INDIANA   FARMER
DEVOTED   TO   AGMCm.lTi.E,    HORTICULTURE,   J&ECflANICS,   AND   THE   USEFUL   ARTS.
V6iL..t.} RICHMOND,   IND.,  JUL Y  12, 1852. '[KO. 23
COMMUNICATIONS. I winds, &c.     If he ship, by steam-boat the ad-
-—^^^^^^ j vantage is still  greater.     Having used ono of
,, „ U c^*.-   VJ, - <!,_,-„--, >t. }these presses on my farm for the last three or
-Mkssss. Editoiis:   Permit me through the < ,        ,       .,
•••■■', *■■•■     y. .   ,    ti ,„     ii .u„ _,  ,four years, lean heartily recommend lt as  the
columns of your valuable paper to call the at-J        -1,      '.   .. ,     v   ,.   ...
.    ..        Cl-  ■■■ ,        -7 , •    ,i:   t _,„. best press in use.    Over one hundred are now
tentton of farmers who are engaged in the hay 5.       l ■    ,.     .       . ■    ',
...       . .     , .   ,    r * . , sin operation in this County, and give universal
.-business to a very superior kind ot press, which.       r    . ,. °
,.   . , .    ... .    /o   -.      i     i \! satisfaction.    Several important improvements
is in general use in this county, (Switzerland,)* r *
_.    ,   , .      ,       T ,   .     i. .       -,   ,,    ihave recently been made in   the  press, which
for baletng hay for market.    It was invented by' ' ,
is    o __.    i ij     -._  r t -j    .   c .i--  > render it more convenient for baleing hay, and
Mr. Samuel Hewitt, formerly a resident of this >•■■_•• . ,
'**^ijh_ i -    .. r  i ..-a-    -.st   -n '.   •_. ri ___       particularly for foreign shipment.    The beater
-cod-rtf. and is styled "Hewitt's Patent Beefier, jr  ,,. ,',      ,      f     ,    ; .,
tt -'■   •'-'j  >-. Y.       o       i>  v'_  •' ii   J is made to lock itself firmly between the posts.
.May,  and  Cotton   Press,     but  is  generally'- ,.        , v
r         „ ,,    ,, ,,   „      tti        „ rp, ..     t at the proper time, saving all the force generated
known as the "Mormon Press.    The operation * t    r .   ■   ,        ,    ,    ,
* c ,*■ ■ i   . i- y     •     /by  its fall,  nnd all the rebound caused by ths
of this  press is somewhat peculiar, embracing!   '     .        ' , ■      . '
■       • •    •  i    ■ .,.   ,   f   ___■■■* , i elasticity of the substance on which it acts.
a new principle entirely from any known or us-._;/,,.
ti*.  u <*Y.   -.        .„  .- rri.     i-     _ '     The falling door  is  made to open and shut
*ed   before its   adoption.     The  direct  pressing'. ° •   ,-
;_„,    ;   ■';«   i-*i   •„     „ * -i- v   .   ...» i itself regularly  to receive hay or  cotton.    A
tiower is applied   in a manner somewhat simi-j , °,     . *        ,,.     . ,
.«, »« d.„ *v-*„„.„n   -. „ „    i. •        i    •     i  r . very simple and convenient arrangement is de-
lar to the JNewell   press,   being derived from a >      '        ' ,
L' ■-.„   _,,,_,.„  „ i-   l  ,     .1.     k s. (,i   i vised for putting the canvass or bagging on cot-
past-iron  screw applied to  the  bottom of the >       ,   ,        -_,,     _       • oo   &
_,„.._ '„_. i LY1 __'.,•'_        i,*... i. -.   .ton bales.    The last improvement made con-
bale, and pressing up; but the novelty consists    .        , , .      .     ■
i-.i, f „  _,„„, „ , ,    . Iststsofa  combined arrangement   for   running
in the use of a Beater, or packer, made to ope- <' ,,....*., ... ,     °
<i .      .-I    ., • •.•.'_•■'■   i    uhreshnig cylinders, cotton gins, grain crushers,
rate while the screw is unwinding to force the * °      - e,       ° <•*>»*-•
i •    ..    ,        .    .     ,     , _, ,i&c.    This arrangement produces a very simple,
hay or cotton in the bos   instead  ofthe  usual: .     ,     _  .°     -.     r ,        ,
.v.   ,     ..■..-.;,     -p.        ,       , r   ,.   .strong and  efficient liorse-potver,   at less than
