MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
®j|t  (Cmteial. 
CENTENNIAL  CORBESPONDENCE. 
Centennial  Field  Exhibition,) 
SCHKNCK’B  station,  Pa.,  > 
July  6, 1876.  j 
Notwithstanding  the  thermometer  ranges 
among  Uie  nineties  and  a  breeze  is  something  to 
be  caught  on  the  fly,  the  Haiwestere  and  J nrors 
are  hard  at  work.  This  morning’s  sunrise  found 
the  wheal  field  ready  and  all  jireparationa  made 
for  the  exhibition  to  begin,  as  it  had  been  ar¬ 
ranged  to  start  early,  with  a  rest  duiing  the  heat 
of  the  day,  resuming  in  the  afternoon. 
Aprojjos  of  this  field.  It  is  situated  on  the 
line  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  in  the  town  of 
Bridgewater,  at  w'hat  is  known  as  Bchonck’s  Sta¬ 
tion.  It  comprises  between  forty-eix  and  forty- 
seven  acres,  and  contains  the  following  (eleven) 
kinds  of  wheat ; 
No.  1,  Jennings;  2,  Diehl;  3,  Fully;  4,  Medi- 
tcn'anean ;  5,  Shumaker ;  6,  Clawson ;  7,  Tread- 
W’ell;  8,  Muskingum;  9,  Post;  10,  Russian;  11, 
White  Rodgers. 
Last  September  it  was  prepared  and  the  grain 
put  in  by  S.  N.  Gallup,  Gonl.  Agent  of  the  Bick¬ 
ford  &  Huffmen  (Fanners’  Favorite)  Grain 
Drill. 
Of  Mr,  GaUup  it  was  said  on  the  ground  to¬ 
day  that  he  would  malco  an  excellent  salesman  if 
it  were  not  for  tho  impediment  in  his  speech. 
Any  one  who  knows  him  will  at  once  recognize 
the  con'cctuess  of  this  assertion. 
The  preparation  of  the  field  with  fertilizers  is 
a  somewhat  interesting  experiment.  A  portion 
of  it  was  fertilized  by  900  lbs.  to  tho  acre  of  Su¬ 
perphosphate,  comixised  of  Nitrogenous,  Phos- 
phatic  and  Fottassic,  component  parts,  prepared 
expressly  by  Geo.  E.  White  of  New  York,  under 
tho  suiKjrvisiou  of  Mr.  Landreth,  put  In  by  a 
broadcast  seeder  and  harrowed  in  in  advance  of 
the  grain  drill. 
Another  ixirtion  of  about  C  acres  was  prepared 
with  the  same  material,  apjilied  in  the  same  way 
after  the  drill.  This  did  not  produce  as  much 
by  four  or  five  bushels  to  the  acre  as  the  first, 
showing  tho  advantage  of  a  thorough  incorpora¬ 
tion  with  the  soil,  the  volatile  principle  being 
fixed.  A  still  more  remarkable  example  of  the 
complete  incorjioration  with  the  soil  was  shown 
in  a  piece  of  4  acres,  where  tho  material  was  ap¬ 
plied  by  tho  use  of  a  fertilizer  attachment,  Die 
superphosphate  being  brought  in  direct  contact 
with  the  seed  and  buried  to  a  greater  depth  than 
with  the  harrow.  On  tliis  piece  only  240  lbs.  to 
the  acre  were  used,  and  the  results  were  quite 
equal  to  tho  best  of  the  other  portions.  It  is 
quite  possible,  however,  tliat  the  pennanent  re¬ 
sults  may  be  bettor  where  the  900  lbs.  to  the 
acre  were  used.  This  remains  to  be  seen. 
Had  not  the  time  been  fixed  for  to-day,  it 
would  undoubtedly  have  been  well  to  harvest  tho 
crop  several  days  sooner :  but,  of  course,  the 
time  for  the  exhibition  had  to  he  fixed,  and  the 
weather  was  tho  matter  of  uncertainty,  which 
had  to  be  taken  as  it  came.  It  came  very  warm 
and  exeei^dingly  dry,  rain  being  a  thing  almost 
unknown  for  a  week  past.  The  wheat  for  sow¬ 
ing  w’as  supplied  gratuiliously  by  David  Landreth 
it  Sons  of  Pliiladelphia,  as  was  the  grass  seed  for 
the  hay  field  by  P.  B.  Mingle  &  Co.  of  the  same 
city. 
