Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-11-23
Interesting to Farmers
Leayitt'S Portable Corn Mill.

FOR grtfsdtsg Etre Meal for Family use; Crush
ing Corn and Col az together, and for ssezsmg
Com.
i IN bringing the above Mill before the Farm
4 IL ers of Bedford and Lincoln counties, l re-
ly solely upon the merits of the MIL, and not
upon the hundred certificates and paid news
paper puffs that frequently accompany Inven-
1tions of very little and often of no practical
value. The favorable impression which this
Mill makes on the minds of all who see it
perform, inducts the belief that there is not
One HnteiEilyeut Practical Farmer
who will fail to be thoroughly convinced of
its great utility, fitness and perfect adaptation
to the wants of the Planter
/. It 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 raisevs 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 or
cows, and if they fail to do this, they will |
soon learn that one-half 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 srty pounds, of corn ground is equal
to one hundred not ground, and that the coo
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-
.ually fatten in one-third less time Again it
$ well known that the appetite of Stock is not :
satisfied until distension of the stomach is
and the stomach of any animal
when fed upon clear corn) will hold twice as +,
much nutfiment Indigestion can extract, con- /
equently total loss of one-half of the ami /
naPs food is the result, passing through the J
tomach before it can be properly digested- /
There is no way by which corn can be reduced
o a proper consistency for food for any ami p
nal so that the stomach when flied. NAV i
ontain no moro nutritious matter than diges- o
ion can extract other than by grinding or +
rushing the corn, and mixing it with food less C
utritious, and nothing is better adapted to
nswer that purpose than the cob. o.
Farmers who try this mode of b
eediEg one year, will never afterwards
arrow one ear to their stock trnd,oand. al
The great beauty of this Mill is its Dursa- L
iity, Utility and Simplicity, being
le greatest money saving machine ever in B
ented for the Farmer There is no gearing al
tacheG toit-will last an ordinary lifetime s.
pthing to get out on order-is simple and ca e
ly understood, and managed BY one hand 81
very statement hiade about this Mil is srl;f-
iaent to all who see perform. All farmers O
no consume as much as one hundred barrels be
corn per allvm, should be in possession of
lie of these Mills, assss its use, tn. will soon 81
We enough to pay for it. The farmer must WI
We all Remnants of Produce, as we'll pe
sthe merchant, who nicely folds awav five to
nts worth of the oldest calico in the store. gu
Farmers, your corn now commands fair no
ice, and IS it not to your own pecuniary in
rest to save every barrel of it you CAM Buy ex
e of these Mills, and that object will be eff
ctcd. The Mill will be furnished you and =
it up on your plantation in running order,
t the very small sum of Sevemty-Fiycl
OIlars!, How pleasant it would be for
cry farmer to be enabled to do all of his own
hiding at home. Having purchased the
tent Right for the counties of Bedford, Lin
IN and franklin, am prepared to fill all or
rs for Mills at the shortest notice. One of 4
8 Mills can be seen in operation in Shelby Il.
lie, at E. d. Dromgoole's Livery Stable ant
lere the farmers are particularly invited to gre
anime and see it grind. You need not be to
aid gentlemen, it will bear testing. One of all
; Mills viii soon be in operation in Fayette- w,
lie, of which due notice will be given. See we
grind, crush and shell, then pass Judgment,
not till them All orders for the Mill, left
tn Mr.. L. D.Dromgoole at Shelbyvilie, will ,;ol
promptly attended to by me- All commu- NJ
ations respecting the Mill, addressed 10 me r.
Shelbyville, will be promptly responded to. -
J.. P. DR0MGO0LE. r1a s
Shelbyville, Aug. 10, 1854 g fa-