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Industrial Implements, 
WHITMAN'S FOUNTAIN PUMP, 
This pump, owing to its peculiar construction, 
is adapted to many uses for which an ordinary 
pump is unavailable. The illustration gives a 
lucid idea of some of the uses to whioh it may be 
applied. 
Its mechanism is simple, and for the la¬ 
bor expended a disproportionate amount RSi 
of force is generated. Vigorously hand¬ 
led the pump will throw a stream fifty 
feet, making it very useful in cases of 
sudden fire. Fire Insurance Companies 
indorse it on this account. It is portable 
in an unusual degree, as the operator may 
swing a pailful of water in his arm, and 
pointing the nozzle in any desired direc¬ 
tion distribute water, mixtures, com¬ 
pounds, on trees, flowers, plants, insects 
or anything that may require drenching. 
As an agent for the destruction of the ill 
cotton worm, potato beetle and other nox- ®Hi 
ious insects it is invaluable. The distribu¬ 
tion of Paris green in a water solution is a * a111 
generally coming into favor, as the expe- £» 
rience of many farmers, the past sum- fjjy 
mer, was that the poison mixed with jj lpl 
flour had a tendency to bnni the leaves of 
the plant. The “ Bee-Keeper ” reports !^J 
that one of these pumps is a trustworthy 
agent for controlling bees, while in the 
air, a plentiful spray from a “ rose" noz- 
zle causing the bees to come down with- 
out ceremony. It is also useful as a sy- 
ringe for veterinary practice, and as for 0** 
its household uses they are various and gg§ 
will suggest themselves to all without 
prompting. 
It is not easily gotten out of order, and 
its reasonable price has enabled the maker, Mr. J. 
A. Whitsun, Providence, R. L, to sell a large 
number to very appreciative patrons, if certifi¬ 
cates are any criterion. We recommend it for 
trial, and particulars may be had by applying as 
above. 
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THE INVINCIBLE THRESHER. 
This thresher is a well known and popular im¬ 
plement in the West, where the name of the 
manufacturers, Kingsland. Ferguson & Co., 
St. Louis, Mo., is a synonym for excellence of 
material and perfection of workmanship. Al¬ 
though the Arm is in its thirty-third year, it con¬ 
tinues to steadily increase ils sales, with all the 
vigor and success of younger rivals. It is unnec¬ 
essary, in this connection, to go over the old 
argument in favor of threshers. A farmer who 
continues blind to their manifold advantages 
has no place in American agriculture, aud can¬ 
not too quickly be moved to Egypt, or some sim¬ 
ilar fossilatod region. 
The Invincible Thresher is not as well known 
in the East as it should bo, and we take this oc¬ 
casion to presont our readers with an illustration 
of it, showing a few of its salient features and 
poiutB of superiority, which we gather from the 
manufacturer's pamphlet. 
The Thresher is made in the shape of a long 
box, decked over at the top and closed at the 
sides, thus, by ils own construction, preserving 
the interior from 
damage. This ar¬ 
rangement also pre¬ 
vents the grain from 
The main frame is ^ 
stand the r&ok And ; 
swing around under- 
neath the sills, which 
gives a great advan- ___ --—Jtfjfip!*' 
tage in transporta- _ — ,j 
tion and in setting iSbi 
the machine in line % 
with the power for s ; •- , 
The separating por- 
tion consists of sim- 
ply a pan or shaker, 
along the surface of 
whioh continuous 
sets of fingers or 
forks are arranged, 
whioh, when the machine is in motion, are caused 
to "vibrate” or “uplift." 
This pan is cut in two in the center, and each 
section is operated by pitmans attached to a 
crankshaft driven by a pulley on the cylinder 
shaft. 