■The  Jurors  had  at  first  contemplated  coming 
here  last  night  and  starting  early  this  morning ; 
but  they  telegi-aphed  a  countermand  and  did  not 
arrive  till  nearly  11  o'clock.  Immediately  upon 
their  arrival,  however,  they  consulted  Mr.  Land¬ 
reth  and  Mr.  Qeddes  and  made  a  start  opon  the 
trial  of  Reapers.  Tho  first  lot  di'awn  was  the 
Walter  A.  Wood  Reaper  and  Automatic  Binder. 
Tho  Binder,  whoever  gets  perfection  in  it,  is 
tho  coming  implement  ntid  deserves  some  men¬ 
tion.  When  a  machine  is  built  which  will,  with 
the  aid  of  two  horses  and  one  man,  reap  and 
bind  the  grain  as  fast  as  it  is  usually  cut,  it  will 
save  the  labor  of  at  least  two  and  more  ofteu 
three  men,  who  must  follow  the  ordinary  har¬ 
vester,  to  bind.  And  the  advantage  is  not  alone 
in  the  saving  of  labor,  but  in  the  economy  of 
time  as  well,  which  is  frequently  an  important 
item  in  uncertain  weather.  And  I  am,  for  these 
and  many  other  reasons,  led  to  believe  that  he 
who  gets  the  successful  nutomalic  binder  is  the 
coining  man  in  the  implement  business. 
The  Walter  A.  W.ood  Harvester  and  Binder, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Jurors,  wasstai’ted  in¬ 
to  the  wheat  and  did  its  work  with  eminent  suc¬ 
cess.  This  Company  also  displayed  their  chain 
and  sweep-rake  machines.  Aultman,  Miller  &  Co. 
then  sent  into  the  wheat  theii'  Buckeye  with  the 
Miller  Table  Bake,  which  is  well  worthy  of  spe¬ 
cial  mention. 
They  also  exhibited  the  working  qualities  of 
their  Buckeye  Combined  Mower  and  Reaper. 
The  Champion  Mowing  Machine  Co.,  Wardei’, 
Mitchell  Co.  and  Whitely,  Fassler  &  Kelly 
worked  a  full  line  of  Champion  Reapers  of  all 
styles  and  sizes.  The  Screw  Mower  and  Reaper 
Co.  sent  in  two  Combined  machines.  McCormick 
&  Co.  started  off  a  harvester  with  self  binder, 
which  failed  to  do  its  work. 
At  a  subsequent  attempt,  it  did  quite  as  badly, 
and  I  hardly  think  the  great  father  of  all  the 
reapers  is  quite  Up  to  the  younger  members  of 
bis  imploment  family  in  the  matter  of  binders. 
This  tinn  also  exhibited  flie  working  of  their 
Harvester  and  Advance  Reaper.  The  Bradley 
Mfg.  Co.  exhibited  their  new  Self  Rake  Reaper. 
This  implement  did  excellent  work,  and  nearly 
every  man  on  the  ground  spoke  well  of  its  work. 
It  Is  an  exceedingly  light  draft  machine  and  has 
many  novelties  in  its  construction  well  worth  the 
attention  of  tho  harvesting  community.  The 
Rochester  Agricultural  Works  sent  in  two  com¬ 
bined  machines. 
D.  McPherson  showed  a  new  Binder  attached 
to  a  Marsh  Harvester.  It  seemed  to  work  with 
reasonable  certainty,  and  -would  probably  have 
done  much  better  bad  it  been  supplied  by  a  dif¬ 
ferent  reaper.  The  Johnston  Harvester  Co.  ex- 
liibited  five  implements,  including  their  new  Iron 
Harvester  and  Combined  Mower  and  Reaper. 
They  did  good  work  and  seemed  to  please  the 
.Tnrors,  who  followed  them  with  much  attention 
and  interest.  Of  course  the  Dewey  family  and 
the  Sherwood  family  were  constantly  on  hand  to 
forward  the  interests  of  the  Company. 
July  7, 
Anothek  hot  day  and  no  Juror,  except  Mr. 
Coleman,  till  10  o’clock.  The  representative  of 
Her  Britannic  Majesty,  however,  made  an  early 
start  and  went  at  once  to  work.  The  implements 
were  ready,  and  he  went  it  alone  for  a  couple  of 
hours. 
