Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-07
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TRIAL of CRUSH ERs.
q Iefinr. Of ~ Anerieah Faymer.

TO tie Editors Of tie Aaaerieah Farmer.
We notice in the columns of your very
valuable Journal. an interested and one-.
sided statement Of the trial of corn and
cob Mills, at the lale Fair of the Mary
land Agricultural Society, and thinkingi it
hardly fair that the Unjust impressions
which are Intended to he conveyed by the
author of the advertisement, should GO
broad cast to the entire farming communi-
ty without an effort on the part of those
who witnessed the trial tor expose their
manifest improprfetiess we have Thought
it our duty to give what we deem, and
what numbers OF disinterested persons
will bear US outin asserting to be an inn
partial and disinterested statement of the
particulars of the trial alluded TO, and we
cali upon sthe Examining Committee,
Messrs. NJ. T. sGoldsberough and @. B.
Calvert. to confirm our statement. 81
The first circumstance that drew our
attention. to the trial was the appearance
of the gentlemen of the Committee, Just
mentioned, at the location Of the Excel
nit ground very well) having t.Oo horses
attached. After Witnessing its operation,
the Committee went 10 .Scott's Little
Giant, or Robbins and Bibb's Mill, which
required about + minutes longer to pro-
<duce the same amount of meal, with but
one horse. The remark was then made
by some person present that "the trial
was hardly fair. inasmuch as the Excel>
sior, was grinding green corn with two
horses. and the Little Giant was grinding
hard. finty corn with but one horse."-
The Committee having satisfied them
selves Of that fact, requested Mr.. Leavitt
to try, the hard corn, which being assent
cd 10, the hald corn was put in, and at
the second revolution the sweeps were
Shattered to atoms by the hardness of the
draught required in this plan Of Mill in
grinding corn Of the degree of hardness
ground by the Is Little Giant This in
duced the Committee to postpone their
further examination until next morning,
with the request that each Mill should be
tried with the same kind of corn. Feel
ing some curiosity in the matter, we made
our appearance upon background at the
appointed time. and witnessed the trial Of
slI the Mills The commencement was
with Mr.. Maynards Champion Mill"
which produced half bushel measure
about half full Of meal in FIVE minutes,
one horse. Then came the Excelsior"
which produced about the same quantity
of meal in three and quarter minutes.
requiring ten revolutions. with two horses.
Then came the f." Little Giant Mill"
which also produced the same quantity in
four minutes. requiring fifteen revolutions
with but one horse. Then came Mr.. Col
burns Mill. which produced nearly the
sane quantity Of meal in eighteen and
quarter minutes. requiring zthirty-two re-
volvtions also with but one horse. In
this trial we were then, and are STILL un>
der the impression that the Little Giant
Mill of Robbins IL Bib, showed itself SUI
pelior to any Mill on the ground, but the
above is a true statement, and from it the
disinterested in the community can Judge
for themselves. EDMUND MAHER.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 16, 1855.