The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-11


non OF the principal Wheel the makes from sixteen
twenty According to the pace OF the horses,
which suppose from seventy TO hundred yards
minute the woud give from i've to six hunired cuts
that time. The cutting of the grain without cogging
the machine depends upon the form OF the inner groove
where the gides rhe can be lowered raised
levers u To cut TO or farther from the
Eroand. In Nannys machine the'dr'ver, on his seat,
whsn lie ercoUnters any obstruction can instantly give
meyemeat TO the lever which raises The about u
loot tie ground. In the machine Of Cournier the
replaced oy knlyes tea effect OF which would De to
tear the stalks less in cutting. The email r,l whose
is incline the stals towards the cutter has
generally only four wings. NJ Grandsoan.t sames MIN
kr having exchanged in his min the wooden
wings for linen stretched upon rods OF iron.
This constructor he, sshas under the
object Of the mal which should initiate hand pushing
the ala M towards the cutter with gentle motion He
makes bis mil move too rapiy which shakes the grain
from the ears In the best plans the supports Of the
wings be leng hened shortened strike the stalks
Al he required height In McCormick's ill the wings
curve, resembling the form of hand, and by which it
b introduced into the rain first the right and
machine ION the plan of Hussey) and that Of Maziere
have mill, and yet the grain in A satisfactory
manner which might lead the superficial observer to
suppose this piece unnecessary But the service OF the
mill is replaced in their machine by a man with rake
who obliged to overlook the spreading cut stalks
This man inclipes the stalks towards the cutter with his
rake and after they cut spreads them upon the
ground II the men who work these machines
skilful, they can succeed, while the contrary, II
they are negligent, the work will be spoiled. The
mill always performs in the manner; IL is a
oriman who never diverted or fatrned Ia the ma
chimes where the cutter is at the side the cut stalks tall
on platform or apron behind the saw and there ga
thsred by the rake and spread on the ground by
who walks the side, sometimes sits tn.
machine behind the principal wheel. They placed
long line fbundes to the right OF the saw the path
the sta ks fall amoving platform which turns when the
stss have acquired certain weight The in attend
has his left foot placed in strrup in front of this
p.tfor M and the bundle being cut he has only to raise
his foot TO throw 1t on the ground behind where il is
picked up BY one or two followers This principle is
good and in This the with the rake the
place Of the MILL but the bundles should be mme iatey
gathered that the horses may have open path for the
next turf In the propeing Tachine, where tue is
OF the moving wheel The cut stalks fall upon
platform placed behind IT, on an inclined phne The
pla,se has movement FROM left TO right and Il re-
seiges the stalks places them it, elf in line the left OF
The pa'h.
In the machine of Atkins the working of the platform
further secured by the following Ingenious mechanism
large rake artcuated like mans arm and moving
SECULAR inter vais gathers the stalks from the platform
and presses them in bundles against another fixed rake
the teeth a which catch in those of the first the large
rake then reires and leaves the bundles the ground
One man only required to work this machine and
guide the two horses which are attached behind. The
American who invented has gained the admiration OF
the whole public of Trappes BY the Of its motions
The machine cut we'll but at times became clogged A.
