the fire-box being entirely surrounded by water, 
and the flames pass through the large fire-flue 
almost in a body. There is no obstruction whs 
ever to the draft, yet the returning of the tla- ^ 
through the small tubes compels the depo 
the great body of sparks in the chamber t ^ m(t 
A new spark-arrester is supplied, also, ' ^ 
rarely necessary. 
It is quite impossible for sedimer t w acftl£| { 
form in these boilers, as the sed iluaou ( ; 
below the fire, and can easily j.,„ , ¥f . mnvp 
ers, Pontederia cordata is now blooming. Its 
flowers are blue, in terminal spikes, and decided¬ 
ly pretty, though short lived. The leaves are 
beautifully veined and resemble those of the 
Calla Lily ( Richardia ). Has any of our readers 
ever tried to cultivate it in the same way ? 
•tfilot Spiked cylinder, over which is an iron con- 
Kive which can be raised or lowered to suit the 
grain by a lever at the side, which is held in its 
place by a thumb-nut. This ooucave is provided 
with spikes, which pass ‘through it and arc se¬ 
cured with nuts. When the grain has passed 
over the cylinder, H comes in contact with iron 
tooth revolving rakes, which arc attached to iron 
cranks that keep them constantly at work in the 
Straw, shaking it up thoroughly and allowing the 
grain to pass through the perforated bottom of 
comes out of it, in most sections of the oountry. 
The motive power may bo either mounted or 
down. The Company make some admirable pow¬ 
ers, chief among them being a railway power, 
the patent of Mr. Whukleu, which is embraced 
in the illustration. It is a model of compactness 
and simplicity. The chain is formed by moans 
of cast-iron links on cither side of the power, 
whioh arc connected by a%-iaoh rod passing be¬ 
tween the blocks or lags, upon which the horses 
walk, the blocks being fitted into the links with 
tenons at each end. Outside of the links and 
attached to the end of the rod, arc small wheels 
which support the chain, and allow it to re¬ 
volve around an cuilloss track. The baud-wheel 
makoB 140 revolutions per minute, with the horses 
walking at the rate of two miles per hour. The 
Inaohibe to be driven may be Bet either sido or 
forward, or back of the power. 
Thoy have also a now improved double-geared 
Railway Power, with largo traok wheels, which 
thoso using it say is tho boHt and easiest running 
power in the market. It is so goarod as to allow 
a very slow walk of horses whon in use. 
By the use of their patent Safety Brake, tho 
operator is enabled to chock the speed or atop 
tho power at will, without removing the belt; 
and in case the belt (lies oil’, the brake is self- 
operating and stops the power, thus preventing 
any danger of accidents. This Safety Brake can 
he applied to any Railway or Tread Power, and 
no such power should he used without it. 
The panel in tho rear ond of both sides of the 
power can be takon out in au instant, and new 
lags or wheels put in without taking tho power 
to piece#. 
Notwithstanding tho depression of business in 
all sections of the oountry, tho businoss of this 
Company has never been better than it is this 
season, proving that the merits of their machines 
make largo and increasing sales for them. They 
guarantee all machines fully as represented, so 
no one Incurs any risk in ordering from them. 
Dr. Lind ley.— The first botanical publication 
of Dr. Lindley was a description of Maranta 
zebrina in 1819. 
CATALOGUED, & c ., RECEIVED 
A. Hance & Skv.;, Red Bank, N. J.—Price List 
of Peach Buds and Strawberry Tlauts. Among 
Peaches, Briggs’* Red May, and among Straw¬ 
berries, Dimu»d’s Seedlings are conspicuous. 
The La »-.•*.)>• Seed and Nursery Company, 
Edinburgh - a ud Loudon. — Trees and Shrubs, 
Vines, Rosy ,s, Miscellaneous Plants. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
■E. B., Austinburg, Ashtabula Co., 0 .—I would 
Hike to know how to plant Chestnuts to grow fol¬ 
ia grove, how far apart in the rows, how deep to 
plant, when to plant, the after care of thorn, aud 
all the particulars in reference to raising thorn. 
