The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-27

they do NOT cost on an average more than half the prices
for similar tools ruling the other side OF the Atlantic
The timber purchased roughly blocked out, to be work
ed up as equired and partially seasoned This consists
principally OF choice white oak OF second growth, ash
hickory birch and white wood each piece being inspect
ed and tested these works before being packed under
the sheds for completing the seasoning All me iron
used TO them in bars or IN The Pig and Is by 'he
worked up either into their wrought work or cast
Dgs The labor OF dozen saved alone by an IN
genious contrvanee they employ for blowing Their dozen
furnaces, which constantly bright-the steam engine
(of hundred horse power working the machinery
also blowing these forge and melting fires II appears
though improved machinery does all OF their wood
work except putting the finished pieces together mus
every inch OF planning, morsng, tenoning, growing,
curvng and hole boring which make up the labor OF The
country implement joiner, is here done by machines, the
most of which will each do the days work OF hundred
hands, with but 10 regulate It's motions. Their
iron bolts, nuts rods, &c, are also cut by ma
chney; while huge planning machines dress the parts OF
cast iron though they OF soft pine wood. The
reader may fancy the rapdity with which these appica
tons OF genius and science cheapenng articles OF prime
necessity do their work. when mention that this house
will probably sell in all this year fifteen thousand poughs
alone After being completed their implements sent
down TO the warehouses in Water street, which embrace
their greatest and interesting show for here they
also keep the beautiful horticultural tools, the limited de-
mand for which oblges them still to import them either
from the East the other side of the Atlantic.
These warehouses five stories high, and run back
half the full depth OF the block OF which they form
portion noted down OF the articles they exhibit
there by way of illustrating the completeness Of their
business Thus, full fifty varieties oil shears for
trimming trees plants, and lawns-from huge nippers,
req urng two to handle them, to delicate SCISSORS
with which lady may clip rose IN the middle OF the
bush, and draw to her without scratching lar hand
There are endless varieties of domestic and foreign
chsels bush hooks scythes cattle ties, to enable cows
or horses TO freely in every direction that may not
interfere with others chained them; axes for making
bar holes in posts maleable traps for catching moes
samples of everything for sale in America in the way OF
oil whe and grind stones; iron welpulleys, which are
used for many other labor saving farm purposes cask
and farm brands kept always hot from small furnaces
which they contain portable ladders shutting up into
light pole hand poughs; hoes with couefs Tor garden
work, with every variety OF hoes now In use and also
every conceivable pattern OF stable FORK shovel, SPADE
and rake the temper in the stock of many oil their kinds
of fork being equal to that of fine sword blade; Their
mometer churns, and dozen other kinds OF butter ma
kers capital chain pumps which they sell Tor fifty cents
per foot zinc milk pans; maeabe cast-iron ditto por-
celaned the nside water rams; earlhen pipes Tor
subsoi draining-an excellent English idea just coming
into use here nothing in the collection pleasing
me more than this efficient labor saving invention
while | was present the house received one order to
send several miles OF these drains TO Cuba glass milk
pans twenty different kinds OF farm pumps patent bee
4 hives of many varieties; well-woven shuck collars,
ern States though they something new at the North;
appe parers which, though costing more than 62k
cents save full three ourhs the labor and time OF hand
pairing lruit-an inermnable duty, as we all know who
have orchards, and disposed to make the most OF
them Next there garden rees-a convenient little
tool galvanized wire garden fencing TO keep out poultry
the position location of which may be altered almost
while am writing of it-these sold at from IS TO SO
cents per running foot gransoweTs OF various kinds
lawn rakes planting hoes OF very fine material mple
for transpantng cabbage and other vegetables
and flowers knives oil many descriptions various
, rice hulers; plantation accountbooks, simple, though
well calculated to introduce rigid system the planta-
ton farm; farming and gardening books; sausage
u meat cutters and Ingenious machines for filling the
= sausage SKINS farm pipes OF lead, guita-percha,
l. and India rubber garden tool chests, worth from
twelve 10 twenty dollars, with all the Implements 10
iT fit single handle cross-cu huge pullers oI
roofing out stumps; portable furnaces, with FORCES
e complete; iron fancy garden and graveyard fencing
various patterns OF plantation steel mills 10 go by hand
:; or horse grinding two bushels of per hour
French burr stones compact dog powers for churning,
sold complete for S5 glass gauges for testing the rea-
tive richness of mlka beautiful little aricle scythe
y rifles all conceivable patterns of the cuyaor three.
x share ploughs Tor catvang ploughing in grain
lie cultvator TO throw the earth to or from the rows
/ geared-a very beautiful tool indeed cotton sweeps Of
lie many kinds-one, a cuvaor with a broad, flat, hori-
cutter in front, two side cutters, and then har
~ row behind all patterns OF harrows in use The great
r variety Of poughs in the world, which they sell
e from 81 so 10 $50 Uhere than hundred
Is kinds OF this implement IN their warehouses-among
them noticed the sde-hll plough, with shifting mould
board poughs for breaking up the subsoi without
IN bringing ii to the surface poughs used principally 10
the West Indies large that at least three yoke OF stout
oxen be requisite to work them 10 tight soil othe
plougbs for the West Indies with wrought-ron handles
s. single handled ploughs; ploughs and cultyators fol
~ working vegetables by hand, &c. post hole sugers
ugar-cushers thirty different varieties Of strawcuttes
ii and as many different shelters yokes, with self
fastening keys self acting cheese presses to press them
Of selves with power equal 10 ten times the weight OF h
cheese in them circular saws horse rakes and muz
n yles poughs 10 throw The earth both ways disturbing
for width OF four feet grain scoops; different pat
II terms OF horse powes-also Of reapers and cob
crushers vegetable boilers baypresses encompasses
4, brick making machines for plantation use TO mould irou
e. 10000 10 IS 900 per diem castron sectional rollers
TX which sngy be worked by man. but joined all to
d. geiher require from two to four horses spring rakes
m with iron teeth for raking hay improved threshers
e. all kinds shelters, which, when worked by steam
OF will shell 1000 bushels Of per diem which they sci
be for $50 Their cellars filled with cargoes Of guano
is bone dust plaster, and castings; the latter though
beng hundreds OF thousands being kept perfect order
Much Of these huge warehouses is devoted to their seed
business for they keep all varieties required in Thu
l. country Here, too, is the publication Office Of he
, American Agricuturi-t," of the first and mos
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