Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-11-29
Cos a ssicaitrals Exeaanses md Correspondence
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FARM IMPLEMENTS

HCAt III WI Hst. vi q sulUotIl SuTidEs
this Implement works admirably. ana
will be highly useful when we Srais'
timothy and clover. There are severn
patents, but we have used Revolving
Rrake for two seasons and feel safe i
recommending them to farmers.
This Instrument, so well known in thi.
country, and in use for so many years
holds nearly the same relation to the
common hand rake 10 saving labor, Al
the pillow and cultivator bear to the hand
hoe. Still a large portion Of our farm
ers have not availed themselves OF its
advantages The amount Of work il
will perform with a single horse and
driver may be estimated BY any one,
when it is stated that strip Of hay on
the ground, ten feet wide, may be raked
up into winrows as fast as the horse can
walk that is, if the horse travels three
miles an hour, more than three acres
will be raked up IN that time, or at the
rate Of twenty-four acres per day.
The only labor in unloading each
rake-full Of hay, is slight lifting Of the
handles, which causes the teeth and
handles to make semi-revolution, and
dropsthe hay without the least stopping
or delay. The rapidity with which a
large field Of hay may be secured from
threatening storm, is one Of its great
est advantages. When in operation,
the teeth lie fiat on the ground, and not
as represented in many agricultural pa
pers, running on their points.
i Prices range from seven to fifteen
dollars. sss y
81 We next have the improvements in
butter making 10 attract our attention.
Cylinder, Thermometers and Centrifugal
Cburns are rapidly taking the place Of
old fashioned barrel churns We have
usedSboth the cylinder and thermometer
patterns, but prefer the latter.
This arrangement forms the best hand
'churn now before the public. II has the
Double Zinc Cylinders for facilitating
the process ofobtaining the proper tenn
perature bysmeans Of hot or cold water,
without mingling i with the milk and
cream. A thermometer is neatly set IN
one end to enable the operator to know
the proper degree of temperature St
which to commence churning. r. take
out and wash the butter, all that IS ne
cessary is withdraw the crank when
tits readily taken out. a , "
The Iactometer is another implement
much g in il vogue in large dairies. II con-
sists Of several glass tubes placed il 4
frame or stand perpendicuiarly. The
upper parts Of these tubes arc. divided
and subdiyided BY marks cut il the
glass, and all thus graduated exactly
like the others. They are filled with
milk from different cows, and tothe same
height, then after remaining Il proper
time the quantity Of cream in each is
distinctly seen at a glance. through the
glass, and the exact difference deter
mined by, the described marks.
The milk can also be tested by the color.
and consistency, after the cream has,
arisen. BY holding the whole up TO a
strong light. Prices in Albany from Us
to S4.
soThe Vegetable Gutter is an imple-
ment that must soon come into, notice
among farmers il Minnesota
ssItsis,constructed with heavy iron face
plate vince, with three large apertures
through il j. this wheel, reyolyes on 4
shaft, b means 81 The crank or other
power, and in front III q hopper into
which the vegetables are thrown There
Il one long, wide knife at each aperture,
which serves to cut the roots into large
slices ]; there are also on the front side
Of the wheel Eve smaller knives placed
at right angles with eacII large knife ].
these serve 70 cut the slices INTO strips
at the same operation. One bushei can
BIZ cut per minute with this machine,