THE 
ER. 
the ankle or instep is reached the conical cylinder 
may be returned to work and the ribbing per¬ 
formed, either npon one side or all the way 
round at pleasure. It will be readily seen that 
the ribbing may be continued all the way down 
the leg or foot. Very unique and fanciful styles 
can be produced in this method of ribbing by 
alternating the plain and rib stitches. Mittens 
can be made with rib on the 
back of the hand and plain 
in the palm of the hand, and 
vice versa. 
This macbiue has a com¬ 
pound motion and can be run ___ 
either way, backwards or for- ^ -- 
wards. Thus the work may ! - . ■■ 
stand still while the cylinders | -H I 
revolve, or the work revolve 
while the cylinders stand still. j ~ . __P H 
Each machine is provided ; - = = 
with a register which accur- | ■ ,'- ^= 
ately counts every full revo- j 
lution of the machine whether 
turned either way. Fig. 1 h g Hi " 
shows the conical cylinder or j M 
ribbcr in the work, Fig. 2 the 
ribber when thrown out of 1 - gp 
work. It is interesting to note 
that this is the first machine j j ' 
invented that successfully im- j j 
itates hand ribbing work, and ! ~-l [ 
as usual when hand work is 
imitated by machinery, the j, r ~~~ 
product is superior to that 
doue by the original mothod. 
The manufacturers say that they ask the most 
thorough investigation of the merits of the 
knitter, and judging from the sample of socks 
shown us (and they will Bend a sample to any 
address for inspection) we think a valuable 
implement is offered the family. The Lamb 
Knitting Machine Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass., 
are the makers. 
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SMALL GRIST MILLS. 
Moke or less inquiry has been excited by our 
series of barn plans, model farm premises, and 
dwelling house plans. Criticism has been active, 
and just sufficiently adverse to stamp the plans 
as those having merit. About the least anticipa¬ 
ted request was in the line of grist mills, but we 
have secured the best available plan, and pre¬ 
sent in this number sectional elevation and 
ground plan of a steam griat mill. Those capa¬ 
ble of forming a correct judgement will admit 
that the structure is well adapted for its purpose. 
The length and breadth are given in this plan. 
The bight is: foundation (stone) 8 Ct. 6 iu ; first 
floor (superstructure) 12 ft; second floor 10 ft; 
to eaves 3 ft; to peak of roof 6 ft. 8 in; mak¬ 
ing a total bight of 35 ft. 2 in. The mill is a 
wooden frame structure, with an adjoining boil¬ 
er and engine house, so placed iu connection 
with tho main building, that the driviug belt 
from the engine shall connect through the cen¬ 
ter of the mill, with the two run of Ublirs, the 
extent of tho capacity of the mill. The fitting 
of the appurtenances will be easily followed by 
a reference to the letters and figuros. It should 
be borne in mind that the aide elevation as w r ell 
as the ground plan does not fully show the pro¬ 
portions of the furni¬ 
ture, and their relations 
to each other as well as 
would an end elevation. 
however, because of 
pressure on our space. 
The steam-engine and 
boiler A and lias also Jp!, " ’ 
tho water-tank occupy 
tho small building. 0 -- ■ -. 
represents husk, buhis, 
and gearing. Tho smut- ^ fTTiL- 
ler and separator is near r H4- 
the top of the rnaiu 
shaft. F and G, wheat LLJop 
and flour elevators. I 
aud J, corn aud coru- w||j 
moal elevators. D, bolt 
and gearing to drive it. ^ 
K, corn-stock hopper. 
The pulley on driving 
shaft in leash, makes 
174 revolutions; upright 
shaft, 140 ; horizontal ■ 
shaft 61 ; upright shaft 
driving belt, 30. Wo are 
under obligations to the I 
Bradford Mill Co., Ciu- - 
cinuati, Ohio, for the r.~X “t. '"^T 
plans from which these 
outs wore made, but the 
estimate of cost, which 
wo sre assured is very low, was forgotten, and 
up to time of going to press not received. 
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A NEAT LITTLE PLOW-WOW. 