Adriance,  Platt  &  Co.  exhibited  the  Buckeye 
Combined  Sweep  Rake.  The  interest  in  this 
machine  was  in  no  wise  lessened  by  tho  presence 
of  our  long-time  and  genial  friends  Mr.  Moffatt 
and  Mr.  Brown,  both  of  whom  extend  then 
knowledge  Of  men  and  things  way  beyond  ma¬ 
chines  to  hospitality.  C.  Aultman  &  Co.  exhib¬ 
ited  the  same  line  of  implemeute  as  those  enter¬ 
ed  by  Aultman,  Miller  &  Co.,  viz.,  “  Good  Buck¬ 
eyes.”  C.  Russell  &  Co.  sent  in  throe  Peerless 
Reapers,  of  the  work  of  which  none  could  com¬ 
plain.  D.  M.  Osborn  &  Co.  worked  a  Kirby 
Reaper,  a  Wheeler  No.  6,  and  a  Wheeler  with  a 
Gordon  Binder.  This  Binder  did  fair  work  and 
shows  the  openuig  for  great  improvement.  By 
judicious  expenditure  of  money  in  experiments 
and  careful  calculation,  this  firm  will  probably 
some  day  produce  better  results.  The  Eagle 
Mower  and  Reaper  Co.  put  in  a  Wood’s  Eagle 
Self-Rake  Reaper  which  did  splendid  work.  The 
Jurors  are  not  men  to  express  their  opinions 
upon  the  ground,  hut  they  seemed  to  be  well 
pleased  with  this  implement,  and  gave  it  careful 
attention  and  minute  oxaminatioa.  It  is  one 
well  worthy  of  remark.  Edwin  Bayliss  exhibited 
a  Masailon  Harvester  providing  for  two  human 
binders,  who  were  comfortably  situated  on  the 
ma<ihme  for  binding  as  tho  grain  came  to  them. 
Two  men,  who  were  green  at  the  work,  were 
mounted  on  tho  machine,  and  by  the  oxoelleut 
arraugomoui  of  the  apron  they  were  enabled  to 
bind  as  the  machine  traveled.  This  apron  is  one 
which  can  be  depended  upon  always.  Tho  Royce 
Reapei-  was  tried  in  the  field  and  did  fairly;  but 
in  tho  attempt  to  get  Ught  draft  the  inventor  seems 
to  have  sacrificed  many  otlier  qualities  very  essen¬ 
tial  to  a  Reaper. 
The  last  tried  was  the  South  Australian  Reap¬ 
er,  which  was  exhibited  by  Mr.  Samuel  Daven¬ 
port,  the  Commissioner  from  South  Australia, 
who  stated  that  while  he  did  not  intend  for  an 
instant  to  compete  with  any  of  our  American 
machines,  ho  simply  wanted  to  show  us  an  im- 
plemout  whidi  is  very  effective  whore  it  is  used 
at  home.  It  was  a  “header,"  which  partially 
threshed  the  grain  as  it  passed  tiu'ongh,  dis¬ 
charging  its  load  of  partially  threshed  grain 
every  few  hundred  yards.  Tnis  was  the  only 
foreign  implement  on  the  ground,  and  while  it 
did  not  accomplish  any  great  results,  it  excited 
much  interest.  If  all  implements  could  be  ex¬ 
hibited  by  such  courteous  and  gentlemanly  peo¬ 
ple  as  Ml'.  Davenport,  it  would  be  a  step  of  pro¬ 
gress. 
This  display  was  followed  by  a  general  exhibi¬ 
tion  of  binders,  during  which  recorded  results 
were  substantially  repeated.  The  Harvester 
Trial  then  became  a  thing  of  the  past  and  went 
into  history. 
To  close  up  the  exhibition  in  a  becoming  man¬ 
ner.  a  meeting  of  exhibitors  was  called,  at  which 
a  resolution  of  thanks  for  careful  attention  and 
assiduous  labor  to  Mi'- Coleman  and  his  co-jurors 
was  passed,  also  a  similar  resolution  to  Mr. 
Landi’eth  and  Mr.  Geddes  for  their  untiring  ef¬ 
forts  to  make  the  occasion  not  only  a  pleasant 
one,  but  ono  at  which  justice  and  fairness  to  all 
was  tho  special  feature.  It  was  theu  deemed  by 
many  present  a  fitting  occasion  to  organize  an 
Association  of  Agricultural  Implement  Manufac¬ 
turers,  and  therefore  a  Committee  on  Permanent 
Organization,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Whiteley, 
Bayliss,  L.  Miller,  Moffatt,  Kirby  and  Frank 
Wood,  were  appointed.  They  were  instructed  to 
report  at  an  adjourned  meeting  to  be  held  at 
the  Agricultural  Hall,  Centennial  Exhibition 
Grounds,  on  the  26th  day  of  Reptember  next. 