Ass.—The most approved method of growing 
Chetftraut trees is very much that of other nut¬ 
bearing species. Plant the nuts during the fall, 
four inches apart and three inches deep, with 
about throe feet between, for the convenient pas¬ 
sage of the plow to destroy weeds and give thor¬ 
ough culture. Rich, mellow soil must be pre¬ 
pared for "receiving tho nuts, aud at the end of 
the second year from planting you may expect 
thrifty young troes at least two feet high. Yon 
may now very readily and properly transplant the 
young trees to tho position the grove is to occu¬ 
py, with little or no fear of death occurring from 
the transit. Shapeliness and symmetry are more 
surely secured, however, by transplanting to 
oilier rows at distances about one foot apart in 
the row, when systematic pruuing will give tho 
tree a well proportioned head, and contracted 
space force it upward and prevent the develop¬ 
ment of irregular, bush-liko forma so apt to ap¬ 
pear when planted iu the grove while very young. 
Do not leave longer in nursery rows than the 
period above indicated, as poor roots will bo 
likely to ensuo. We should have noted tho ne¬ 
cessity of selecting perfectly fresh Chestnuts. 
N, H. B., Evelyn, Glynn Co., Ga ,—Please in¬ 
form me what is the best paiut for a roof, the 
water from which is used in a cistern for drink¬ 
ing, etc. 
Ans. —Averill is as good as any we have had 
experience with. (Your second question will be 
answered as soon as we can procure the desired 
information.— Eds. ) 
W. C. L. I).- 'Thanks. 
B. Boclcin, Peoria Co., IU .—As soon as we 
can. 
Note. —Several questions, owing to crowded 
columns, leuiain unanswered. 
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through hand-holes mado for the purpose, as it is 
always in solution. With such a largo heating 
surface and complete utilization of fuel, it may 
easily be understood why the boiler has been 
call the “Economizer." 
This cut represents the boiler with front, re¬ 
moved, showing flues, refforrod to above. Tho 
boilers are all mado of best charcoal hammered, 
A No. 1 iron; outside shell aud fire linos of the 
larger size are five-sixteenths of an inch thick, 
and return flues arc lap-woldod. Tho smoko 
chamber in rear, and bonnet in front, are made 
very largo and capacious and strongly cast. 
We havo so often, in these columns, stated 
our belief in the desirability of steam motors for 
agricultural and cognate industries, that we 
think it only necessary to add that Messrs. 
Whitman A Bmtnr.,u, have a compact, economic, 
strong and light-weight engine, that must be an 
advantage aud source of profit, direct or indirect, 
wherever used. 
The Porter Mr’a Co., (Limited,) Syracuse, 
N. Y., malm these boilers and engines for 
Messrs. W. A B., (in duplicate parts), whioh is a 
sufficient guarantee of the quality of the work. 
Boiler. 
tho shoe below, and carrying the straw out at 
the ond of tho machine. The grain having passed 
through the perforated bottom of tho upper shoo 
fails upon tho solid bottom of tho same, and 
from thence It is, by the horizontal motion, car¬ 
ried to the selves iu the lower shoo, in front of 
which is a fan which blows tho chaff off from 
the Boivos and oarrios it to tho rear. The grain 
passes through tho sieves into a shoot-iron spout 
underneath, through whioh it loaves tho ma¬ 
chine. In the center nf tho fan-shaft are two 
connecting rods, which are fastened to tho for¬ 
ward part of the shoos, and having an Ocobntric 
motion which causes the shoes to work in oppo¬ 
site directions at tho same tuuo. This not only 
facilitates tho separating Of thogroin, but causes 
tho machine to run very steadily,' enabling it to 
be run on trucks as well as upon the ground. 
Over tho cylinder is a duster which takes the dust 
from tho feeder’s face, and carries it out through 
the machine. It Is also furnished with au ele¬ 
vator which carries tho tailings from the tailing 
spout back to the feed-table, that they may pass 
through tho cylinder again. The machine is pro¬ 
vided with a full sot of sieves, whioh are easily 
changed to suit the different kinds of grain. 
Those threshers are mounted or otherwise, at 
option of the purchaser. There are three sizes 
made, being 26,80 and 34-ineh cylinder machines. 
The 30-inch thresher will thresh aud clean, so it 
is stated, (when in fair condition,) from 20 to 30 
bushels of wheat, rye or barley, and twice that 
quantity of oats jv$r hour. It has threshed one 
hundred and sixty bushels of oats in one hour, 
ORLOFF HORSES IN AMERICA 
It was not until the Paris Exhibition of 1867 
that Europe generally was made acquainted with 
tho merits of Orloflf horses. During tho races 
which added to the excitement of that festive 
season in the gay capital of Franco, a Russian 
horse named Bedouin, belonging to tho Orloff 
family, startled all, except American visitors 
mindful of the speed of our own rattlers, by 
trotting a milo in 2:30%. Some years ago, Mr. 
