1853. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL WORKS, 
BY WHEELER, MELICK <fe CO., ALBANY, N. Y. 
I N presenting our animal business card to the Farming 
Public, we take occasion to express our thanks to former 
customers for an increased patronage, which has made a fur¬ 
ther extension of our manufacturing facilities necessary. 
As the limits of an advertisement will not admit of an ex¬ 
planation of all the advantages of our Machines, and as most 
of them are so well known as to need no commendation, we 
will make this statement brief, and for more detailed infor¬ 
mation we refer to our printed Catalogue, which will be sent 
by mail, postage free , when requested. 
Wheeler’s Patent Railway Chain Horse Powers. 
These Powers (represented in the above cut,) are 
made for either one or two horses, and their superi¬ 
or merits, in point of durability, strength and ease of run¬ 
ning, are fully established; while their compactness and sim¬ 
plicity, are highly appreciated by those who have tried them. 
Several thousands of them are in use, some of which (made 
12 years ago,) have threshed over 100,000 bushels. About 950 
of them were sold by us and our agents, the past season, (a 
larger number than in any previous year,) thus proving their 
increasing popularity. 
Wheeler’s Patent Combined Thresher and Winnower. 
This Machine (also represented in the cut,) is a new inven¬ 
tion. It was got out two years ago, after a long series of 
experiments resulting in a machine which performs the three 
operations of Threshing, Separating and Winnowing , with as 
much dispatch, and as few hands and horses as are required 
to thresh and separate only with other machines, and although 
designed for so complicated work, it is yet a model of sim¬ 
plicity and compactness. The entire running parts are driven 
by the main belts, and one small band. We have no doubt 
it is the most perfect machine in use for Threshing and Win¬ 
nowing. Driven by two horses, they thresh and clean from 
150 to 200 bushels of wheat, or twice that quantity of oats 
per day. We give below letters from gentlemen, who have 
the machines in use, showing the estimation in which they 
are held, premising that these two are about an average of 
over 100 similiar letters, which we can show. 
Letter, from E. Swarthout, Esq., dated Exeter, Luzerne 
Co., Pa., March 2&2, 1853. 
Messrs Wheeler, Melick. & Co. 
Gentlemen —I am happy to say your Thresher and Win¬ 
nower far exceeds my expectations—it can not be beat in 
this section. I have threshed 43 bushels of wheat in 00 min¬ 
utes by the watch. It was good clean wheal and short straw, 
and was taken to market from the machine as fast as thresh¬ 
ed ; and so it has been with most of the wheat I have thresh¬ 
ed. All that is free from chess and cockle I can make fit for 
market as it comes from the machine. I have threshed 90 
bushels of oats in an hour. I think, on the average, of 
Wheat, 25 to 30, and Oats, 60 to 70 bushels per hour. I have 
threshed between 5,000 and 6,000 bushels in all since I got 
the machine, which was not till the middle of December, and 
so late I feared the 4 horse powers and 8 horse cleaners had 
got all the work done, hut I soon had plenty. The work¬ 
manship of the machine is the best I ever saw. 
Yours. &e., E. SWARTHOUT. 
Letter from W. C. Northrup, Esq., Manlius, Ononaaga 
County, N. Y. 
Respected GetPsHaving tried your Winnower to our 
satisfaction, we are gla ! to say we like it much. We first 
tried it on Soles Wheai, and it worked to a charm ; cleaned 
it as well as any Fanning Mill the first time, and threshing 
from 20 to 25 bushels per hour. We then set up at another 
barn for Oats, and threshed from 50 to 60 bushels per hour. 
Oat« were good.- It works to a charm in Barley; threshes as 
fast as we can put it through the Machine, but have not tried 
it per hour. It works well in Buckwheat, when dry, and in 
Timothy. Your Machine is much liked in this place, both 
for threshing and saving Grain. It takes the preference of 
the 8 Horse Maehines. Yours, verv respectfully, 
W. C. NORTHRUP. 
Wheeler’s Overshot Thresher and Separator. 
This Machine is also our own invention. Driven by 
our Double Power, it threshes and separates from the 
straw from 150 to 200 bushels of Wheat, or twice as much 
Oats, per day. For the Single or One Horse Power we 
make a smaller Thresher and Separator, which threshes from 
75 to 100 bushels of Wheat per day. The small Machine is 
adapted to moderate sized farms, and as the Single Power is 
sufficient for sawing wood, churning, cutting stalks, straw, 
See., and driving almost every kind of Machine used by Far¬ 
mers, and is capable, by changing Horses and elevating the 
Power, properly, of threshing much faster than we stated 
above, it is a very popular Machine in some sections. 
0=* All our Machines are Warranted to give entire satis¬ 
faction, or they may be returned at the expiration of a rea¬ 
sonable time for trial. 
PRICES. 
For Double, or Two Horse Power, Thresner and 
Separator, including belts, wrenches, oil-cans, 
complete,.$150 00 
Double Power alone, including belt... 115 00 
Do. without belt. 110 00 
Double Thresher and Separator, alone.. 37 50 
Single, or One Horse Power, Thresher and Separa¬ 
tor, including belts, oil-cans and wrenches, com¬ 
plete. 123 00 
Single Power, alone, including belt.. 88 00 
Do without belt... 83 00 
Single Thresher and Separator, alone. 35 00 
Clover Hullers.'.. 30 00 
Straw and Stalk Cutters, for Horse Powers. 30 00 
Circular Saw Mill, with 24 inch Saw. 35 00 
One Horse Power, without band wheel. 78 00 
Churn Gearing. 12 00 
Band Wheel. 5 00 
Band for Power. 5 00 
Double Power, with Combined Thresher and Win¬ 
nower, including bells, wrenches, See . 235 00 
Combined Thresher and Winnower, alone. 120 00 
Orders are solicited, and will be promptly filled. Address, 
WHEELER, MELICK Se Co., 
May 1, 1852—mlt. Albany, N. Y. 