At  this  meeting  it  is  proposed  to  form  a  perma¬ 
nent  Association  for  the  purpose  of  an  Annual 
or  Semi-Annual  Convention,  in  which  all  manu¬ 
facturers  of  agricultural  implements  of  any  kind 
are  invited  to  take  part.  I  think  this  is  one  of 
the  best  moveanents  inaugurated  this  year.  If 
the  preliminary  difficulties  can  be  overcome,  a 
valuable  organizatieii  can  be  completed,  and  I 
sbonld  advise  ©very  manufacturer  to  join  tbe 
niovement. 
During  tbe  day  I  had  the  pleasure  of  a  con¬ 
versation  with  Dr.  Kennedy,  President  of  the 
Philadelphia  Polytechnic  School  and  a  member 
of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Agriculture  at  the 
Centennial.  He  agrees  with  my  previous  opinion 
in  relation  to  the  treatment  of  tho  agricultural 
interests  at  the  Exhibition,  and  says  that,  in 
urging  that  same  position  upon  Uie  Commis- 
sioners,  be  was  met  with  tho  astounding  propo¬ 
sition  that  such  a  course  was  deemed  fair  because 
the  rural  population  were  the  lightest  subscribers 
to  the  Centennial  stock. 
Now,  if  the  subscription  to  Centennial  stock  is 
to  be  the  measure  of  manhood  in  that  institu¬ 
tion,  I  think  your  readers  may  count  themselves 
fortunate  that  they  were  the  ones.  I  am  free  to 
confess  that  even  with  my  previous  probing  of 
this  part  of  the  Great  International  Exhibition, 
I  was  unable  heretofore  t<>  guess  at  as  contracted 
an  idea  as  this  seems  te  develop.  Truly  we  live 
in  a  broad  and  lilieral  age,  and  tbe  foreign  visit¬ 
ors,  by  measuring  the  extent  of  the  concessions 
and  spaces  at  Philadelphia,  can  easily  arrive  at 
the  amount  of  each  mau's  eubscription  to  the 
Centennial  stock.  This  is  a  point  for  me  which 
mav  be  useful  in  the  future.  We  live  but  to 
learn  and  each  day  brings  its  new  lesson. 
Sbobthoen. 
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THE  WALTER  A.  WOOD  BINDER. 
The  first  maebine  started  in  the  Centennial 
Field  Exhibition  was  the  Walter  A~  Wood  Har¬ 
vester  with  the  Lock  Binder  attachment.  Tbe 
ordinary  harvester  carried  the  grain  to  th® 
Binder,  where  it  was  compressed  by  two  arms 
and  held  while  a  third  arm  surrounded  it  with 
wire,  and  on  its  way  made  a  perfect  twist  knot.  In 
this  shape  the  aheaf  was  discharged  from  the 
machine  in  good  order.  The  Binder  being  inde¬ 
pendent  of  tbe  rest  of  the  implement,  was  car¬ 
ried  backwards  and  forwards  by  a  lever  in  the 
hands  of  the  driver,  so  that  it  was  capable  of 
binding  the  center  of  tbe  sheaf  of  the  shortest 
barley  equally  with  the  longest  rye,  and  had  an- 
othei'  lever  by  which  the  size  of  the  sheaf  is  reg¬ 
ulated  at  will. 
The  whole  working  of  the  machine  was  thrown 
out  of  gear  by  a  simple  foot  lever,  and  the  Binder 
could  be  entirely  detached  from  tbe  harvester 
for  transixjrtation  without  taking  out  a  bolt.  It 
bound  both  the  small  sheaf  of  two  or  three 
strews  and  the  largest  one  ordinarily  required. 
One  of  the  many  objections  to  all  binders  where 
wire  is  used,  instead  of  the  grain  itself,  seems  to 
be  the  wire  iu  threshing.  Mr.  Lock,  the  in¬ 
ventor,  has  constructed  a  pair  of  shears  by  which 
be  can,  with  one  hand  and  one  motion,  seize,  cut 
and  bold  the  binding  wire  at  the  thresbei'  and, 
fec-ding  a  sbeaf  to  tho  thresher,  throw  the  wire  to 
any  required  spot  or  receptacle.  This  he  claims 
to  bo  entirely  uimecessaiy',  as,  iu  bis  opinion,  the 
wire  is  no  detriment  to  proper  threshing.  He 
has  constructed  it,  as  ho  says,  merely  to  save 
the  Iroubl©  of  combating  the  ijrejudice  against 
the  wire.  I  am  informed  that  the  Walter  A. 
