Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-23

ed one horse thrasher, oneeoru aad cob NIL At
work at the rate Of 25 bushels per hour, iva small
irOu corn mills eri-d,ng bushels eaca per hour,
wood mouljirg machine, one re-ssSing eireu-
lar saw CT feet diameter, and q smut-rnaehiRe I
high speed sll simultaneously, and with only 10
lbs. CT steam From experience with circular saws,
we estimate it as capable Of running two Of The
largest size a. Cns-dne. 1. IS perfectly compeienr
to 60 into the iRber. haul logs shore the ordinary
log wagons would be employed, and in one hour be
ifesed up aud furnished power 10 those Of large
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nth The fire box being wi hin fourteen in;hes
Of the ground. the msehine Weald without in
jury through waller iwelye inches deep; IT was run
by US over ground where by hand pressure lath
was fsrced dosnWard fifteen inches. aud on ex-
aunatiOa We Of the impression that The asiaal
compactian Of The surface by the machine not
over enc inch Heres crossiug the slough sank t.
their fetloebs. Iu'. IS With the eogine the actual
surface pressing upon the ground Is a. all times SIX
square feet the ability 10 sustain weight Is much
greater than with the wagon and tenn, where the
weight re. Is on narrow bases The four wagon
wbee,s pTessrt surfscs width Of seven inches in
sll, hut the engine with its drum snf guidieg-
Wheels, surface Of l03 inches. The weight Of the
eogine Is ten tens. tast Of wagon load OF gra n
oae and half tons. or somefSFog mire than che
$ xth as much; but the engine VITA drum six feet
in diameter, gives q much grea'er proporti nal con-
taci Si'h tie ground snd irs road is Proporiouely
lees liable 70 miriug in slcughS
Tenih-tbe difference tf power between ruRrisg
the engine on plank OF hard road ami common pTai-
lie wculd he great bat that between running on
ordinary ground and grouRi 30 seft that Lac drum
you'd sink for inches. We haze no mesns CT knOE-
Jog Il is sviIeut leKever, from The explanaticbs
N tie prec eding answer that ground in sue n
dillon thai drum SIX feet u diameter and six feet
louV, would move 90 that depth, weu'd be entirely
uui:; 10 plough ard could not be eVen crossed BY
hoTr e.
/ Having TINS in DIAL answered The iGt'rrogato-
ries Prop gunded 10 Us oy the Executive Comm tee,
we desire TO rake general remarks with refer
ence to the prsct e.blty of employing steam foI
plo ming aud other farm purposes. The experiments
/ with FaWkes ttsam plow engine have demonstra-
ted TO cur satisfaction hat / is prsciol5e, that, IN
few Yeas, q large portion Of the labor now per
| formed by animal power on the farm viii be super
seeded by steam especially in prairie countries. anc
| on we'll improved farms, where but few stones OF
] other ohslrucficn5 exist
/ The engine here exhibited is intended only fol
large operations, being capable Of hreasing from
twenty i've 10 forty Per day; but we see nj
reasons Why ths size may not be refused vtry con-
si4eTaby (say one-fOurth, and sill successfully
/ compete with animal power skilled engineer
sent II witness this trial by The largest maehist il
Ohio has reported isvorsbly to his employer, snC
! a contract has already heeu made by him with Mr.
Faukas 70 build small engine for Lis farm OF three
| hundred acres.
We eztimate the cost Of blowing by il from tn,
| following very liberal date: