When worked, a bundle of willows, washed from 
the mud, should be placed parallel with the bench, 
the operator sitting astride of it, and draw the 
sprouts through the machine, letting them sink to 
where the irons will grasp the bark. . In most ca¬ 
ses, once drawing the sprout through, the bark will 
strip off; if not the sprout should be turned and 
drawn through where the bark adhered. 
After stripping, the willows should be spread in 
a clean dry place, until the moisture has evapo¬ 
rated, to prevent mould or mildew, and then put 
up in bundles of from fifty to eighty pounds, care¬ 
fully bound at several places with some of the 
sprouts, to prevent breakage or damage in moving 
them. Sometimes it is necessary to boil or steam 
them before stripping, which bleaches them at the 
same time. It will now be fit for market, and 
should command from three and a half to four dol¬ 
lars per hundred pounds. Albany , April, 1853. 
Dederick’s Patent Parallel Lever Press, 
In a previous number we presented a cut of a 
Stationary Hay Press, invented by Mr. Dederick 
of this city. ,The above cut represents a recent in¬ 
vention of Mr. Dederick, first exhibited in model 
at the State Fair at Utica, in Sept, last, con¬ 
structed so as to press with a single lever from 
both ends towards the center; since which time 
he has improved it so as to obviate some material 
objections, such as the enormous friction produc¬ 
ed by keeping the follower vertical by guards, and 
the liability to break, caused by the entire resis¬ 
tance of the hay being sustained by the levers, as 
will be seen by the following description: “ The 
cut represents the press as open and ready for 
filling. A is the frame, B the box containing the 
hay to be packed; C C are doors opening the 
whole length of the box, through which the press 
is filled, and are closed dowm when full; Dare 
side doors, through which the bale is hooped and 
removed; E is the follower or slide, resting only 
upon the friction roller T; F is the head of the 
press, between which and the follower E, the pres¬ 
sure is exerted, each sustaining one-half the re¬ 
sistance of the hay. The parts G G, H H H H, 
together form two parallel toggle joints, secured 
at their extremities into axles I I, and J J, and 
confined together by the connecting bars L. Thus 
confined, they keep the follower vertical without 
guards, notwithstanding the hay may be unequal¬ 
ly compact, and would operate the same w 7 ere the 
box only half full. The rope or chain is fastened 
to the lower lever G, thence it passes around the 
shieve M, and under shieve N, to a capstan or 
snatch block, as may be desired. The powder be¬ 
ing applied to the rope, the levers are depressed 
until they lie horizontal, when the bale is packed, 
standing on its end. Q is a winch; R R are ropes 
attached to the follower E, and are secured to, 
and wind up on the winch Q. Upon these ropes 
rests a roller S, extending across beneath the 
levers, and is carried down by them, depressing 
fopes R R. By means of this winch and roller 
S, through the genicular power of the ropes, the 
levers are raised with the greatest ease by one 
person. The whole press is 12 feet long, and 4 
feet 10 inches in height , and will pack bales of 300 
lbs. each. From six to eight tons per day may 
be packed, according to circumstances.” Price, 
all complete for use, and warranted to give satis- 
tion, $125, at the shop. 
Further particulars may be obtained by letters 
addressed to the inventor, Albany, N. Y., or by 
calling at his shop", Ro. 58 Bleecker street. 