Wood  Co.  have  expended  a  fabulous  sum  of 
money  iu  perfecting  this  Binder,  and  Mr.  Locke 
says  he  has  now  one  thousand  of  them  in  suc¬ 
cessful  operatiou  iu  tho  field. 
This  Company  deserves  the  greatest  credit  for 
their  enterprise  and  farsightedness.  I  recollect 
when  I  was  in  Rochester,  two  years  and  a  half 
ago,  seeing  this  hinder  on  exhibition.  At  that 
time  I  desired  to  inform  the  Rhrxl’s  readers  of 
the  progress  that  was  being  matle  for  their  bene¬ 
fit,  hut  was  told  that  the  Binder  was  not  yet  in  a 
satisfactory  condition  to  be  put  out  to  the  world, 
and  no  sxiecial  mention  could  be  made  of  its 
merits  till  it  had  been  fuUy  tested  and  had  satis¬ 
fied  its  inventor  and  owners.  Since  then  assidu¬ 
ous  labor  and  lavish  expenditure  have  acoom- 
pUahed  much,  and  now  this  Company  are  pre- 
paied  to  put  their  new  Binder  to  the  world  as  an 
instrument  which  will  do  'Us  work.  Much  credit 
should  be  given  to  men  who  are  willing  to  take 
such  risks  for  tho  benefit  of  their  fellows,  and  if, 
in  doing  good  to  tho  world,  they  profit  themselves 
peouniai'ily,  who  will  begrudge  them  their  gain  ? 
They  have  been  working  quietly  but  Sitfoly,  and 
have  not  given  the  results  to  the  public  till  they 
themselves  were  satisfied  that  they  had  con¬ 
structed  something  which  would  be  a  lasting 
benefit  to  mankind. 
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THE  MILLER  TABLE  RAKE. 
Amono  the  numerous  improvements  displayed 
at  the  Centennial  Harvester  Exhibition  was 
the  Miller  Table  Rake,  manufactured  by  Ault¬ 
man,  Miller  &  Co.  of  Akron,  Ohio,  and  C.  Ault¬ 
man  &  Co.  of  Canton,  Ohio.  It  is  an  implement 
made  upon  an  entirely  different  principle  from 
any  other  now  before  the  public.  Attached  to 
the  Western  Buckeye  is  a  reel  which  strikes  the 
grain  squarely  in  front  of  the  cutter  bar  and  not 
diagonally,  as  in  tbe  case  of  tbe  ordinary  reel 
rake.  Upon  the  table  of  the  machine  is  a  device 
which  revolves  horizontally,  seizing  the  gavel, 
carrying  it  around  the  outside  of  the  table  and 
discharging  St  on  a  line  parallel  to  the  ent- 
ter  bar.  Thus  discharged,  the  grain  is  not 
twisted  and  is  compressed  ready  for  binding, 
with  the  butts  all  even.  It  also  has  the  additional 
advantage  of  carrying  the  grain  so  gently  as  to 
avoid  loss,  which  so  frequently  occurs  with  dry 
grain  in  ordinaiy  harvesting.  The  manufac¬ 
turers  claim  for  it  not  only  light  draft  and  easy 
adjustment,  but  tbe  greatest  economy  in  its  use 
in  the  field.  It  can  b©  adjusted  equally  well  to 
high  or  low  stubble,  and  the  results  in  either 
case  will  bo  equally  satisfactory.  They  have 
manufat!tured  and  sold  large  numbers  of  them, 
notwithstanding  the  novelty  of  the  implement, 
and  everywhere  that  it  has  been  used  it  baa 
given  satisfaction.  These  firms  arc  among  the 
most  entei'priaing  in  the  West,  and  bid  fair  to 
make  for  themselves  and  their  Table  Rakes  a 
success  which  will  be  lasting. 
