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PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES. 
These engines are valuable for machine 
shops of all kinds, for grinding and crushing 
gram, cutting and cooking food for stock, for 
threshing grain, sawing wood, ginning cotton, 
propelling boats, for elevators, for loading and 
unloading boats, and in fact for every purpose 
where power is wanted. 
The cut represents a four horse engine and 
boiler. They are all constructed with a water 
space all round the fire box and under the ash 
pit. This causes all the sediment to fall under 
the ash pit, and not adhere to the boiler and 
flues, as would be the case if allowed to remain 
near the hottest part of the fire. 
The prices named are for all complete for 
the smoke pipe and band, both of which can 
be furnished at the lowest rates, if ordered 
with the engine. Printed directions accom¬ 
pany each engine. They have been awarded 
the highest premiums by tlie New York State 
Agricultural Society and every other associa¬ 
tion where they have been exhibited. 
The following are among its characteristics: 
The machinery is permanently attached to 
the boiler, and the engine may be removed 
entire from place to place without deranging 
or injuring any part of it. The boiler is loco¬ 
motive, which is the best in use, generating 
from a third to a half more steam than others, with the same fire and water space, occupying less room, and adapted 
to both wood and coal. The exhaust steam passes directly into the smoke pipe, by which all sparks from the fire are 
extinguished. An engine of four horse power, for example, will cut a cord of wood from the log in ten minutes, lo 
run an engine of this size, it takes about one-eighth of a cord of good dry wood, and one hundred gallons of water per 
day. For a fifteen horse power, about one cord of wood and three hundred gallons of water per day. rsot only hard, 
but wood in all its forms may be used. The following is the List of Prices : 
HORSE 
POWER. 
CASH 
PRICE. 
ESTIMATED 
WEIGHT. 
SPACE 
occ’d. 
DIAM. FLY 
WHEEL. 
FACE OF 
WHEEL. 
HORSE 
POWER. 
CASH 
PRICE. 
ESTIMATED 
WEIGHT. 
SPACE 
OCC’D. 
DIAM. FLY 
WHEEL. 
FACE OF 
WHEEL. 
IK 
$175 
1,000 lbs. 
2x5 ft. 
24 in. 
4 in. 
8 
$735 
4,500 lbs. 
9x6K ft. 
48 in. 
8 in. 
2K 
275 
1,800 lbs. 
4x5 ft. 
39 in. 
5K in. 
10 
880 
5,900 lbs. 
10x6K ft. 
00 in. 
8 in. 
3 
825 
2,000 lbs. 
5x4 ft. 
89 in. 
5K in. 
• 12 
1,025 
7,000 lbs. 
14x6K ft. 
72 in. 
12 in. 
4 
400 
2,200 lbs. 
7x5 ft. 
40 in. 
(5 in. 
15 
1,300 
9,000 lbs. 
15x7 ft. 
72 in. 
12 in. 
6 
575 
3,000 lbs. 
7x5 ft, 
44 in. 
7 . in. 
20 
1,700 
10,500 lbs. 
1(5x7 ft. 
72 in. 
12 in. 
Steam and Water Power.—A horse power in machinery, as a measure of force, is estimated equal to the raising 
33,000 pounds over a single pulley, one foot a minute, or 550 pounds raised one foot a second, or 1,000 pounds raised 
thirty-three feet a minute. Manual Power.— A man of ordinary strength is supposed capable of exerting a force 
of 80 pounds, ten hours in a day, at a velocity of 2K feet a minute, or 75 pounds raised one foot a second. Horses 
Power.—’ The effective force or power of two horses, weighing two thousand pounds, and working upon Emery’s 
Patent Railroad Horse Power, is equal to the force exerted by a four horse steam engine, by the mechanical rule for 
measuring power, as applied to machinery. 
CHEESE VAT AND HEATER.™(ROE’S PATENT.) 
This simple apparatus is unques¬ 
tionably the most perfect and de¬ 
sirable invention for cheese mak¬ 
ing now in use. It has had the 
benefit of several years introduc¬ 
tion, and is very generally adopted 
in the cheese making sections of 
this State. The N. Y State Ag¬ 
ricultural Society awarded it their 
first premium; also, the St. Law¬ 
rence. Jefferson, and Lewis County 
Societies, respectively awarded it 
their first premiums for the best 
apparatus Jor cheese making , 
and, considering the dairy interest 
is greatest in those counties, its 
character could not. receive a high¬ 
er indorsement. The vat is made 
double and portable —the outer 
one of wood, and with perpendicu¬ 
lar sides and ends, and level bot¬ 
tom. The inner or milk vat is made 
of tin, and fits the outer one at the 
top, but its sides and ends incline 
inward, and do not extend to the 
bottom of the outer one; its bot¬ 
tom, therefore, is smaller, and a 
space is left all round the bottom 
and sides of the tin vat, which is 
used for the water chamber, and 
will contain from fifteen to twenty 
gallons of water, according to the size. A heater is attached below the bottom, and is made of a double cylinder, with 
a water space between. The inner one, made of copper, forms the fire chamber, and offers 500 to 700 square inches of 
hea ting surface to the water. This water chamber of the heater is connected and communicates with water chamber of 
vat by two water pipes, for circulation of water from vat to heater, returning to vat as soon as it becomes heated. By 
this arrangement the water used for cooling may be used for heating without rehandling. Capacity sufficient for all 
heating necessary in one cheese making in 80 minutes, if desired, with but 15 to 20 lbs. good dry hard wood. The heat 
may be shut off at any time from the vat, and plenty of hot water furnished from heater—making it the most convenient 
and perfect apparatus for cheese making in the world. Full directions, with warranty, accompany each machine, and 
will be furnished by mail on application. Curd Knives, gangs of four and six double edge cast steel blades, with 
about ten feet of cutting edge to each knife, will be furnished when ordered: and, considering the importance of 
uniform and fine cutting of the curd, to insure equal scalding or cooking, and the expedition with which it may be 
done, without putting the hands into the scalding whey, these knives are found indispensable when once introduced. 
Old Style Heaters. 
New Pattern Heater, w t itii other Improvements. 
no. 
DIMENSIONS. 
WILL HOLD. 
PRICE. 
no. 
DIMENSIONS. 
WILL HOLD. 
PRICE. 
1 
4 feet, by 22 inches. 
56 gallons. 
$20 00 
2 
4 feet 9 inches, by 24 inches. 
73 gallons. 
$30 00 
2 
4 feet 9 inches, by 24 inches. 
73 gallons. 
25 00 
3 
5 feet 6 inches, by 26 inches. 
91 gallons. 
82 50 
3 
5 feet 6 inches, by 26 inches. 
91 gallons. 
30 00 
4 
6 feet 6 inches, by 26 inches. 
112 gallons. 
37 50 
4 
6 feet 6 inches, by 26 inches. 
112 gallons. 
35 00 
5 
7 feet 8 inches, by 26 inches. 
145 gallons. 
42 50 
5 
7 feet 8 inches, by 26 inches. 
145 gallons. 
40 00 
6 
8 feet 10 inches, by 27K in. 
180 gallons. 
47 50 
6 
8 feet 10 inches, by 27K in. 
180 gallons. 
45 00 
7 
8 feet 10 inches, by 27K iii. 
210 gallons. 
50 00 
