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Portable Cider Mill, 
The accompanying figure 
represents a compact and ef¬ 
fective machine, the whole be¬ 
ing contained in one frame, 
three and a half by four feet, 
and four feet high, and weigh¬ 
ing only one hundred and fifty 
pounds. The machine can be 
worked by hand to grind forty 
bushels of apples in an hour, 
in a superior manner. The 
grinding apparatus consists of 
two cylinders, about six inches 
in diameter, and fourteen in 
length, one set with horizon¬ 
tal teeth, and running one- 
third slower than the other, 
upon which the teeth are set 
spirally. By this contrivance, 
the apples are prevented from 
crowding too fast into the cyl¬ 
inders, and are completely 
rasped instead of crushed.— 
When the box is full, it is 
emptied into a tub, and im¬ 
mediately pressed. The press 
is a square cut iron-screw, 
which completely expresses 
the juice in a very short time. 
The press can be used by hand or horse power. 
Cliff-street, New-York. 
Price $40. For sale by Longett & Griffing, 25 
Indian Corn, 
Mr. Tucker — My experiments with Indian 
corn the past season, have not been as successful 
as formerly, owing to numerous causes. There 
was not sufficient rain to moisten the corn hills in 
three weeks after they were planted, to cause the 
seed to sprout', and the result was, a few spears 
where the seed happened to be in the crevices be¬ 
tween sods, came up and grew finely; in one in¬ 
stance I measured a spear in a hill that had grown 
ten inches, while three others, planted at the same 
time, in the same hill, were just springing out of 
the ground. 
This difficulty prevailed to a great extent in this 
section of country, causing an unequal ripening 
in the fall, and an unusual degree of anxiety 
among farmers as to the exact time for cutting. 
It is expected that frost will make its appear¬ 
ance here soon after the tenth of September, and 
whoever allows his corn to stand later than this, 
cannot but feel some anxiety about it. The past 
season has been an exception to the rule, as frost 
did not kill pumpkin vines until the 12th of Octo¬ 
ber. My corn was cut from the 20th to the 25th 
of September; some hills over ripe, and very 
many that had not done growing-—still I dare not 
wait longer. To carry out an experiment that 
has been commenced with a view to continuing it 
ten years—25 hills were left to ripen as they grew, 
the same number were topped, and an equal 
number were cut up and put in stout. A large 
flock of turkeys visited the field daily, and paid 
no more regard to my remonstrances than the 
nightingale did to the eloquent appeal of the glow 
worm; the result, as might be expected, on at¬ 
tempting to husk and weigh the corn, was any¬ 
thing but satisfactory; some hills were stripped 
entirely, others partially, and that put in stout was 
badly torn to peices. 
The conclusion to which I arrived, finally, was 
that the the 25 hills left standing produced about 
five pounds more than either of the others, en¬ 
tirely reversing my experiment of last year. 
Frequent visits to the corn after the rest was 
cut, convinced me that a great mistake had been 
made by cutting too soon, as this actually grew 
and filled out up to the time of frost, on the 12th 
of October. By this statement it is hoped no one 
may be deceived into a belief that it is best to leave 
corn as late in ordinary seasons, for it should be 
borne in mind that this did not get started to 
growing until late in the season. It was planted 
on the 19th and 20th of May , and not one grain 
in a thousand came up until the 15th of June. 
The experiment in relation to the relative value 
of seed from different parts of the ear had all the 
difficulties of the above to encounter, and of 
course cannot be considered as amounting to a 
great deal; it is thought best to give it, (as near 
as may be,) to show that the experiments are be¬ 
ing continued. Twenty hills of each were plant¬ 
ed, and some destroyed while young: 
Large end of ear 19 hills grew; corn weighed 18 lbs. 8 oz. 
Middle do 20 do do 20 lbs. 
Small do ISf do do 19 lbs. 
It will be seen that the seed ends produce a 
fraction more than either of the others, according 
to the number of hills that matured, and that the 
middle produced a trifle more than the large end. 
I regret the inaccuracy of these experiments, but 
derive a little consolation from the fact that the 
causes were beyond my control. 
An agricultural club was organised in this town 
in the early part of the past winter, which has en- 
