
“ Why so,” l asked, lie says “ My calves 
I give only skim milk, and for as short a time 
as possible and winter them mostly on straw, 
so that if a part do dm every winter its no 
loss to speak of and when I do raise and sell 
one it's pretty much all profit. Any man 
that owns and lakes care of stock in that 
way, and can look them square in the face, 
or go to bed at, night without feeling guilty, 
does not. deserve to ever taste of beef, butter, 
cheese or milk again.” J. D. Wheat. 
Cannon Fulls, Minn. 
Latest Improved Doty. 
Concave, held in position by independent 
steel springs, as seen on the face of the mill. 
By this arrangement the mill cannot be in¬ 
jured by stones or other hard substances 
which may happen to get among the apples. 
These grinders are made of the best material 
and workmanship, and arc easy of transpor- 
Washer No. 1. 
offices of mechanical invention had provided 
a substitute for the muscular system, which 
it was supposed was the inevitable appliance 
for the occasion. In “Washer No. 1 ” and 
“ Wringer lib. 1,” we have a fair illustration 
of the old process to which women gave 
themselves up as inevitable—t.he washboard 
being a considerable advance upon tlie still 
earlier process of rubbing entirely by band. 
I need not enlarge upon the tediousness of 
this operation. 
Double Coo-Wheels. 
But do not allow the cattle to get choked 
is the best advice we can give. 
Cuttle in the Far Went. 
The Fort Scott Monitor gives a discour,ag 
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Open iron Use. 
ing account, of the cattle trade, notwith¬ 
standing the high price of beef in the Eastern 
market. At, Baxter Springs and the other 
sources of supply there is absolutely no mar¬ 
ket. There are now forty thousand head of 
cuttle within a few miles of that, city, amt 
fresh herds are constantly arriving. Not 
half lhe cattle fit, Tor sale have yet arrived at 
any shipping point in Kansas, and after six 
weeks of tedious driving over plains from 
Texas, fighting flies by day, and cattle stam¬ 
peding nearly every night, cattle owners 
arrive at Baxter Springs or Abeline, to find 
prices so low aL Hi Louis and Chicago that 
shippers will not take hold. At Baxter now 
Wringer No. 1. 
So it was, that in the course of my travels 
not long since, I came upon the great factory 
of the Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., 
located at the town of .Middlefield, State of 
Connecticut, where it was established in the 
year 1850, first for the manufacture of the 
Metropolitan Spring-Dash Washer, as shown 
in the cut. Soon after this, Mr. Doty in¬ 
vented a washer so much superior to the 
spring-dash concern, that the Metropolitan 
Company adopted it. The old Doty had 
Sargent's Wkinoeh. 
taiion. The No. 1, large size, weighs about 
180 lbs., and is driven by a belt running over 
a pully seven inches in diameter by four 
inches face, which should make from ten to 
twelve hundred revolutions per minute. In 
seasons when apples are plenty it is an ob¬ 
ject to have such a mill as the Jersey Apple 
Grinder to work up the fruit rapidly; in 
seasons when app|ov«**v-jwt«'xrce it is also 
desirable, so that all the juices may lie ob- 
UNIVERSAL3 
(plOTHES 
BUTTERWORTH’S JERSEY APPLE 
GRINDER. 
(Showing Patent Stop as Marked by the 
Arrow.) 
there is no stated price, and there are no 
offers of cattle. They usually sell at about 
one cent a pound; last year they brought 
nearly two cents. 
w muvti ft ^ 
Original Metropolitan. 
some faults of construction, which allowed 
the legs to fall off, and the rusting of the 
metal parts soon spoiled the whole machine. 
In the hands of the Metropolitan Company, 
the Doty was improved in all its construc¬ 
tion, as will he seen by the cut. The legs 
are stout, and receive the box ends Into 
grooves, and are held in place by holts. The 
metal nails arc all thoroughly galvanized to 
prevent rust; a balance hall equalizes the 
lilt of the handles, making the operation 
particularly easy. 
