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THE CULTIVATOR. 
will irom time to time give you the result of my endeavors to im¬ 
prove my place. 
Considering marl, lime, and plaster of Paris, or sypsum, as stimu¬ 
lants merely, due attention will be paid to clover and grass crops, and 
barn yard manure ; the last being composed of all the refuse of the 
farm, applied in a crude or unrotted state. 
I should be gratified to receive any suggestions that you can make 
in regard to the proper improvement of my farm. Or suggestions 
from any of your subscribers, would be gladly received, and acted 
upon, if consonant to my own views. 
Yours, with much respect, E. H. VANUXEN. 
Long Branch, N. J. Nov. 17th, 1836. 
MAXWELL’S PATENT SELF-FEEDING CORN-SHELLER. 
The Hand Corn- Shelter, of which the above is a view, consists of 
a frame two feet six inches square, and three feet six inches high, 
in the centre of the upper part of which, is a cast-iron plate with 
teeth in it, fixed on an inclined shaft, which gives to the plate an 
angle of about 15 degrees ; over this, are the several apartments or 
avenues, with springs, for receiving the ears of corn. The ears rest¬ 
ing on the plate, and being confined sidewise, acquire a rotary mo¬ 
tion, that brings all their parts in contact with the sheller. The 
wheel in the above view, gives motion to the sheller, by means of a 
pinion one-fourth the diameter of the wheel, the plate making four 
revolutions to one of the hand. 
The larger machine calculated for power is similar to the above, 
excepting in the shelling plate, which is of a conical form, with com¬ 
partments all around for receiving the ears. 
A power machine, recently sent to Washington for exhibition, 
contained twelve compartments for receiving ears, and with one 
horse power, is capable of grinding 500 bushels or more per day. 
The patent, or single rights, for sale by the inventor, 
JAMES MAXWELL, 259 Bowery, New-York. 
CULTIVATOR, OR HORSE HOE.—Fig. 46. 
Above is a figure or drawing of Bement's Cultivator, or Horse 
Hoe. It has been much improved of late in manufacture as well as 
by the addition of new fashioned points or shares, which render it a 
very useful implement on the farm, and will be found particularly 
useful in the beet culture, which is now very justly engaging the at¬ 
tention of some of our enterprising agriculturists. Yvith the aid of 
the Horse Hoe and Drill Barrow,the cultivation of the beet maybe 
made as easy as that of corn or potatoes. 
The Horse Hoe is useful for stirring the soil in the intervals be¬ 
tween rowed crops, especially corn, potatoes, turnips, beets and 
beans. 
Respecting the construction of Horse Hoes, it may be observed, 
that soils of different textures will require shares of different forms, 
according to the hardness or tenacity. The number of hoes in hard 
soils require to be diminished; in a hard clay soil, one of the trian¬ 
gular hoes in the centre, (C,) and four of the coulters in the wings, 
will often be all that can be made to enter the soil. 
In using this implement, the operator should always consider 
whether he will produce more benefit by merely cutting over or 
rooting up the weeds, or by stirring the soil; because the hoe suited 
for the one purpose is by no means well adapted for the others. In 
the former case, flat or triangular shares are to be used; in the lat¬ 
ter, coulters are much more efficient, as they will enter the soil and 
stir it to considerable depth, thus greatly benefitting the plants by 
admitting air, heat, dews, and rain, and by rendering it more perme¬ 
able by the roots. 
It should be introduced between the rows or drills as soon as the 
plants appear above ground, and the operation should be repeated 
at intervals till the crop is thoroughly cleaned. 
The clevis on the point of the beam is so constructed, that the 
draught may be regulated so as to keep the wheel firm on the ground, 
thereby steadying the machine, and the depth is regulated by the 
wheel, and may be varied from two to six inches. The triangular 
hoes (C,) cut the bottom of the space between the drills complete¬ 
ly, and should circumstances require, the hoes may be replaced by 
the coulters, which will open and pulverize the soil as well as rake 
out the weeds. The wings expand so that it may be regulated to 
any required width from 16 to 30 inches. 
When the earth is required to be taken from the plants, as is the 
case with the ruta baga when quite small, the half shares (D,) are 
to be used, turning the mould boards to the centre, and the double 
ones substituted when the earth is to be replaced. 
The coulters (G,) are useful for scarrifying old meadows that have 
become turf-bound. The double mould board shares are also useful 
for covering peas and oats instead of the plough or harrow. 
They are for sale at the Agricultural Warehouse of Wm. Thor- 
burn, 317 North Market-street, Albany. Price $15, including three 
triangular, three double mould board, three half mould board shares 
and five coulters, and carefully packed in a box for transportation. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Mr. Buel—H aving used the following implements on my farm 
and tested their qualities, I take great pleasure in recommending 
them to my brother farmers, as worthy of their particular notice. 
There is one thing, however, to be taken into consideration—all 
farms are not calculated for the use of all the implements enumerat¬ 
ed. My soil is a sandy loam, and free from stumps and stones. 
No. 1, Concklin’s Press Roller —is decidedly the best and most ef¬ 
ficient roller that I have ever seen. I used it in the spring, after 
turning under a green sward, which I intended for corn and Swedish 
turnips. It not only levelled and smoothed the surface, but perforat¬ 
ed the sod full of small holes, which admitted the rain and air, there¬ 
by causing a more rapid decomposition ; and in using my cultivator 
in dressing my Swedes, not a sod was disturbed or turned up during 
the season. On a clay soil, I should think it invaluable, for it pulve¬ 
rizes the earth much better than all the other implements commonly 
used for that purpose, put together. 
On an old meadow which had become mossy and hide-bound, 1 
used it for scarifying, previous to a top-dressing of old manure. Its 
operation was very effective and satisfactory. 
Ploughed land, once rolled by this machine, is reduced to a finer 
state than by two or three rollings or harrowings with the ordinary 
implements used for that purpose. By removing the teeth, which 
are secured by a small wedge, a smooth roller is made of it at once. 
I am informed by the patentee, that he has made some important 
improvements since he made the one I have. 
It is figured and described in the first number and seventh page of 
the present volume of the New-York Farmer, and in the second 
number of the third volume of the Cultivator. They are manufac¬ 
tured by the patentee, Mr. John C. Conklin, Peekskill, N. Y. 