One Dickson, front initials H. B., who lies in 
wait about Indianapolis to sell good plows to 
those farmers who have been frugal and saved 
their money, was recently attacked by an idea, 
lie sent out a summons to about all the plow 
agents he knew, and whose appetites he could 
rely on, to meet him at a certain time, and he 
would do something to them This wily, bad 
man then craftily seemed a palace oar, hitched a 
locomotive to it by Btealth, entrapped a car-load 
c/to UND PLAN. 
i 1 For 25 years preceding 1870, experiments bad 
been made in chilling iron, and they were very 
successful bo long as they were confined to small 
pieces of metal, but when the dimensions ex¬ 
ceeded six square inches of surface it was marred 
with blowholes and soft spots, which rendered it 
entirely unfit for tho use intended. I became 
satisfied that steel was too Boft a metal, there- 
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SMALL GRIST MILL-GROUND PLAN. 
of friends, and seating Mr. E. C. Murphy, as¬ 
sistant manager of the I. P. and C., on the safety 
valve, started for South Bend, Ind., as if he had 
a note to meet. 
Arrived at South Bend, the astonished com¬ 
pany saw a train of 30 cars containing 5000 
chilled plows, representing $50,000 at manufac¬ 
turer’s prices, and all designed for the Indiana 
trade alone. Mr. Dickson, (the general agent 
for Indiana), introduced everybody to everybody 
else, and agents of the “ Oliver” plow had their 
ideas in the manufacture of plows enlarged, aB 
they traversed the most extensive plow-works in 
the world. By this time tho company were 
thoroughly “chilled,” and they assembled to 
discuss an ample banquet. At its conclusion 
speeches were made. The speeches were—well, 
we will not expatiate on the subject. One gen¬ 
tleman had the good fortune to corner Mi 1 . 
Oliver, the inventor of the plow, and heart¬ 
lessly drew from him the following, explanatory 
of his earlier struggles aud final magnificent 
success. He said : 
“I was born at Boxborough, Scotland, in 
1823. I came to this oountry in 1835, settling m 
Geneva county, New York, lu 1836 I came to 
St. Joseph county, and settled in Mishawaka, 
where I followed my trade of molding. I con¬ 
tinued the business, largely increasing the 
capacity of my first foundry, until 1855, when I 
was convinced that South Bend was a better 
point for manufacturing, and in the spring of 
that year moved to this city and laid the founda¬ 
tion of what is now the South Bend iron works.” 
“ In 1861 my foundry was burned down, but it 
was soon rebuilt, and in 1864 everything was for 
the second time swept away.” 
fore I determined to experiment with chilled 
metal until I was able to produce a surface per¬ 
fectly chilled, largo enough for a plow mold 
board.’’ 
“ I was able to produce a mold by casting in two 
parts and uniting them together. So you see I 
had fought and gained half the battle, and de¬ 
termined to continue the experiment." 
“ My first success was secured when I adopted 
the plan of using hot water in the chills, which 
dried the moisture within the flasks and pre¬ 
vented the blow holes. My next was a method 
of ventilating the ohills by grooves along the 
face of the mold, whioh allowed the gasses that 
form within the flask, when the melted iron is 
poured in, to pass out, and the liquid metal to 
come in direct contact with the face of the chill, 
all over its surface; this removed all the soft 
8 pots in the mold boards aud left the surface 
smooth aud perfect.” 
“ But the crowning success was the discovery 
of the annealing process, which deprived the 
metal of its britlloness, and then, for the first 
time, I could cry “ Eureka.” 
Me. Pine the courteous secretary of the com¬ 
pany, was bristling with statistics, but we are 
not willing to put on record the number of plows 
that are to be made for this year’s trade, be- 
welcome among the new comers, “ Oliver’s Re¬ 
view ” which tells all that it is necessary to know 
about the great plow. 
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THE ALBANY CORN PLANTER. 
Our old subscribers knew the main features 
of this implement from the description and il- 
g — n ^ lustration given in the Ru- 
HBB| itAL of May 19th, 1877. 
Since then the planter has 
been enhanced iu value by 
the addition of an improve- 
t ; ment which inables the far- 
' 1 j mer to sow coru perfectly both 
... i ways. A slide ip the tube 
. i 2 '; FT through which the corn pas- 
' - j ses (worked by a spring at- 
§g fgj ; tached to the right - band 
aa • -•-{ - - i handle of the planter,) enables 
i the operator, after marking 
\ | off his feed one way, to drop 
| i bis corn exactly in hillH. This 
\ j planter is, we believe, the only 
444^ l j j, j QW . p r i ce( i implement that 
- > 0 au sow both ways. Notwith¬ 
standing improvement, prices 
for 1878 have been reduced. 
O. H. P. Cornell, proprietor 
of the Albany Agricultural 
Works, Albany, N- Y., is the 
manufacturer. 
