Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
A WALK THROUGH THE AGRECUL-
TURAL DEPARIEzENT OF THE
STATE FAIR.

a WALK THROUGH, FHE AGRECUL-
TURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE
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Knowing the interest that is felt by the
farming community in the improvements in,
and inventions of agricultural implements,
we propose to give a lrief description of
some of the many implements which were
on exhibition at the State Fair.
THE PLows
were of all sizes, forms and fashions, from
the old bull tongue to the highly polished
steel pillow. One which struck us as being
valuable implement, is so constructed that
the beam may be lowered or elevated at
viii, so as to be readily adjustable to clean
or foul land. Another, the invention Of our
townsman, j. G. Minor, unites in the same
pillow the subsoil bull tongue and common
turning plow. The mouldboard and shears,
by means of hooks, may be taken off and
put on in few seconds. We understand
Mr.. Minor is going largely into their manu-
facture. We rejoice to know this, as it is
positively disgraceful to our State, with the
iron and the timber which it has, to send
abroad for such common agricultural i'm
plements as pillow. The assortment Of
plows on exhibition was the finest ever seen
in the State.
There were to be seen various patterns
of revolving harrows which most farmers
are familiar with.
PATENT HARROW.
Among the agricultural implements that
claimed the attention of visitors to the
State Fair, both for its novelty andIadapta-
bility for the work it is intended to perform,
was harrow invented by d. A. Parkman
of Union City, Tenn. The harrow is con-
structed of two parallel beams, united by
flexible fastening about foot apart, which
hold the teeth, that are so arranged as to
make those in the hindmost beam follow in
the middle of those before. Behind these
two beams, and attached by chains, is a
bumper, which consists Of piece of wood
made in an oval form, the design of which
is to crush all the smaller clods left by the
harrow. The inventor claims that he can
do more and better work with smaller ex-
penditure of force, than can be done with
any other harrow, and invites attention to
the superior manner in which 1t performs
its work. He has letters patent, and as
soon as possible will probably manufacture
large number.
WHEAT FAN.
A wheat fan was on exhibition, also an
invention of Tennesseean, Mr.. d. B. Car
Isle, Of Montgomery county, the popularity
of which is that the motion of the sieve is
back and forth instead Of sideways as all
wheat fans have heretofore been construct
ed. We did not see the fan at work, but
Mr.. Carlisle assures us it will DO double the
work in the same time as any other fan.
COTTON CULTIvAToR.
We examined critically very ingenious
arrangement for cultivating and ehopping
out cotton at the same time. An apparatus,
not unlike the revolving knives of a straw
cutter, is attached to the cultivator and re-
wolves at right angles to the direction of the
plow, cutting out at proper intervals from
the top of the ridge about foot. 1t saves
an immense amount of hard labor, and
doubtless, in well prepared land, will do its
work thoroughly and rapidly. 1t is the in
vention of Mr.. Dale, of Kentucky, and will
doubtless prove valuable accession to the
cotton planter.
| CORN PLANTERS.
The degree of perfection and excellence
which this implement has attained would
astonish many farmers who plant their
corn in the old way. One we notice which
drops and covers two rows at once, land is so
constructed that the person dropping can
always tell whether the implement is doing
| its work well. An open heel to the furrow
!. openers permits the driver to see the corn
| as it passes from the boxes. The large
! ground wheels follow Immediately after,
crushing the clods and putting the land in
| excellent order for the first cultivation OF
the corn. They are manufactured in PeO-
ria, Illinois, and are valuable acquisition.
Another was on exhibition that can be
attached to an ordinary pillow, and drops
and covers the corn well. 1t also has an
ingenious arrangement by which the next
row to be run is marked of, so that after
| the first row is made all the rest can be run
| parallel with it without the use of stakes.
We regret that we failed to note the invent
ors name as it viii certainly be largely used
by our farmers when its merits are known.
PEABoDY's COTTON SEED HULLER
is a simple contrivance by which every plan
| ter may hull his own cotton seed and so
derives all the profits from this part Of the
cotton crop, which has risen so rapidly dur
| ing the past few years into public favor. The
cotton huller is nothing more than cylin-
drical roller with sharp, short knives, which
! in the revolution of the roller are made to
come near the cOncave sides of the box in
which the roller revolves. A hopper above
something like the hopper Of cider mil
receives the seed. An apparatus below
separates the bulls from the deeorticated
| seed.
| OsBURN'S PATENT HARROW TOOTH
which has been in use for some time is sue
cessful attempt to overcome the difficulty o
confirming harrow teeth. A cast iron socket
is made and put in the frame. The tooth
goes into the socket and is fastened in a
simple manner by a key. The tooth car
be removed and put back in minute and
never become loose by use. By this inven-
ton the strain on the wooden frame is to
some extent removed and the tendency in
the frame to split is in great degree Obvi-
ated. Mr. Osburn is also the inventor OF
THE WALKING CULTIyATOR
which is so extensively in our own and thu
adjoining States and is rapidly rising int
favor At one-third the expense it does the
same work as the sulky cultivator and i
not so liable to get out Of repair.
! Another invention of GENERAL interest tC