New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-01
THE E\HIBI I ION
AT THE
CRYST ALPALACE.
NNIV.

FARM INpI ENENTS-THRE>Hl MACHINES
Machines for threshing grain well Represented IN
the exhibition We have slreaiy spoken OF several,
sud will now give such descriptions Of Others Is VI" eaA
be such Of GU esders msy not De familiar WIKI tals
kud of labor saving.fsrm machinery hos mres space
NAY be reauired and also Whist constitutes threshlag
r.chi,e. or tbresher and clesner combined
wsxiu first describe one If medium size which We
,d in the collection of L. l. Allen, on the north side
Of tie gallery Tbiss simply for hreseng otithe gram
without separating il from the straw sud chat Ma
chimes for tha, purpose are much used by large wheat
Growers: some Of them depOstng Il in bags reaiy Tor
market.
Tti.u.chine stout frame, 81 inches high, Is inches
lorc. and > inches wide, which supports cylinder -
inches long and 10 inches dameIer made OF wood, Gov
eredsth shee, ron the periphery OF which short iron
teeth Are set SO as to between corresponding teeth
in coucsye bed Ths is called an under shot mach ne
An over slot one has similar c0lcayeeap oser the cyl
irder This cylinder is driven with gres speed BY
hand running over puly on the end Of the sio1s iron
.laft yron Which il runs. The bundles of grain
with the bands cut, are laid upon platform
aleu-, 81 feet long attached 70 the frame IN front
Of the cylinder which carries them through and out al
tie other end OF the machine where the stFsS IS rsked
fu the grain By hard, sometimes separated BY ma
ctirery attached and driven IN connection with toe
thrs.her ON the same floor is machine called oil
ter,'s Excelsior Thrssher snd Cleaner. Ihi>term 50
offtn nisaprlied means more lofty more elevated;
LcL,rn ard TO us "a have sD"lt as mlch 20 d"
with stbrsshing machine slh the ple ei sira" AFTER
teT thIcsIcc.
The frsne II this machine is necessarily good deal
hicler the other described be aase has fan
1s mill directly under the cylinder slmar IN oil res
r,rT 70 those uoticed in former article. The
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driven up,n 4 revolving band made OF small sticks
.,r.v.si resembling Venetian WindOs blind.
ush az those arranged 70 draw up ~ cords on tue IN
SIDE Il VII dows Ibis bsGd is some i've or SIX fee,
orc On its upper SUFFICE and as the tra" u carried up
H. ,jc.t pcration 81 which il is placed and over The
nd Were II ls Fix or seven feet 70 the ground, the
era falls through the ssis Of the band on TO the screens
Of the tanning nil. here the cbsh Is blown away and
The crau delivered 10 bsgs Tor narSet that s VA about
state as oyenly farmers are app % send It to
Nil or for ssle It's represented that No machine,
eosfue $40 Ill hrash :nd clear ten ort~elFe hundred
bu,t.s in dsv With two horses. II It vii Do three-
areI. Of that the purchaser nay rest assuredtnst he
Las got eocd article. ,,.A..I.
r,. and fan by small bands rom the G. Under 90 that
all operate together from The same power,
The REGULARITY in tbs threshing machine, aud upon
which tie inventor claims superiority over all others
i In The formation 81 the hreshiDg cylinder. which Is
certarlv We believe unlike any Of the sOmeshst hume
rous family /. is thirtyODe inches long and sixteen
rctes in diameter ueasu Nc from the eItreuirles OF
tie teeth srd is composed CT center shAt surrounded
by eight round bars which support nSe teeth or ratner
ciut. r II teeth eacl bar These clusters are made
Il niece Of thin fat bar lr0n two and halt Inches
Se srd sixteen inches o1g through hoiein the center
~ utich ,urs the shaft md equidstans each eide
m.nr bar Each oftAe fat bars has two pieces rvt
"A IN each de the ads Of each Gu, into four ssvke
teeth ssd each plate bent out from ih3 other thus r-
no tn c, lirder az Of wTough lron lie conaAye IL
,possd Of eleven finsh bars of s4ua-e iron ct With
he Gamers % ,he teeth hch pars very close ~ their
r,fsce There IRE no teeth ia the eoacsTe The hight
II lie cylinder saaft four feet hiee aches above the
-grd reuderisg il Necessary IN the feeder to be ee
stS The zi.h If the frame Is three feet s;gh inches.
I'd length INDEPENDENT of tie feeding platform and
tr.v CARRIE four feet four lhes Tho hight from the
1ourd % to oi the cap n the e!sler Is ave feet
move zhgh il dust chimney, vhlc1 nsy sometimes
tsreft TIE feeder little.
Never having seen this machine n operation, ne
rt e1r,ess OurfeTes Gte saDsuce a. the inventor
tis- TIE best of al not only u the exhibition tai
ortof II The opini&n Of several gentlemen Of good
iuJ,u.1t Who have examined tie machine without
nit work is that will break the grains Of wheat II
n does that any than any other thresher il vii
.,ol il for seed. Our opinion is that /. viii not.
However il 10 our candid opinion, from long aud
careful examination thar about fourth OF the grains
Of wheat ard those Of the largest size ruined sr
seed in their passage through any threshing machine
We believe every grain that Is struck fair blow BY one
Of the teeth hiss s terminating power destroyed even
Wien il shows 70 external btesAsge AIA tAls % cur