Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-10-26
In teresting to Farmer
Leayitt'S Portable Corn Mill.

F0T gg7H0tRg fsI'c 4hcdt .JOT T0Dasfy use; CrHSh
ing Corn and Cob all together, and Jor slsel1i,..
! Corn
TN bringing the above Mill before the Farm
4 ers of Bedford and Lincoln counties, re-
lily solely upon the merits of the Mill, and no
upon the hundred certificates and paid news
paper pufs that frequently accompany Inven-
tons of very little and often of no practica
value. The favorable impression which this
Mill makes on the minds of all who see il
perform, induces the belief that there is not
One Inteiligeut Practical Farmer
who will fail to be thoroughly convinced oil
ITS great utility, fitness and perfect adaptation
/ to the wants of the Planter
1t shells twenty bushels of corn per hour
brushes corn and cob together ten bushels, and
grinds three bushels per hour of good fine
meal. The power used, is two ordinary horses
or mules, or yoke of oxen--draft lighter than
ploughing. The time is now here when al
stock raisefs throughout the South, are becom-
| ing more and more convinced of the actual
necessity of crushing and grinding every ear
of corn and cob together, which they feed
their stock, whether they be horses. hogs OF
cows, and if they fail to do this, they will
soon learn that one-ha!f of the corn which
! they have labored to produce, is utterly lost
1t is an admitted fact, proven by ANALYSIS,
the 'experience of the most practical Farmers,
+, and most reliable and authentic Agricultural
works. that sirty pounds, of corn ground, lis equal
to one hundred not ground. and that the cob
contains one-fourth as much nutriment as the
corn grown upon it. 1t is also admitted that
stock (young or old) fed on ground food, are
not only more healthy and thrifty, but will ac-
tually fatten in one-third less time. Again it
is we'll known that the appetite of Stock is not
satisfied until distension of the stomach is
produced, and the stomach of any animal
Il shen fed upon clear corn) viii hold twice as
much ni.triment as digestion can extract, con-
sequentl y totai loss of one-half of the ami
,maPs food is the result, passing through the
stomach before it can be properly digested-
There Isl no way by which corn can be reduced
to proper consistency for food for any AMI
NAL, SO that the stomach when filed. NAV
contain no moro nutritious matter than diges-
ton can extract other than by grinding or
crushing the corn, and mixing it with food less
nutritious, and nothing is better adapted to
answer that purpose than the cob.
Farmers who try This mode of
feeding one year, will never afterwards
throw one ear to their stock ungro,sgd
The great beanty of this Mill is it's Dmrs,.
biiity. Utility and Simplicity, being
the greatest money saving machine ever in
vented for the Farmer. There is, no gearing
attached to twill last an ordinary lifetime
nothing to get out of order-is simple and ca
silly understood, and managed by one hand
Every statement made about this Mill is self
eUideinto all who see perform. All farmers
who consume as much as one hundred barrels
of corn per annum, should be in possession of
one Of these Mills, as by its use. they will soon
ca onouuh IN nov for Tho
save all Remnants of Produce, as we'll
as the merchant, who nicely folds away FIVE
cents worth of the oldest calico in the store.
Farmers, your corn now commands fair
price, and IS it not to your own pecuniary in
terest to save every barrel of it Won CAM Buy
one Of these Mills, and that object will be eff
fected. The Mill will be furnished YOU and
put up on your plantation in running order.
for the very small sum of Sevenfy-Fiye
Dollars! How pleasant it would be for,
every farmer to be enabled to do all of his own !
grinding at home. Having purchased the !
Patent Right for she counties of Bedford. Lin |
coin and Franklin, am prepared to fill all or
iers for Mills at the shortest notice. One of
the Mills can be seen in operation in Shelby
vile, at L. D. Dromgeole's Livery Stable. /
where the farmers are particularly invited to {
examine and see it grind. You need not be I
afraid gentlemen, it will bear testing One of
he Mills will soon be in operation in Fayette-
lille, of which due notice will be given. See
t grind, crush and shell, then pass judgment,
md not till then. All orders for the Mill. left
With Mr.. E. D.Dronlgoole at Shelbyville, will
,e promptly attended to by me- All commu-
licatiohs respecting the Mill. addressed to me
1t Shelbyville, will be promptly responded to-
T. P. DROMGOOLE.
Shelbyville, Aug. 10, 1854.