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Industrial fmpltmtnts, 
THE MILBDEN WAGON WORKS. 
It is an easy matter to answer where they all 
come from, but where do they all go to ? The 
Milburn Wagon Co. could satisfactorily an¬ 
swer this question, but the Company is so busy 
making wagons and striving to catch up with 
orders, that we need expect no information from 
that quarter. If prosperity is any sign of merit, 
and it undoubtedly is when applied to manufac¬ 
tures, thin firm is entitled to spell merit with a 
capital M. 
The past summer at the Centennial, idling 
through the wagon Annex, we were struck with 
the symmetrical proportions, lightness combined 
with strength and adaptability to intended use 
combined, in wagons that were stenciled “ Mil- 
burn.’’ Later we had business in Toledo, and 
while there visited the works of the Company. 
To say that we were surprised at their size 
and beauty, is a meek and inoffensive way of de¬ 
picting our footings. If more words could con¬ 
vey to the mind a just idea of their magnitude, 
we should talk about it in this wise :—The “ Mil- 
burn Wagon Works” were begun in 1878, and 
they were put into operation in 1875. They are 
situated ou Monroe street, one of the principal 
streets of the city. Their great size lias permit¬ 
ted the employment, of an imposing stylo of ar- 
clutecturo, and this fact has been taken advan¬ 
tage of very skillfully. The two principal build¬ 
ings are each 8G5 fees long, 80 feet wide, and tlvo 
stories high. The buildings stand 100 feet apart 
and front on Monroe street. Between these two 
main buildings, and standing hack 20 feet, is the 
engine and boiler-house, 74 foot long by C4 feet 
wide. From this rises the grand chimney to u 
bight of 135 feet. In the boiler room is an air¬ 
tight fuel room which receives tho shavings and 
dust from the blowers in the room where the 
wood work is done. The boilers urc four in 
number, 16 feet in length and five foot in diam¬ 
eter, with 48 4-inch linos. Water is supplied 
from a large iron tank connected with another 
one of immense size on the roof. Connected 
with this roof-tank is a tiltor of four inches of 
brick, which thoroughly purifies the water before 
it enters the heaters. 
In tho rear of the engine and boiler-house and 
between tho main buildings, is an immense 
cistern for supplying tho boilers. Its capacity 
is 12,000 barrels. But in case of drought they 
are supplied with water from the city works. 
The two principal buildings are divided into 
rooms, 10 in number, 80x180. The western 
building is devoted to manufacturing entirely. 
The forming of every part, of the wagons is done 
entirely by machinery. Tho men only control 
the machines and guide the material. 
Sixty-five different kinds of wagons are made 
in the shops, but the great specialty is tho farm 
wagon, of which are made fonr varieties and eight 
sizes, having a carrying capacity of from 1,000 
pounds in the lightest to 10,000 pounds in the 
heaviest. They 
make several vari- 
eties of spring and ^ _ t —„ jr‘ 
platform wagons, ^ 
and carts. All . .. - 
t hese are con- _ / '; ' 
for one year, and ' ' 
good at place of 
nale, without cost - -- 
to purchaser, any T” 
breakage result- *88 
ing from defect >Y ■EwmKjS; [=]£3 
in either^material ~ - 
ployed was 150. - ^ ' 
Thia year a. ftjrae j 
ing force will 
number between 
live and six hun¬ 
dred—a large-sized village of people. 
There are annually consumed 400,000 feet of 
oak, 150,000 feet of ash, 250,000 feet of hickory. 
100,000 feet of elm, 1 , 500,000 feet of pine and 
white wood. Of iron and steel for tires, etc., 
there are usod 4,000,000 pounds. These figures 
aid the reader in measuring the actual magnitude 
of the manufactory. 
The Milburn wagon is distinguished for the 
superiority of its material, its thorough con¬ 
struction, and its great durability. There 
is no patent-right stamped upon it. Its only 
stamp is its good reputation gained by years of 
trial in the severest service. When the farmer 
buys it he knows that it represents the money ho 
THE ADVANCE CULTIVATOR. 
