Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-05-26
October, 1852.
No. 2.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE, }
Anril Eth 1874

The Committee Arts and Sciences of the American In
ute respectfully report that they have examined the plans
of Threshng Machine submitted by Mr. William Russell
Palmer of North Carolina. They find in this Machine
marked difference from previous articles the
which known to them, namey-that the feed is
presented at right angles to the direction in which the
ers or Fats revolve This method presents very obvious
LIST. The of feeding attended with comparatively
little danger of the limbs of the feeder being drawn
instrument and places him entirely of the
any parts of the engine which be thrown off in
quence OF the centrifugal action generated by the great
ocity at which Threshng Machines must necessarily be
driven.
ID 1t becomes possible either permit the straw to enter
the Machine or to retain in the hands of the feeder and
although equal amount of grain may not be threshed out
in the latter cases. ye in the neghborhood of cities unbo
ken straw is product of such value make this
portant feature &c. also, Flax and Hemp Seeds may by
this Machine, be separated from the stalks without any
jury to the fibre.
The Threshing Machine of Mr. Russell possesses
ton the capacity of being adjusted grain of any size
from the punpest Wheat Glover and Grass Seeds and
thus every seminal product of farm except Indian Corn,
may be threshed by and the
adjusted This advantage certainly not possessed by
Of the Threshing Machines in nor, far
by any Machine intended for the same purpose.
| All which is respectfully submitted
New YORK, 9TH April, 1854
/ (Signed) JAS. RENWICK, r,h;
JAS. ]. MAPES, On"'' hnen
testify the above be copy of the Report Pal
mers Threshing Machine unanin ousy adopted by the
American Institute, April 9th, 1854.
H. MElGs, Recording Secretary.
'HYDE COUNTY, N c.
This to certify that purchased of Palmers mprov
ed kGataSsng Fail Machines No largsst size
wheat My crop is in bad condition. the wheat exceedingly
vet and shrveed We have timed the Machine but once
and it threshed 80 stack in less than half day The
sized stacks usually yield about IL bushels delighted
wh 0 1oTs have tried rice Th m %aRne
THREsHING MACHINE.-The progress which this country
has made in the and sciences within the last few years.
is true wonderful At one time electrified by the
lightning speed of the Collins steamer:at another with the
astonishing performances of some machine and again
by the eetness of yachts and so on to the end Of the
chapter The latest novelty and which cannot fall
think to create great sensation, Threshng Machine
invented by Mr.. Palmer, of North Carolina. who has
ted New York. for the purpose of introducing it. Mr. Pal
brings letters of from the most
eminent men at the South who have seen in operation
At recent agricultural convention in North Carolina,
report adopted by the principle planters in which they
state that the machine not only the cheapest, small
lest least and best thing OF the KIND yet nyen
ted but that entities the inventor to the gratitude of the
whole agricultural world Among the numerous papers of
Judge Donald of Newbern n c. in which he speaks of it
in terms of the hghes praise At the solicitation of the in
saw the machine in operation.
It hreshed out with perfect ceaness kernel far
could of every grain put into it, from the tiny
Timothy seed to the Long Island wheat and perfect
g convinced that it the best machine of the kind have
We are assured that with four men to feed the
No l. double machine it take hundred loads
of wheat the morning lying in the shea pass it through
the hresher separate every kernel from the straw-New
| York Express.
The EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Thresh-
ing Machine of Mr. Palmer, (Which exhibited at the
Crystal Palace is invention and novel in construc-
on differing in all respects totally from any heretofore
s athnee a at asG h pS
advance of the fail trampng of cattle 1t does not hre
M a wbe fed y $
in front, feeding it with wheat and himself with dust,
which sometimes added flying tooth other death deal
ing object The grain put into this machine upon aprons
both sides fast four can handle and unbound
e in s
inches thick the hole being about the size of bundle of
grain and situated f at the outer edge of the Scs about
grain struck by four iron arms of inch round IRON
which firmly set in hub that is made to revolve with
great speed This blow blows falling rapidly upon the
haeds they project from square corner, knocks out
great portion IF the grain the straw is then carried forward
by the the lower half of the circle the sides of
which waved plates of ron which give the straw tor
no Sn0e ou TIE still carried BY the
arms the upper part of the circle ana thrown out at the
side it entered little above. These plates are ad
Unstable to be set close for timothy wide for coarse
straw either wheat oats riee buckwheat peas eth
err which will thresh perfectly clean. This machine.
exhibited with its most elaborate fnish might be as
mere model of the conception of visionary patentee
but such not the machines have been fully
tested by large planters in North Carolina where was IN
vented and there a shadow of doubt upon mind
that with the power this machine win thresh
grain than othe and we think one who has had
much experience in threhng examine this model with
out coming the conclusion before he it in
We beg grain growers who read these notes. to make it
point this thresher and beg the inventor to
nut card upon tell those who with wonder at it,
without knowing what it is that it is Palmer Threshng
Machine. ,
The same has made valuable improvement upon the
spike cylinder machines prevent danger to
person tending them when stone other hard
happens to be the sheaf This simply by cutting off the
apron just before it reaches the cylinder that all heavy
drop down There also roller in front Of the
cylinder whole sheaVes from passing the feeder
getting his hand caught These inventions valuable i'm
provements for the farmer. and this inventor, like all his
class doing good to others than himself At least
him the honor to examine bis inventionsN r Tribune
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