Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16

and scrubbing Like all other corporations railroad man
ayers are hardhearted mortas and are probably not
be greatly moved to make Improvements in yentiaune
their carriages by the sight Of the pable condition o.
their patrons the end Of journey by railway The
saving of repairs however must prove no less powerful
with them than the increased pleasure OF travel
by railway to grow of the greater comfort incident
such ventilation as describe above W. d. W.
New YoRK, 0eroBER g. 1852.
Next to the railway department of the American Insti
,utes current Fair the department for agricultural i'm
pemens best illed horsepower, reapers and now
er corn planters sausage machines, rice-huers
and cob crushers, farm mills of all descriptions, wire
fencing SC nh the bridge or long platform leading
over the water from the battery common the walls OF
the garden old fort In all these the greatest improve
ment manifested is in hay stalk, and straw cutter,
which is indeed wonderful machine. II appeared to
me, until this cutter in operation, that the imple-
the end heretofore in were past inn
proving for they had previously been apparently made
perfect Those using them however, are aware OF the
difficulty of keeping them in order especially at
distance from the point at which they are manufactured
being impossible cast pieces 10 perform their
required work satisfactorily from any other than the
original patterns by which the particular machine the
farmer may have in use was made. have thus been
could not get south Of New York. small casting, cost
ing perhaps twenty-five cents which Indispensable
and must be made upon exact pattern than the
two pieces of the broken casting would furnish This
fault seems to be incident to every strawcutter
lately in USE and especially in those constructed for
tho nns part Of Hene tle great necessity for
machine to fodder which embraces strain OF any
description any castron that may not be in the shape
Of wheels With the exception of this defect which
appeared TO all the strawcutters of the day. as
before remarked thought the machine had been per-
fected Yet one has made its appearance at this Fair
originating Georgia. from whence would last look
for invention of this Sort which
those who witness its operation unite in declaring to be
capable Of doing from three FIVE times much work
with the driving power any other cutter be-
fore invented At trial recently had with to
feed and another at the Wheel in fifteen minutes it cut
up sufficient hay for all the mixed food required in twenty
four hours in stable OF fifty horses As astonishing as
this statement may appear know it to be true. con-
ceve il be capable of cutting much faster than it
be fed by hand-as fast, when driven by single
horsepower, two lay on the hay or straw
The machine to which refer invented by Mr.. ].
Brown, one of the firm of E T. TAYLOR Co., cotton
gin makers Columbus Georgia. On the first day it
exhibited at the Georgia State Fair the inventor received
which conveys not only high compliment to his inge
nuty but proof positive that least in that quarter of
the Southern States those engaged in agriculture
length alive to the better economy of using the beslabor
saving implements On being exhibited at the New York
State Fair recently held Utica took the first premium
without serious contest, though brought all the way
from the interior Of Georgia.
In getting up this cutter Mr. Brown has resorted to
the old theory Of Whitney arranging his
ed cotton-gin Thus il consists of nineteen circular
knives of thin caststee fastened clamped) revoy
ing shaft about inch apart, which show aggregate
cutting edge of 8A feet constantly cutting when the ma
chines in motion. know Of other straw-cuter which
embraces feet of cutting edge altogether. These
knives work in the Stats Of ribbed revolving wheel las
gin work, and each rib Of this wheel there
projections regular distances which feeders
drawing in only the proper quantity Of straw stalks
hay which merely thrown down upon the hopper of the
machine by the attending hand Tho knives bear againnt
nothing but the fodder which so dimnishes the usual
friction in such implements that the power requisite to
with the nineteen circular knives is actually
greater than is requisite drive cutters wherein but
one knife only is operating at any given moment.
Above describe the principles which the machine
is based, that its operation win be understood at
glance by any mechanic There being bearing against
the edges Of the knives but that Of the fodder they
very rarely require sharpening and when they do require
it boy Of twelve years Of age sharpen them in five
minutes by simply rubbing milestone upon them, the
process being conveniently done in whettng up
seythe blade In stone, any thing Of the Sort
should get into the machine in armfu Of fodder,
single knife viii break bend which damage may be
medied in minute by substituting another
being furnished with the machine at additional cost
Of twenty-five for each With all the other cutters
now in USE when stick gets into them, they
must forthwith be sent the smthshop foundry,
thrown aside useless for, ten TO one, castire
snaps asunder
The practical farmer or stock keeper only can estimate
the great advantage Of working thus free from
any liability to get out Of order require be
from home before it be again used As labor saving
machine, its advantages are Of great importance to the
whole country Every farmer stable keeper in these
times avas himself of the great economy Of feeding
stuff and this invention at enables all to fodder
Of every description with expenditure Of but
the labor at present required though within the last ter
years past that labor has been reduced to onetenh
what it previously threw twenty stalks upon III,
hopper this afternoon, and before could place another
armfu upon from the pile laying within arms-lengtf
of the machine they all cut into pieces for feeding
As WHOLE this machine is exceedingly simple requiring
little cog Arrangement that requisite in any Other
strawcutter having rotary motion. There can be ne
doubt that ii is destined to at into universe
use Indeed, Ilearn that the company manufacturing
here-Taylor Thomas Co., 127 Pearl sreet-are already
down with orders from the stock keepers
the city, though il in New York by tina
class OF men before being placed in the Fair on Tuesday,