. The American farmer's instructor, or, Practical agriculturist [microform] : comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm, together with a variety of information which will be found important to the farmer. Agriculture; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints. •\ f 448 IMPLEMENTS, &c. OP THE FARM. IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. the meritorious inventor of it, (Mr. 0. Husset,) a handsome pair of silver ; 449. Hussey's Patent Reaping Machine. The Committee appointed by the "Philadelph
. The American farmer's instructor, or, Practical agriculturist [microform] : comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm, together with a variety of information which will be found important to the farmer. Agriculture; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints. •\ f 448 IMPLEMENTS, &c. OP THE FARM. IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. the meritorious inventor of it, (Mr. 0. Husset,) a handsome pair of silver ; 449. Hussey's Patent Reaping Machine. The Committee appointed by the "Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture,'^ to superintend the operation of Mr. Hussey's machine, make a very favourable report, recommend- ing it to the attention of the society and the agricultural com- munity generally. They state that it was put in operation in a piece of several acres of heavy wheat, considerably lodged, and contrary to their expectations, it performed remarkably well. "The committee estimate the ordinary performance of the machine at from ten to twelve acres per day; although they fully believe, that on an emergency, it would accomplish twice this amount of work. In confirmation of this they would state that it cut on this occasion, six hundred and thirty square yards in two minutes, doing its work in the most perfect manner.'' THE HAY-SWEEP. The object of the Hay-Sweep is to collect and draw the hay from the win- row to the stack, or place of deposit. It . consists of a piece of scantling, A A, 3 by 4 inches, and 10 feet long, united by seven upright bars of wood, 1 by 2 inches, and 3 feet long, to another piece B B, 4 by 5 inches, and 10 feet long; through the latter, six holes are made in a horizontal direction to receive the teeth, which are pieces of very strong wood, li by 4 inches, and so long as to project two feet and a half on each side of the piece B B, and tapering on their under side like the teeth of a horse-rake, so as not to run into th
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