We give on this page an illustration of a walk¬ 
ing cultivator that has many practical points of 
excellence. It is neither pertinent nor usual to 
point out the advantages of eating, for instance, 
and wo will not, therefore, annoy the reader by 
'riLK MIIjBURN wagon. 
has invested, and that it will serve him to the 
last. Hence its great reputation. Thousands 
of them are used in the Southern as well as tho 
Western States. Texas, especially, is a State 
where a great number are used. The Canada 
Southern, and Lake Shore and Michigan South¬ 
ern Railways pass in front of the platform of 
the buildings, making the receiving of material 
and the shipping of wagons of unequalled con¬ 
venience. 
Ab a notable example of how an inconsiderable 
circumstance may open the way to groat results, 
the reader will be interested in learning that the 
Milburn wagon had its origin in a thoughtless 
challengo. Mr. Milburn, under whose personal 
management the works are operated, and who is 
also President of the directors of tho stock com¬ 
pany, was a successful merchant iu Mishawaka, 
ludiana, whore there was a wagon manufactory 
owned and operated with a limited capital under 
tho firm name of Graham A Travis. One even¬ 
ing in tho winter of 1*57 Mr. Graham, who was a 
frequenter of Mr. Milburn’s store, announced 
that he could got an order for 150 wagons if he 
had the means to manufacture them. As Messrs. 
Graham & Travis made only about 50 wagons in 
a whole year Mr. Millnirn received the announce¬ 
ment as a boast, and challenged it by pledging 
himself to provide the capital to make the 
wagons if n bona fule order was obtained for 
that number. The long and short of tho truth 
is that the order was obtained, that Mr. Milburn 
kept his word, that another order for 400 was 
received, that full 700 wagons were made by 
Messrs. Milburn <V Graham that year, and that 
the profits and business were so promising that 
Mr. M. abandoned merchandising for manu¬ 
facturing, and that for years the farmer has 
been favored with the Milburn wagon. 
It, will he seen, then, from the foregoing that 
the **Milburn" has substantial claims on the 
favor it receives. Tip to Jan. 1, 1878, there will 
have been made 140,026 of these celebrated 
a recapitulation of the reasons why a cultivator 
should be among tho implements of all but Rip 
Van Winkle farmers. There are those, of course, 
who never could comprehend the meaning of the 
word improvement, and who consequently be¬ 
come, in time, good friends of the sheriff; lmt 
the farmer who cultivates with his brains as well 
as with his hands, should consider the merits of 
this handy bit of machinery. 
It will be scon by reference to the cut, that tho 
bight of the axle is such as to clear the tallest 
corn, while the shovels are adjustable, bo as to 
turn the soil either way. Their penetration can 
he regulated by sliding them up or down on the 
standard. 
The distance between the gangs of shovels is 
easily changed by loosening the taps on coupling 
until the stirrup will pass the pin in the axle ; 
and the gauge of the wheels can also be narrowed 
to cultivate potatoes or other closely planted 
crops. 
Tho device to which tho shovels arc attached 
—a slotted standard riveted to the beam and held 
in position by a wooden pin is a neat, device for 
a breaking point, as it secures the shovels as 
firmly to the beams as if they were solid. 
ft is very easy on the motive power, an adjust- 
aide draft obviating any tendency to galling an 
animal’s neck, all downward prsssure being re¬ 
moved by lowering the whifiletrees to the direct 
line of draft. 
Another good feature is an “ advantage even- 
er,” by which, when it is desirable to give one 
| horse the advantage indraft, this is accom¬ 
plished by hooking his single-tree one hole 
higher in the pendant than his fellow’s. 
The mechanical construction of the implement 
is aft tight and .strong us iron and good workman¬ 
ship will admit. 
The frame is composed of two wrought iron 
bars Rolidly welded to the axle spindle and di¬ 
verging upward, which, with greater bight, gives 
increased strength, thus dispensing with a split 
Wooden beams of white oak are substituted, at 
will, for iron, while an attachable fifth shovel may 
be used for putting in small gram. 