Laurent guided his own machine, and three behind
the horses directed il by means OF large fixed bar
adaped 10 the end of the tiller II took him long time
70 traverse small extent OF land; his machine stopped
before small obstruction. Mr. Croskl withdrew his
machine from trial after having proceeded few feet
Mr.. Muddy, of Canada did the same. Without the
machine Of Atkins the system OF propulsion by
Harvesting behind would have been decidedly compro
two hfihs OF acre. the assigned task in twenty
five minutes, The french machine of Courner, with
horse driver, and man 10 attend the platform, be-
came cogged and stopped several times but it was
hcet for not leaving behind any uncut stalks, which
cannot be said OF all the otbers The faults Of its mil
can be easily corrected The French machine Of Mazere
with horse driver and attendant stopped several
times NJ Grapdvonnet declared he had seen 1t work
very well the year before at Gfignan The Dray machine
with two horses, driver and attendant, is very
small not complicated and easily obstruc-
tioss It cuts we'll and has it is said worked much bet
ma
with two horses, driver and attendant appeared TO
easily its mill moves rather TOO rapiay but it Is
FAULT easily corrected 1t accomplished the appointed
task quickly, and without stopping in twenty-five min
utes Mccormiek's received the most applause. The
American has beaten the English IL requires horses
driver and an attendant placed asri lie
behind the principal wheel it proceeded without accident
and accomplished the w' hiths OF In II
TINS velocity which would give nearly
and twenty-five minutes cannot be accepted absolute
hct We must take into consideration the exhaEation
O the driver and the temporary excemen OF the horses
An acre hour under ordinary circumstances gives US
great results. With the machine accomplish ter
acres IN ten working hours The expense Of horse
and the driver eight francs the attendant with the rake
five francs four women to pick up the bundles, eigh,
fraDcs-in all twenty'one francs. The work
cone ny the scythe costs la the envirs Of Paris
ninety ffancs Adding what please for repair
and tear the interest Of the capital for mach nc
which The constructor sell for seven hundred ID
fifty francs and harvesting by its aid, would still be
very good operation At the second trial at Trappes
Mccormick machine maintained its superiority. The
machines of Coulnier Nanny and Wright worked very
wei, After having cut grain Il coLclrded TO try
adapted to this purposes that Of any prepared for
II in one minute; McCormcks in quarter Of an hour
Wright required twenty tive minutes. The eating Of
fhreetenths 81 an acre 10 these machines q
ri1e; they accomplished / quarter Of an hour Here
are facts to occupy the minds Of economists Here is
matter to I'll volumes with deep ana important consde
raons.
Agrieu culture in England, France. Belgium aud
Amer len.
The following interesting article vas supplied by
the Paris correspondent OF the Manchester Guard
nan. on Oct. TO-
Apropos to the useful portion of the exhibition a
vast effect has been made here, by an article written
by M. de Lavergne, and published week ago by the
Revue des DeuT Mondes lin its last number). In
this little essay, he examines everything which has
any connection with agriculture, whether in Eng.
land, France Belgium. or America, and gives the
cearest possible notion of the position France really
holds, agricuturaly speaking when compared 70
the rest of the world. In speaking of the first prn
epe Of all, for instance, he says that French cult
vators far too inattentve to the quality of the
grain they sow, and he gives amentabie picture Of
"the half rotten grain, mixed up with seeds o
struggling sorts" which the sower, in France fling
into liled ground, and expects to see rendered Al
70 him in the shape OF fine, fueared healthy corn
He instances, as proof of what good grain is, the
example of NJ. Vandercolme near Dunkirk, who
from some Australian corn reaped the value OF 60
hectoitres per hectare, or ten times the muldplica
ton OF each grain, whilst ordinarily the yield in
France is only six seven heetotres per hectare
three times the value of the grain. He mentions a
kind of oats exposed by an English grower, which
gives SO hectotres per hectar,. NJ. de Lavergne i
loud in his praise OF ryegrass, which, in France
is looked upon q sort OF ornamental. rather than
useful, production and he exclaims: Nothing hui
hay, my readers will perhaps Notwithstanding bu
hay and forage Even 20 but let us think what i
the meaning of it, All this hay, il its uanSforma
ton, signifies meat, wool, milk, manure, corn conse
quently populousness and power
From our plain humble hay aud corn he turns I,
the French agricultural produce, and finds, in al
conscience, variety enough. Woods, silks, grains
oils wines vegetables, fruit, plants, tinctoral, tex
or sacch. rine-everyt thing the imagination dream
Of; and he adds: Unfortunately all these apparent
riches often hide, in fact, great poverty" and h
proves them to be but exceptions. In the Bases
AIpes, he shows rs the produce Of the model farm
Paillerols:-By the side of wheat called fou :eR
blanche giving the very finest -four yet known, Their,
are oils, wines, silkworms, &c, all Of exceeding
beauty; yet the department whence comes thes,