method of tramping.    The advantages of this ] 6 ,. . ■} ■        '
ij.-e- ,     T_ ,.   .    . ........      ., ; oiie-quarter the expense of any good   separate
device are very great.    It dispenses entirely with j,       H     - , r /,6 ^
.. ,  j-,.„. „ ui *■"  „r .i     i u y horse-power, andean be used (or any purposa
the most  disagreeable   part   of  the labor    of; , . ,   ■   , . , ,    •        ™,
i   i • -       -_u      i 44 -,,. •     »'o which a farmer may wish to apply it.      Tho
baleine  either  hay or  cotton, viz: "tramping j . „ , .       ,      vv 3
.   „     , c i ■    .i j_  «•-.:    ■ i-       i ptess is usually erected in a barn or  shed, but
in.      A screw of less than one-lialf tlie ordma-   . ; -   .    ,      .     _ ,
,      .,   •■  ■ ii   i     - -    ,   • j it can be put up in the llieadow on a cheap frame
rylcttgth is all that is required, in consequence! _    .       ,.      f '
it  i - , ,   • -ii ,    , .      ,   i desiened for the purpose, and made to operata
cf the material being so tightly packed in the) ,,       ^, f     ,      .       ,        ,   .      ,
:        ,      , ,      ,.      Yr ,.   ,     _    i.' .       , ■  -(        . ver-y well.       ihis   plan  is   adopted   in places
box, by the action ef the beater before the pow->   ...v.     ... , , l
_•_.*■-      '•   '     i- j      T.L- . where timber is scarce, and barns are  expen-
er ol the screw is applied.      Ihis arrangement    . . y
increases the speed of operating very rnaterial-1       ' ,  , ,    .      ,
_•■■    t ..- ~a„ i i, ,„ i_. «„i     -,        -ii   .    •■ *•'   i     The construction of the woodwork   for tha
!y.    T tvd gdod hands *-_<i a boy will  turn out { , , ,     .
r   ~ o- .    tin u„!_._. -.„- i •      1 /•     J press has been so arranged as to render it con
front 3a to 40 bales per day, measuring 4 feet. r    . ,,.,.,, . ,-
.   ,      .,        mot    oi*    u       ..1 , -   ••   ,S venient to be shipped with the castings and iron
in length, and 22 by 21 inches at thc ends, and r  ■    ,, -    , _,   . ,r
• t-     r   _   «ort .     tnA  it. tt      ,   ,   ,   to any part of the United States, and 1 am in-
weigking fram SSO to 420 lbs.      Hay  baled   „        ,, ,   ■ ,    r
Yu .u° t   u       ii r    c     i i- formed  that arran-'ements are being made  for
with this press to bc sold fo** Southern shipment! , ° .  ,   , , .,        „ .   „n
„.„ , „     ,. ,   _    , . ,        .,     (tbe   permanent  m*inuiacture ofthe press  all
will demand in market, at any tune,   from one) \        ,    , ,    , ,
_, ii _, ,, .__>•■•     ...   -    -i     ! complete, both for hav and cotton,
dollar to one dollar and fifty   cents mote perJi     if   i '„     .       '    ,,        .,,     i„jj,-,,- ;.
., i_      v   i   -, ., .    r Mr. J. K- Harris, of Allensville, Indiana, is
ton than when baled on any other press in use.    , .,       , t, ,    .,   sln;.„A c.,,c.
.... * j the proprietor of the press forthe United btates,
The  convenience   of hauling,   storage, and   t„ whom i would respectfully refer all who may
boating, is a matter of considerable importancef aeaiw. further information. S: STOW,
to tho purchaser who intends to ship  his lay       Switzerland Co., Ind., July 9, 1852.
south, when he takes into consideration that ho j —_^-~~^~ ~-	
Wet Lawns.—All wet lands shtiuld be ditched and urider dtairied, for it may truly be said
to be throwing time, labor, money.and manure
when he reflects further that his boat does not away> to cultivate lands that are surcharged
require to be built so liigb—ttiat it can be run ' wjth water. To lime or manure such lands is
•juicker; cheaper, and   with   lc»« danger from •'only a waste of time and means.
can get nearly twice thc usual number of tons,
when put up in this  way,  into  his boat; and