The "forks," by their uplifting motion, pro¬ 
duce a thorough agitation of the Btraw in its pas¬ 
sage along the full length of the machine, and 
the grain falls down through the perforated 
board, by means of which it is evenly distributed 
on the riddle, and prevents the latter from being 
clogged; while the straw passes on out to the 
carrier or tail end of the machine. In this way 
the separation commences at once and is thor¬ 
ough. The machine is not only much wider in 
the rear than it is in the front, but the grain 
after passing through the cylinder, travels a dis- 
Onr manner is to plow as early as possible in j here, as it does not usually interfere with the 
spring, usually Btubble ground, in which case wheat harvest, and I think produces more per 
the worms never injure the crop ; bnt if put in acre. Four or six rowed barley ripens with the 
old sod ground, we are very liable to suffer from wheat, and that will not answer as both crops 
the barley grub. Fall plowing is by some con- must be attended to at one time or a loss will be 
sidered very desirable, as it enables the farmer sustained. 
to get hia crop in much earlier than by spring 
plowing. As soon as the barley is nicely out of 
the ground we always roll it, that the harvester 
may be run close to the ground, as in a majority 
of years the crop will be badly lodged. Salt 
No winter barley is produced in this section 
consequently I cannot give an opinion as to its 
merits. James Geddes. 
Falrmount, N. J. 
Mr. Geddes refers to the well-known Fousts’ 
Hay Loader, which made such a remark¬ 
able record at the Centennial Field Trials 
daring the summer of ’7C. It is a novel 
^ appliance, and received the most unquali- 
- fled praise from American and European 
-j experts. It is a labor-saving machine 
i that cannot be too greatly commended, 
fcW judging from the favorable reports we 
have received.—[E d. 
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Harm <£ronomm 
AMATEUR FARMING. 
WHITMAN’S FOUNTAIN PUMP. 
tauee of nearly fourteen feet in constant agita¬ 
tion, before being delivered over the fan and 
through the grain screw. 
The grain that falls through the open concave 
and the grating back of it is separated at once, 
and does not intermingle with the straw; while 
the balance that is separated is so tossed and 
agitated by the vibrating fingers, which, together 
with the natural gravity of the grain itself, caus¬ 
ing it to seek its way downward to the bottom of 
the separating section, renders it impossible for 
any to be wasted. 
An important auxiliary to the separating ca¬ 
pacity of the Thresher, is supplied by the use of 
a Beater, which is placed immediately in the roar 
of the cylinder and stops the grain and straw ns 
it leaves the latter and causes it at once to bo 
thrown to the bottom of the separator where it 
is brought in contact with the agitating Augers. 
The machine is w ell and strongly constructed, 
aud the above summary of its most important 
features will enable those interested in threshers 
to grasp the main points of excellence claimed 
by the inakerB. The firm should be addressed 
for more complete details at their office, as above. 
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THE HARVESTING OF BARLEY IN CEN¬ 
TRAL NEW YORK. 
Editor Rural New-Yorker :—As much has 
been said and written on the subject of wheat 
raising in this country, 1 thought possibly an 
sown will stiffen the straw, and be of much ben¬ 
efit if used at about two to three bushels per acre. 
Since the introduction of improved harvesting 
machinery, we find that barley is the cheapest 
crop we have to handle. It it the custom of 
some farmers to bunch their barley, thus enab¬ 
ling them to handle it more easily; but I find 
there is still a better way. Set your reaper to 
swath the barley ; then, when in condition, rako 
into wiurowe the same as hay. Now comes, or 
did come, the most difficult and perplexing part 
—the loading, which is now done perfectly by the 
recent invention of a loader attached to rear of 
the wagon. I made some experiments lust year 
with the loader in which I found, in handling 
my barley. J saved fully fifty per cent. In fact, 
a large load can be loaded in from eight to ten 
minutes. 1 have never seen but one loader that 
worked perfectly, aud that is the oue exhibited 
at the Centennial during its field exhibition last 
year. I was so much pleased wiLh its work in 
May that I ordered one for my barley harvest, 
and I can only say that it worked to perfection. 
The loader came from Meadville, Penn., manu¬ 
factured by Stratton A Cullum. Nothing re¬ 
mains hut to unload with horse-fork, which all 
ure familiar with. 