The largo manufacturing firm of Deebe & Co.. 
Moline, III., is the owner of tho patentg, and dur¬ 
ing the last six years has taken medals at various 
fairs, and put in successful operation over one 
hundred thousand Cultivators, which is a sig¬ 
nificant proof of its merit. 
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ALLEN’S HAND PLOW. 
Every farmer and gardener has probably ex¬ 
perienced more or less difficulty in destroying 
weeds among small vegetable plants, like carrots, 
parsnips and turnips. In using the common hoe 
—the most universal implement employed for 
this purpose—he is obligod to walk over the 
ground after the weeds aro cut up, pressing 
many into the soil again, where they soon take 
root and grow. This same diftieulty is experi¬ 
enced with most hand cultivators, besides, in 
loose soils, the knives arc not sharp enough to 
cut the weeds—the earth being pushed up in 
heaps before the implement, instead of being 
left level, as it should lie. 
Thift has been the difficulty winch we have ex¬ 
perienced with most, of the hand cultivators aud 
all ruftle hoes used in the Herat, Experimental 
Grouses, ahd we have often wished that some¬ 
thing might be designed, in the form of a plow, 
that would ent and bury the weeds in one opera¬ 
tion. Tho small hand plow, made by S. L. Allen 
A Co., Philadelphia. Pa., homes to meet and 
overcome these objections. It can be run at 
THE “ ATiVANCK ” CUiyflVATOR. 
wagons. They are now in nt>o in all parts of the 
country, and our readers, desiring serviceable 
wagons cannot do wrong if they conclude to 
swell these figures to yet greater proportions. 
Information will he cheerfully supplied by tho 
Milburn Wagon Co,, Toledo, Ohio. Our 
illustration gives a fair idea of one of the many 
styles manufactured. 
tongue, and by use of a single tongue affording 
greater facility iu turning at the ends and avoid¬ 
ing the danger of injury to horses and brood 
mares. This point will be appreciated. 
The couplings are of wrought iron and steel, 
and in construction display a happy combination 
of simplicity, durability and strength. The cul¬ 
tivator is well braced, light and symmetrical. 
any desired depth, from one to five inches, turn¬ 
ing a very neat furrow, bnrying the small weeds 
and convert ing them into a more desirable prod¬ 
uct. It can ho so easily guided that tho operator 
can run it within a half an inch of a ;ow of deli¬ 
cate plants, turning the soil from them, or to¬ 
wards them, as desired. In Ioobo soils it is very 
easily handled, and seems to meet every require¬ 
ment demanded of it. 
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THE CANTON “MONITOR” ENGINE. 
We have bad more or less to say concerning 
the advantages of tho steam-engine on the farm, 
and wo aro gratified to note that manufacturers 
aro giving careful thought to the subject, with 
the necessary result of increasing the variety of 
the motors specially applicable for the purpose. 
In the wide reaches of the Western prairie, as 
in England, steam-power has become indispens¬ 
able where rapid, thorough, and economical 
work is impera- 
tivo. There is no 
~ reason why the 
farm steam-en¬ 
gine may not be 
1 ^(Mm^ on smaller estates, 
\ . struction thut 
fW strongly commend 
/.a 
f hung in a way that 
Tlie " Monitor,” 
owing to its posi- 
■ ~ tion and its low 
crown sheet, re- 
duces the liability 
' of explosion and 
of burning out, 
tho extreme range 
for high and low 
water being from 
10 to 27 inches, which is an almost certain pre¬ 
ventive of accidonts which are to be apprehend¬ 
ed from the careless habits of some engineers. 
The ash pan is water-tight, effectually quench¬ 
ing sparks and preventing lire, while the improv¬ 
ed spark arrester, iu the smoke-stack, is a truBty 
appliance at the only other point where danger 
of this kind is to be apprehended. It will be 