The Dexter spring is some¬ 
thing entirely novel and good- We would sug¬ 
gest that our readers examine its claim to super¬ 
iority carefully. The circular Bent free by the 
company is, of itself, a work of art. 
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H. G. Loomis, Hartford, Conn., has invented 
a combined Level, Plumb and Engineer a Gauge 
which is quite convenient for use in laying 
drains, determining levels aud making gradients 
for building purposes, and laying ont roads, set¬ 
ting fences, etc. It is as efficient in inexperi¬ 
enced hands as the surveyor’s level. 
SECT/ONAC ELSyATICN. SIDE 
SMALL GrLtlST 
“For a number of years we did a general 
foundry and machine business, until 1871, when 
we commenced to abandon all other branches, a 
new company was formed and a specialty made 
of thomanufactmeof the “Oliver Chilled Plow.” 
Since 1873 the entire works have beeu employed 
exclusively in the production of these plows.” 
some in direct contact with the face of the chill, PRIZE-WINNERS AT THE SMITHFIELD 
ill over its surface; this removed all the soft CLUB CATTLE SHOW, 
spots in the mold boards and left the surface (Se e Illustra^i first page.) 
Itn °° I’ or oc • Our first page engraving represents several of 
- Bat the crowning eacceee was the diecover, aaira4l , P t 4n i0 J priaM were awarded at the 
of the annealuig process, which deprived the , ,, . , ‘ ~ «-■. A r - T ™ 
metal or it* brittle!.,, and then, (or the tat ?'““J^ 
time, I could cr» " Kurdia.” d °“' We , “T t0 8 “ “T °”°™ 
cattle exhibitions patronized as is the Smith- 
Mr. Pine the courteous secretary of the com- field - n Euglalld . On one day nearly 45,000 
lany, was bristling with statistics, but we are oug paid for admittance (one shilling.) Our 
not willing to put on record the number of plows illu8tnitloUi which 1B reproduced from the Sport- 
ffiat are to be made for this year’s trade, be- iQg &nd Drama tic News of London, shows- 
___ First—The Duke of Roxburgh’s second prize 
Scotch Highland ox, 1 years 11 months old; 
weight, IS cwt. 3 qra. 12 lbs. 
Second—Champion prize (72 catalogue): Mr. 
Catchpole’s of IpBWich Pride of Thorndale, 3 
years 7 months old ; weight, 18 cwt. Oqrs 22 lbs. 
Ill Third—Mr. S. Plummer's first prize West 
[j fl Highland mountain Bheep. Only one is shown 
I in the sketch, but the pen of three weighed 5 
cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. 
Fourth—First Prize—Mr. Herbert Farthing’s 
Dorset lamb. 10 months 3 weeks old. One of 
three, the peu weighing 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. 
Fifth—Mr. Jeremiah James Coleman s (M. 
P.) three fat weather lambs, South Down breed, 
9 mouths old, weighing 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 13 lbs. 
Ono is shown. 
Sixth —Mr. Nathaniel Benjafiold’s second 
prize Berkshire pig, aged 14 mouths 5 days. 
j? i— I The best way to salt stock is to keep a tub 
i | of it where cattle, horses and sheep cam have 
i~] access to it at all times 
whether they are in the 
’ ^ ^ j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ pasture or .in ^he ^barn- 
s . ,1 tion, or any part of the 
- • system. YSLon cattle 
_are salted only oeca- 
~ _ 4 --- sionallv there is often a 
- jp-yaH&i l ~ 4 great rush to obtain it, 
i j j* "" ■ ~ it _ 1 when they really feel the 
-—4, . __ L _ 4—_- __ need of it, aud an ani- 
--- : - -———~ tnal will injure itself by 
consuming at one time 
LL-ELEVATION. enough to have satisfied 
cause the announcement may induce farmers to | its natural appetite for several days, could it 
buy a chilled plow, and this would disturb the I have the salt when it wanted it. Experience 
MILL - ELEVATION. 
calculations of the company. Some people are 
just sufficiently obstinate to attempt to spoil 
well laid plans. One would think that the com¬ 
pany had all they could attend to in the plow line, 
but they are irrepressible, and now we have to 
has shown that by th> plan suggested really 
less salt is consumed thau when the animals 
have access to it only once or twice a week. If 
the salt is thrown on the gromtfl, much of it is 
trodden under foot and wasted. 
