, 1879-02-26

adequate 10. prevent injury. information Of that
suppy as eeeneg fnaees NV sF
man who Il interested In !he welfare Of tho farm.
ono e oxs ~ snohsq q's a.
tcsm'ted 10 Impose npon tarmcsa in this matter,
from sny e1cnes fof nppos'tton 10 w,re hin,ora his
doyIhed certain method Of preventing the wito
from passing through with the wheat. II consiats
of hofsa. hloc ,nagneta which can be pnced In tho
from paealng through. Wo have carefully cx:
amined @ tats do;iee. Ard haze zen = t5pctmentea
-, Ind y aSt aSs sSs
shoots 81 his riIj II be dsafes; ind ihns there i,
70 LONGER any exeuse. 4 sLsre cv9t e. va sn!: iot
nnds Of binding thcif wheat than they now hass
! In tho wire-bint!er.
'The dmsrtedn 1Eiiitr, printed In this city, tu
speaking on the same subjcct,--thc use OF
"maRnetah ~ 10 remove tie lni11ots' "scaEet -
snys; "Ihc number Of maRneA used Will OF
coursc deDend upon tho slzo Of the spout. 10
! lar as sse know, all who hare tried mAgueta for
removing the wlre have met With success. The
cost OF the experiment. aushow. tA but tridinR.h
and A. late as ThuralaT Of Inst Neet t1ese mag
| nets wcre exhibited to tie Mllless' Association
Of M'nneapolts, and after thorough exannina+
t!on ot thc'F workings they wcra convinced that
| tho ire.bndcrs werc not the htdeous contriv-
! anees they were thought to be iu November.
| Ihc MINNEAPOLIS frtss, in speaking Of the ex-
hibltton. aays:
The h!!le!s' Association. In sess!cn 1as. Friday.
tsr ezt.as.1nx wis from wheat. Il eoh.i.a s!m:
fonf In ota aud iyn In the Othof. These ghn8A att
placed in spout through whch.thc wheat pa,ses.
and BY ne ssseress test Is was dsmonsrated that
pieces, frun, the slxo Of pin head 10 m inch in
length, re.e eorntcd md mixed With Quantity Of
s.se &C. orns !. hs0sa s ts sp Se
The u'iers wesn highly pleased with the WORKINGS
Of the simple doy!ee. and 4 will undoubtedly 6e
interest in this matter IL the fact that this 10 not
patent. nof % hare II pro3eceots any to scl y u
few dollars. tt,ay can themselves pnl magnete Into
their mills which will hyIate the objections h!th.
ssio Urged against binding ha'se''ng 'na.
Tie Norlhxsstrn lfuier, Of date Of Feb. 81,
speaking Of tno resolutions Of the Mllers As.
soci1tlon Ia November, says: "Tils action OF
the Association. has been sharply criticised br
on to notice the tria Of the horseshoe magnets
before tic same Association. few days nto In
tile most glowing terms. After describing the
al ts, has th
to Eet BIT o. wire or particle Of iron Of nut.
kind by the magnets, aid oyer .ntne-tcnths Of
ali the particles arc caught hy, the nrst gang"
scales" etc., which, were talion out of TIC spout
after tic trial was simply astonishing, md that
out Of forty pieces, thirsy-cight were caught BY
the first gang, and two By tile secoud while the
teyenty.aye to l00 bushels por hour.
e reisfs1s ia,dns''os to to"" ihe test ~ ass
III was nntter Of surprise to the ,ni!ers TO
find how mucl, Iron, otl!er than ptocos of tho
binder, WAS picked up b. tl,csc yiui!ant gangs.
such as nni!-hcads, scales OF iron, etc. The np-
pliuncc may b. used by any miller without fear
q o. tl,s patent shask-he lln' no pnrt nor lot In
Andtn spcaklnE Of a special test Subsequently
rnae in one Of tie AourIngnil1s There, tie same
paper adds: "On Saturday might shoush,d
WashbuTn B uail!, which had been proylicd win
the magnets, aud there wns found adherlnE to
them sercnty-thrce pieces ct wire anil seventy
one pieces Of otl,er metallic substances, cunsist-
Of horseshoe nail and sixty-ase p!eces-stnail
spawls-of wrought-irop, sieot'iron, and cast
iron, v1ryinE III stzo from onc-cighth to one.
fourth incl, In irregular shapes, many of thcsn
appearing to ba scales or fragments broken from
baulY-woEn machinery. II nPpcnrs that about
| onc-hnlf OF these Irun particles nre common to
all Sections md that II wire bhdcss were not IN
nae at al. st,ll these magnets should be in use
The Minneapolis Tribunt Of Saturday last, in
! referring to the subject Of wire III wtrat, u,ld
tho resolutions Of thn, Mlllers' Association OF
November, Wherein they ogrcetl to mike .
difference Of 10 cents a bushei ueatnst wl,ea.
bound with wire-biudcr, has this to say: tAs
amntter Of fact, the resolution has been dead
letter, bccause there was no known method fur
ascertau!ug whether wheat bad been bound
| with wire, nud fnr the further rcason that tho
grain dealers in Milwaukee, md Chicago are, ns
they always llaye bcen, but too anxious to get
| Minnesota wheat ut ttle highest market price"
And in speaking Of the report VI the subject
further Il extracts the following from the report
OF the Committee Of Mlllers made
ArrHR THE MAGNET THsr.
which, It will bo aect,, Is practically saving, On
the pnrk Of tho tnillurs, ave are sorry for what
ne hare done, and want to undo It a'I"-at
least IL ts fair:
VIC recommend that our General Agent be ra-
Qucsteh to ntttrlhntc this report ~ broadly, and
lntions paseed By tho Assoctatlon on Nov. IL,
| 1878. JoHH EH0Anr,
| c. II. 1IoRtur.
| FngD Z. FILLsnunT,
| COMMITTEES.
1t will 10 spcp from a1l these extracts, nnl
tho Elylng OF both sides Of the question. that
the obIectors to tho wire-bnder hnye been vtr-
tun'ly converted IN year, mad tint It's enetnies
arc now its friends, as the farulers have always
bcen sncs tte Introduction ahi its labor-bavnR
value became Known, md it IL safe to predict
tlut more Of them will be- sold this year than
ever before.
Since 40 much has bcon said about the
| HORSESHOE MAGNET
In connection with tie wire binder, The reader
must naturally feel au interest to sec It, mud
that he lnay not bc disappointed y cut Of ono Ia
presented below: