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THE CULTIVATOR 
Sept. 
This machine was recently invented and patented by 
Mr. J. T. Foster, No. 47 Dey street, New-York, who is 
well known to the mechanical community for several of 
his previous inventions. The great utility of such a ma¬ 
chine as here represented, will be readily appreciated by 
every farmer, and will open a new era in farming. It is 
calculated to clear of stone from 7 to 10 acres of land 
per day, with the aid of a good team of horses: making 
a saving of at least 200 per cent over hand labor, and 
does the work effectually, leaving no stone in its track, 
and completely harrowing the ground. 
To describe the machine more fully, we refer to the 
above wood-cut. Letter C represents a cylinder con¬ 
taining four rows of teeth, or lifters; this cylinder is se¬ 
cured to the axle, and is made to revolve by the friction 
of the wheel (4, which is also secured to the axle, the 
other wheel running independent to accommodate itself 
in turning. B represents the rake held in its place and 
supported by the arms F F. through which the axle 
passes, by which means the rake hangs on the centre of 
its own circle, which is enough greater than the cylinder 
to admit a stone of the size of a peck measure to pass be¬ 
tween, and is capable of being adjusted by the crank and 
shaft seen just behind the rake, not indicated by letter, and 
held in its required position by the dogs or palls A A. It 
will now be readily perceived that as the machine moves 
forward, the rake collects everything that is not capable 
of passing between the teeth which are but three inches 
apart, and at the distance of every four feet, the rake is 
relieved of what it has accumulated by the revolving 
lifters, which convey them into the hopper E, which is 
on a sufficient angle to allow them to roll in the box D 
D, when the box has accumulated a load, the driver, by 
turning the crank, raises the rake to a height to clear 
any obstacle that might be in the way, locks it, drives 
off and dumps as with an ordinary cart, and is ready to 
repeat the operation by simply dropping the rake. 
A machine to pick up stones we have ever considered 
among the last of inventions, but now we have a simple, 
efficient, labor-saving machine. Why was it not brought 
into existence before we endured so many days of back¬ 
ache? It is all right ; successive generations must share 
in trials and blessings. This machine is well adapted to 
lacking apples, but more especially for digging or harvest¬ 
ing potatoes, and while doing this, as well as picking 
stones cultivates the land. We deem this invention of 
great importance to the farming interest, and one of 
those that will afford the facilities to practical agriculture 
that are requisite to place farmers on a footing with those 
in other arts of life. Every considerable improvement 
in the labor of the farm has an important bearing in na¬ 
tional prosperity and the general interest of humanity. 
C. L. Barritt, Solicitor for Patents, sole Agent for the 
disposal of Rights, &c., No. 252 Broadway, (room No. 
10,) New-York, where a working model may be seen. 
N. Y. Artisan. 
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Rural Taste.- — 11 Imagine for a moment what a dif¬ 
ference it would make in the pleasures of the country, 
in-the pleasures of-every one who ever goes into the 
country, if the fertile valleys, the rolling and wooded 
uplands of our noble state, instead of being marred and 
deformed as is often the case, by the hand of' ignorance 
and indifference, were embellished by taste and art. If 
every farm house were itself an olyect of beauty; if every 
cottage pleased the eye, if the fertile and well managed 
fields, the ample barns, the fine cattle so often seen, had 
‘n the home of the farmer, its garden and lawn, its trees 
and flowers'and shrubbery, its neatness and order, their 
appropriate and becoming crown and ornament. All 
this might easily be, with scarcely an,additional expense, 
if the desire and taste were not wanting. A. symmetri¬ 
cal, well-contrived house costs as little as an awkward 
and inconvenient one; colors which harmonize with sur¬ 
rounding objects, are as cheap as glaring white; flowers 
and a smooth lawn around a dwelling require but little 
attention or money, and as for trees, the. noblest and 
most beautiful for shade or ornament, the oak, the elm, 
the maple, the beech, the chestnut, the tulip tree, the 
ash, the hickory, the hemlock, the pine, and many others 
are the growth of our native woods. They are sent an¬ 
nually to embellish English parks, and every farmer here 
can have them for the trifling labar of transplanting them. 
The materials for producing scenes of beauty, for 
adorning the country, for increasing the charms and at¬ 
tractions of the home, being thus cheap and abundant, 
no one is excusable who neglects to use them. Whilst 
the chief object, of the farmer’s attention must be and 
should be the increase of his crops, the care of his cattle, 
the adding to his yearly profits, he still has time enough 
and he ought to have spirit and soul enough for other and 
higher objects, the improvement of his mind and the 
cultivation of his taste.— Fisher’s Address. 
How are our Stock to be Wintered. 
Eds. Cultivator— -Through a large portion of coun¬ 
try, hay and fodder is scarce. Every farmer who has 
been in the habit of keeping a regular stock, will deeply 
regret the necessity that is before him, of selling off this 
fall at low rates, and buying again in the spring at pro¬ 
portionately high ones. Nothing could be more accepta¬ 
ble to many readers of the Cultivator, than information 
on the subject of wintering sheep, cattle, and horses, un¬ 
der such circumstances. 
We know that much maybe done by feeding cut straw, 
with provender, &e., to cattle and horses; yet to many 
the subject will be so new that it will he a matter of ex¬ 
periment. Information respecting the various kinds of 
coarse feed, bran, &c., the method of using, commenc¬ 
ing with the beginning of the time of foddering, would be 
to the point. The use of grains, screenings, &c., ob¬ 
tained at breweries—-the feeding of 11 sprouts,” to other 
stock than cattle-—the use of oil cake; in fact anything 
on any of these or kindred subjects would be of interest. 
Are there any works published on these subjects that 
are reliable. [We know of no work which will supply 
the information desired. Ed.] T. T. C. Chatham 3 N. Y. 