Many farmers thresh their barley immediately, 
but I prefer to leave it in the mow until it has 
gone through the sweating process, then there iH 
no danger in putting it in any sized pile. We 
think a fair yield thirty-five to forty-live bushels 
THE INVINCIBLE THEKSHKR. 
account of the manner of producing and harvest¬ 
ing barley would be interesting to your readers. 
In this section (Central New York), the produc¬ 
tion of barley is perhaps the most profitable of 
any crop raised, returning as it doeB, dividends 
in throe months. The farmers are going largely 
into its production. 
to the acre, and there have been many cases 
where fifty aud more have been produced. 
The price of bailey varies as does other crops, 
and for the last iifteeu yeais has ranged from 
sixty cents to t wo dollars V buhhel, but eighty 
cents to one dollar I think is about the average. 
Two rowed barley is the variety most raised 
JJvJj} Lately I sent you an account of my 
SSuV; preparations for amateur farming on a 
m > cr c»scopic scale. To pickle down the 
land, 'J. had spread an artificial enow- 
storm of Balt, while the neighboring veg- 
JsjP/ ctables gazed on and wondered what it 
might be, and sardonically expected a 
g£ju|j dissolving view of nil plants from that 
OTgfpl yard this year, while speculating on the 
; school-ma’am’s next move. 
|gfc I philosophically waited, however, to 
m see the end of that last frost which al- 
ways comeB when the peaches are in 
bloom, while, over the fence, the plants 
were blossoming under newspapers, pin¬ 
ned around and staked down over them just 
taken out of the greenhouse. Meanwhile my 
grounds, laid out in salt and plaster to get mel¬ 
low, were jeered at until quite recently. Now, 
however, I am happy to say, my farm is well 
planted aud in so flourishing a condition that the 
passers-by stop and lean over the fence, over¬ 
come with admiration at the results of my la¬ 
bors. The vegetable department was planted 
long ago, and is growing finely. My potato stalks 
are a foot high, and I have hoed out the corn 
aud all the rest of the things; but until tbe cold 
days at tbe close of April had passed, the front 
yard had only a few tea-roses and hyacinths. 
Since then, however. I have planted out annu¬ 
als, sown seeds, and set small groups of gerani¬ 
ums, vincas, and verbenas, here and there, in 
the hope that some bright day, when things 
grow so fast that you cannot only see but hear 
them as they move upwards, the annuals may 
make Buck a rapid growth as to do credit to my 
attempts at scientific gardening. I still keep on 
hoping they'll do so, too. But even the present 
condition of my estate amply rewards me for all 
the wounded pride I have felt at others getting 
the start of me, aud laughing at me. 
Already the Flower Mission has begun opera¬ 
tions, and last night, after 1 had finished a day’s 
admiration of the principal blossoms I have at 
present — majestic dandelions — the postman 
brought me a box bearing the label of one of 
our chief nurserymen. I was utterly dumb¬ 
founded, as I knew 
nothing about it, 
while the jolly post¬ 
man stood shaking 
with laughter at my 
surprise. On open¬ 
ing the box, my eyes 
were delighted with 
^ layer after layer of 
plants, done up in 
HgSg 3 moss and oil-paper, 
fresh and beautiful. 
I know it must have 
been the doings of 
some charitable 
- |fHL member of the Flow- 
ei’ Mission to send 
such lovely plants to 
§gf|^=^^ _ -i a scientific heathen. 
My large experi- 
^— ence justifies me in 
giving one little item 
' for the benefit of all - 
^ who garden indoors 
or out. I put. aside to- 
r getker all old leaves 
from my plants, as 
well as all tea and 
~ coffee grounds, to 
form a compost-bed. 
When this has lain 
for some time, it makes an excellent fertilizer. 
I also burn all the soup bones, pulverize and 
mix them with a little pile of earth, and, after a 
while, use it as manure. 
By the way, why does not some florist take 
kindly to the potato—not for culinary, but orna¬ 
mental purposes ? Sylvia Brown. 
