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THE CULTIVATOR 
June, 
wheat, of nearly equal proportions; one kind was weevil ea¬ 
ten and rusty, and green, with verry little wheat m it—the 
green kind was quite small sheaves; yet I could not thrash 
them much more than half as fast as 1 could the other kind. 
In this last experiment my concave was raised ^ of an inch. 
After the wheat on my first trial had been taken up and weigh¬ 
ed by the committee, I found that they had'left considerable 
on the ground. I should think 6 or 8 lbs,., thereby diminishing 
my yield to that extent. 
Etnerv, on his second trial, had allotted to him S10 lbs., tak¬ 
ing 10 40-G0th minutes in thrashing, and gave 169 lbs. wheat, 
(including what might have been gathered from his first 
thrashing.)—his concave about the same as on the first trial 
of his machine. Badger had 850 lbs. allotted to him, which 
took him 17 4Q-60th minutes, and gave 156 lbs. wheat. 
In both of my experiments, I labored under the disadvan¬ 
tage of an imperfectly operating riddle, it having too stiff a 
spring for a pitman, which caused it to jar a great deal when 
running fast; this caused me to run my cylinder 100 revolu¬ 
tions per minute slower than Emery did his, when it shou'd 
have run 100 faster, with the same movement of the platform. 
This caused the horses to perform \ less labor than oil Eme¬ 
ry’s, in the same time. Taking this into consideration, I 
thrashed my first with less power, according to the quantity 
thrashed, than Emery did his second, and that with bis con¬ 
cave up; and the last 100 sheaves there was no chance for 
him to dispute its being thrashed quicker than hi*, and also 
better. If these experiments do not prove the superiority of 
my machine over Emery’s and all others, then I wish the 
committee would inform me what would. 
The experiment in which the committee alrS'red their ac¬ 
count, (and making an error thereby,) was in trying the se¬ 
veral machines with six men on them, weighing 925 los; the 
machines in the same position as when thrashing. Mine 
gave 350 revolutions, as I noted at the time—356 as the com¬ 
mittee noted at the time, and 256 as they reported. The 356 
as noted by the committee, would give about 2,250 revolu 
lions of the cylinder. Emery’s gave upon the same trial, 
240 revolutions of band wheel, and about 2,100 of cylinder. 
My cylinder was 15 lbs. heavier than his. These experi¬ 
ments again showed a decided superiority of my machine. 
The great difference in the gearing between my Horse Pow¬ 
er and the others, my band wheel turning three times to either 
of the others twice, with the same movement of the plat¬ 
form, which permits me to use a much smaller band wheel 
and larger pulley on the cylinder, which enables me to use a 
much slacker band, causing less friction thereby, which is one 
of the causes of the superiority of my machine. 
The other experiment made could form no correct data to 
judge of theTtierits of the several powers, as there was so much 
difference in the movement of the platform to each turn of 
the band wheel; in order to have made an equality in the ex 
periment, the powers should not all have been at the same 
elevation as they were, but should have been so elevated 
as to have caused the same perpendicular descent of the 
weight on the several powers to each turn of the band wheel; 
this would have elevated mine near six degrees higher than 
Emery’s, and about five degrees higher than Badger’s; by 
this, it is plain that my power would have far exceeded either 
of the others. As it did exceed Badger’s, and fell but little 
behind Emejy’s, in the experiment, with two men on it 
weighing 269 lbsi, it gave 356 turns to my hand wheel and 
13 lbs. hold back ; and gave 292 turns ot~ Emery’s, with 27 
lbs. hold back. 
At the State Fair at Utica, I had again a new machine, 
Which I was taking to a man in that county, to whom it had 
been contracted to before leaving home. Badger brought 
one, which he said that he had run sufficient to smooth it up, 
and that he meant to be prepared this time. Emery had the 
same one (as he said) that he had at Geneva, which lie had 
run sufficient after leaving Geneva, to make it run in its 
easiest manner. Soon after setting my machine, the com¬ 
mittee came to try them; they said that they had concluded 
to try all of the horse powers with the same machine; they 
declined to try them the same as was done at Geneva, to 
know whether they had there made an error or not. They put 
five men on each horsepower, weighing714 lbs., attached to 
the same machine; mine save 1,390 revolutions of cylinder, 
Emery’s 1,996, with his 3S£ inch band wheel, and 1,886 with 
his 42 inch band wheel, and Badger’s gave 2,160, his band 
wheel being 36 inches. Each turn of the platform gave mo¬ 
tion to the cylinder as followsmine 192, Emery’s 172, 
Badger’s 151. This shows that they both had more descent 
of the platform than mine, and thereby applying to each turn 
of the cylinder, equal to the difference in the motion of the 
platform, an increased amount of power. My power should 
have been elevated about l£ degrees higher than that of 
Emery, and about 3 degrees higher than Badger’s, to have 
given the same perpendicular descent to each turn of the 
cylinder; this would have been sufficient, even with my new 
power, to have equalled either of the others. 
The platforms of Emery’s and Badger’s powers moved 
more than twice the distance in a minute, that mine did, in 
this last experiment, consequently descended more than twice 
the perpendicular height, thereby consuming more than twice 
the-amount of power ; yet they did not accomplish only about 
of useful service. Afier the committee ln>d got through 
with'their experiments, I went to using my machine in thresh¬ 
ing some, and in running the portable grist mills, which use 
caused it to run much easier than when the committee made 
their experiment. I then made some more experiments. I 
first tried to see what weight it would take to move it. ,We 
found that two men weighing about 360 lbs., would give the 
cylinder about 400 motions per miiiute: by adding another 
man of I'QP lbs, making 250 lbs , it gave about 1,100 revo¬ 
lutions of cylinder. We then added another man of 133 lbs., 
making 653 lbs—this gave about 1,800 revolutions. This 
showed a decided gain over the experiments of the commit¬ 
tee, and exceeding the others, according to the weight on the 
power. 
As a proof of my faith in the superiority of these machines, 
I will let any person have one (who has a reputation for hon¬ 
esty, and has one of Emery’s or Badger’s.) of these machines 
upon trial—and if upon a fair trial, lie does not concede it su¬ 
perior to either of the others, he may keep it for his trouble. 
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSK. 
Central Bridge , May 6, 1853. 
These machines are made by G. Westinghousk A Co., 
at Central Bridge, Schoharie county, N. Y., to whom all 
orders should be addressed. 
They aLo make a combined Thresher and Cleaner, to be 
used with the two-horse power; also Cleaners for the large 
lever powers. 
These machines are warranted to give satisfaction to the 
purchaser upon trial, or they can be returned and the money 
refunded. The prices for this season, will be for 
2 horse.power and separator,.$220 00 
2 horse power and riddle,.,. 150 00 
1 horse power and riddle,...,. 130 00 
The above prices include straps, and all things necessary 
to operate them. Single, the prices will be, without any dri¬ 
ving strap, for horse power, 
2 horse power,...... $110 00 
1 Horse power, ..‘. 90 00 
Separator.. 110 00 
Thresher and riddle,. 40 00 
We will deliver the two horse-power and thresher and • 
riddle, at any point on the railroads or canals fit this State, 
for $S, or horse power and Separator for $10. 
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