Wiuans, tho Baltimore millionaire, who had 
mado most of his wealth in Russia, imported 
into this country some Orloff horses, and last 
year, dnring our Centennial big show, an addi¬ 
tional interest was aroused in regard to this 
breed by an offer of prizes amounting to ten 
thousand dollars for a race, to take place In Octo¬ 
ber, between American and Orloff trotters. As 
circumstances prevented this ooiitost at the date 
mentioned, the offer has lately boon renewed for 
next October by the original donors of the prize, 
tho Turf, Field and Farm, onr most trustworthy 
authority on turf matters, and tho paper that has 
been foremost in enlightening tho public on tho 
history and qualities of this remarkable race. 
A few weeks ago several of those were brought 
into the country, and are now in training, and it 
is not improbable that we shall soon be able to 
ascertain by competition tho relative fleetnoss of 
our owu boasted flyers aud the strangers. 
But although w© are by no moans disposed to 
underrate great speed in the equine race, any 
more than accomplishments merely ornamental 
in the human, yet we are very decidedly of opin¬ 
ion that the development of this should never be 
suffered to interfere injuriously with that of far 
more valuable qualities. It was not from their 
fleetness alone that the Orloffs gained their 
celebrity, but for a combination of this quality 
with a powerful display of hone, sinew and ser¬ 
viceable size. Snictanka, tho progenitor of the 
race, was sixteen hands high and possessed of 
such remarkable muscular development and 
strength of bone that some have doubted that 
ho could have been an Arab, and these qualities 
have been inherited by his descendants. It is 
unfortunate, perhaps, except in the light of an 
advertisement, t hat the importation of this breed 
into the United States bus been used to encour¬ 
age contents for speed, which in our opinion are 
too much in vogue. Although, on the ground of 
their demoralizing tendency, we are not. disposed 
to approve of these, as at present conducted, 
still our chief objection to them is that tho un¬ 
due regard for floetness to which they give 
weight, canses breeders and others to neglect or 
undervalue more serviceable properties. It is, 
therefore, in tho light of possible progenitors of 
a large, enduring and powerful race of roadsters, 
serviceable also before the plow, that we wel¬ 
come the arrival of the Orloffs among us. The 
Norman-Por e her on stallions have already greatly 
improved our equine stock Tor farm purposes, 
wherever their rervices have been employed, and 
these foreigners may be equally beneficial, 
though possibly more among carriage horses 
than among those for the cart or the plow. 
WHEELER’S HORSE POWER AND THRESH 
ER AND CLEANER. 
The Wheeler A Melick Co., Albany, N. 
Y., sinco commencing business in 1830, have 
been steadily successful. Their works cove* a 
large area, and their productions comprise port¬ 
able engines, threshers, aud cleaners, MtBe and 
THE ECONOMIZER ENGINE AND BOILER 
The patents on this Boiler were issued as late 
as June 20, 1877, yet so popular are these steam 
boilers that the makers have sold a large number 
of them, and at the present time Whitman 
& Burrell have an order from one individual 
for eight of these boilers. Considering the de¬ 
pression of general business, we should say that 
the “ Economizer,” true to its name, was sav¬ 
ing money for its purchasers. 
As this boiler exemplifies some original ideas 
iu construction, wo have presented two illustra¬ 
tions,—one showing the boiler, with inside parts 
exposed, and the other representing the boiler 
mounted and fitted as an Agricultural Engine. 
It will be seen at once that it is a compact aud 
well-proportioned steamer. 
Looking at the cut of the boiler, it will be seen 
that the fire is entirely surrounded by water. 
This prevents scale, and does away with a neces¬ 
sity for fire tile. The fire, closed in by this de¬ 
vice, must expend itself in heating the water and 
utilizing all calorio where it will do most good. 
The return-due will be understood by suppos¬ 
ing the flame and smoke ascending from the 
grate, and rushing through the large circular 
opening seen just below the small flues. It is 
carried to the back of the boiler, when, filling a 
capacious chamber, it is drawn back to the chim¬ 
ney through the small fines, the heads of which 
are seen clustered over the fire-box. It may be 
seen, then, what a largo surface is exposed to 
the action of the flame and heat. It may be 
seen from the cuts that the boiler contains all 
the good pointB of an ordinary locomotive boiler, 