Last  year  this  Rake  was  brought  out  for  the 
first  time  aud  wo  can,  after  a  year's  trial  of  it, 
safely  repeat  what  we  then  said  of  it:  “The 
Buckeye  Reaper,  with  the  newly  introduced  Mil¬ 
ler  Table  Rake,  has  snrprisod  even  its  warmest 
friends  by  tho  excellence  of  its  work  in  even  the 
most  unfavorable  circumstancos.  It  picked  up 
lodged  and  tangled  grain  and  left  it  in  fair  con¬ 
dition  for  binding.  The  Miller  is  not  a  reel  rake, 
and  hence  works  satisfactorily  in  windy  weathei'." 
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W.  ANSON  "WOOD’S  NEW  EAGLE  REAPER. 
The  new  single  wheel  “Eagle  Reaper,”  of 
the  Eagle  Mower  and  Reaping  Machine  Co.  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  made  a  good  showing  iu  tho  Con- 
tenni^  Field  Exhibition.  This  is  a  comparative¬ 
ly  new  machine,  and  has  been  in  tbe  field  for  the 
past  three  seasons  only.  Its  euterpriaing  manu¬ 
facturers  have  already  sold  over  2,000  this  year. 
The  machine  is  light  and  compact.  It  is  geared 
direct  from  the  driving  wheel  and  transfers  to 
the  cutting  apparatus  and  rake  by  the  same 
shaft.  The  speed  is  regulated  by  side  pinions,  the 
lifting  gear  and  tolling  apparatus  being  controlled 
by  easy  reach  of  the  driver.  The  size  of  the  gavel 
is  regulated  by  a  foot  lever. 
The  rake,  patented  by  Mr.  Wood  in  Jan.,  1875, 
is  automatic,  or  ooutrollod  by  the  driver  at  his 
option.  Tho  natural  movement  of  the  rake  is 
brought  about  by  an  offset  from  the  rake  head, 
the  connecting  rod  being  upon  an  independent 
center.  It  clears  the  drive  wheel  and  gives  the 
requisite  speed  to  the  rake  and  beaters.  The 
Eagle  M.  &  R.  M.  Co.  have  a  number  of  their 
implements  on  exhibition  at  T- 18,  Agncuitural 
Hall. 
This  implement  was  obliged  to  he  submitted  to 
the  closest  scrutiny  of  tbe  Jurors,  who  carefully 
noted  its  many  excellent  points  and  express^ 
by  their  manner  a  thorough  satisfaction  as  to  its 
working  qualities.  It  was  so  easily  handled  that 
no  defect  could  escape  notice,  hud  there  been 
any,  and  we  anticipate  that  tbe  Jury  will  report 
upon  it  in  such  a  way  that  the  manufacturers 
will  congratulate  themselves  upon  having  put 
theniaelves  to  tlie  ti'ouble  aud  expense  of  making 
this  exhibition. 
aiiii  Istfiil. 
BETTER  THAN  PARIfi-GREEN. 
Farmek  Kent  has  1)^  acres  of  potatoes.  He 
uses  a  shingle  about  16  inches  long  and  5  inches 
broad,  narrowed  at  one  end  to  suit  the  hand. 
Sometimes  ho  uses  a  whisk-broom,  which  an¬ 
swers  tbe  purpose  just  as  well,  being  light  and 
brood.  With  these,  two  men  get  over  the  potato 
patch  in  one  day.  1’he  plant  is  struck  on  one 
Hide  with  the  shingle  or  broom,  and  the  beetles 
fall  off  into  shallow,  wide  tin  pans  held  in  tbe 
left  hand.  During  last  week  one  bushel  of  bee¬ 
tles  were  in  this  way  collected  as  tho  result  of 
one  day’s  labor  of  two  men.  Fanner  Kent  pre¬ 
fers  this  method  of  extermination  to  the  use  of 
Paris  green. 
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ELASTIC  VARNISH. 
As  an  excellent  and  easily  [manufactured  >  ar- 
nish  for  wicker-work,  Mr.  F.  Rhein  recommends 
the  following  composition ; — One  part  of  good 
linseed  oil  boiled  down  to  a  sirnpy  consistency , 
and  mixed  with  twenty  pai-ts  of  copal.  This 
mass  is  then  diluted  with  oU  of  turpentine  to  the 
proper  thickness.  The  varnish  dries  easily,  and 
remains  elastic-,  so  as  not  to  crack  by  the  bend¬ 
ing  of  the  basket. 
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Smell  of  Paint.— To  get  rid  of  the  smell  of  oil 
paint  plunge  a  handful  of  hay  into  a  pailful  o 
water  and  let  it  stand  in  the  room  newly  painted. 