Old cider makers know very well that 
there is a right way and a wrong way of 
grinding apples to make good cider and to 
get out nll the juices of the fruit, Many 
have been the inventions to facilitate the 
process of grinding—some good, sonic other¬ 
wise. Here we have a very complete and 
effective Apple Grinder, which will perform 
a great amount of grinding and do it well. 
The Jersey Apple Grinder is manufactured 
by R. Bi.tterwokth of Trenton, N.J., and, 
as will be seen by the accompanying illustra¬ 
tion, is a very stout and compact mil), which 
will do its work rapidly, ami last a life time. 
These mills are made of two 9izes, for one 
or two horse power. With a two-horse 
power, the No. 1, large size, will grind fine 
Original Universal. 
tained and to make the most of what we 
have. Taken all together, the Jersey Apple 
Grinder commends itself to orchardists for 
all seasons, as a mill for dispatch, economy 
and durability. For further particulars and 
prices of mills, address R. Butterworth, 
Trenton, N. J.— s. d. h. 
('linked Cuttle. 
Stock raisers will very soon commence to 
feed turnips and mangolds, and i hen wc shall 
be overrun with letters asking for the best 
method of relief. 
First of all do not, allow your cattle to get 
choked, and this will seldom occur if each 
is feci separately, even if roots of unsuitable 
sizes are given, hut the best prevention is to 
have all the roots sliced or chopped fine be¬ 
fore given to stock. Ileedlessness and lazi¬ 
ness on the part of owners and workmen is 
the first cause of all trouble in regard to 
Remedy for Sore Train. 
In the Rural New-Yorker of Aug. 12, 
1 saw an inquiry from J. (!., Fonda, N. Y., 
for a remedy for his cow’s sore teats. We 
have a simple ointment, we have used over 
twenty years. Take a milk pan full of oyc- 
briglit or chiekweed, (SteUaria medial) care¬ 
fully looked over and rinsed with water. 
Put the weed in a kettle, add a teacup of 
fresli butter, cook slowly over the fire until 
the strength is out of the weed, then squeeze 
through a thin cloth. Put the lionid in the 
A POPLAR FOOD STEAMER, 
I want to get me up a box for the pur¬ 
pose of generating steam to cook food for 
stock. I propose building one out of two- 
inch poplar lumber, as follows:—I want it 
six feet long, two feet wide and two feet 
buttekworth’s jersey apple grinder. 
high, dovetailing the ends, the top, of course, 
fastened down as strongly as possible. For 
the bottom I want, if you think it practica¬ 
ble, to use galvanized iron. Now what I 
want to know is, bow many pounds of steam 
per inch will such a box sustain before there 
is danger of an explosion, so I may know 
how to gauge the steam. I think the patent 
steamer men all too high in their prices rela¬ 
tive to their steamers. For a small farmer 
Folded for Shipping. 
kettle and cook all the water out; skim, if 
any scum arises, and he careful not to scorch. 
Then strain and put in boxes. It is very 
cooling, and we find it a great relief for pain 
in ague cake, swellings, bruises, burns, cuts, 
&c.—E. Babcock, Jordan, N. Y. 
and uniform, over 100 bushels of apples per 
hour, and grinds peaches, grapes, berries, or 
sugar beets, equally well. The No. 2, farm¬ 
ers’ size, will grind over fifty bushels an 
hour, with a one-horse power. 
The main feature of the Jersey Apple 
Grinder, is a large iron cylinder (which is 
shown detached in the cut,) in the face of 
which is inserted a series of steel grater 
choking, and were it not for our sympathy 
for the suffering cattle w r c should care very 
little about‘the losses that annually befall 
the owners of stock from this cause, but 
the poor beast that gets choked deserves 
and should have relief and its owner should 
always he ready to give it. 
The common prolmng kept in all agricul¬ 
tural implement stores is the best thing to 
Durlni; Fly Tim* 1 , W. R. is informed, we have 
found it profitable to keep cattle in stublcs in 
the day time. 
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