SEDGEBEER'S IMPROVED CONICAL FRENCH BURR STONE MILL. DESCRIPTION.-The grinding surface of the Conical Burr Mill is made of the best imported French Burr stone, conical in shape, the bed stone being formed out of solid cubical block, secured in a square cast-iron case, in the center of which Burr blocks the concave grinding surface is formed, as above represented, in Fig. 1, at B and O. The running stone-stone, or cone, is one solid block of burr stone, securely fastened on the mill spindle, as above represented in Fig. N. Both the running and concave stones are fitted to each other, and then ground in to gether, which forms the grinding surface; into which furrows are cut at regular intervals, to facilitate the discharge of the flour or meal; the whole being firmly fastened on an iron frame as above represented in Fig. 2, having no joints or wood in the entire frame, which establishes a solidity and durability beyond any other portable mill known. The stones are dressed in perfect order for immediate use, to be worked with a belt as wide as the mill pully, drawn from any kind of power sufficient to give the necessary motion to the mill, as designated below. A-Represents the head plate, secured with four nut bolts to the iron cubically shaped case holding the stones. B-The iron cubical case containing the concave, or bed of stone, secured to the iron frame D, with bolts on each side. C-The hopper bed with thumb screw, enclosing the revolving feeder, which bed must not be unscrewed from the mill. D-The cast iron frame of the entire mill made in one entire piece without joints. F-The thumb screw which regulates the feed by forcing the swing valve against or near the revolving feeder, J-The mouth or discharging aperture of the mill. K-Pully to run as indicated by the arrow on the head plate, driven from a drum from nine to fifteen feet distant. L-The regulating set screw, "left handed thread," for grinding fine or coarse, having a counter sink in the end towards the mill, that holds a thick piece of leather which receives the pressure of the spindle when grinding, and holds it to its place. M-The jam nut, or wheel, for holding the regulating set screw to its place when set as required. N-A detached view of the running stone with the revolving feeder on the mill spindle, showing the feeding groove in the feeder. O-View of the inside of the concave stone in the iron case, detached from mill frame. The above cut represents W. A. Flanders' Patent Movable Comb Bee-Hive. It is upon a modified plan of the celebrated Huber Hive, the frames opening like a book, with surplus honey boxes above. In swarming, this hive is divided by uplifting one-half and replacing it with an empty part. HAYNES' PATENT PORTABLE BRACE FENCE. Patented April 7, 1863. DESCRIPTION.-This fence is constructed of pannels made in part by means of braces interlaced diagonally, which pannels are so united together at the ends, that the fence may be thrown into a zigzag position, which insures great firmness without the posts entering the ground, and also provides for opening the fence at any desired point for the passage of a team, in a manner similar to the opening of a gate. The braces are made about four feet four inches long, two inches wide, and full three-eighths of an inch thick; and are nailed to top and bottom rails, made of stuff about one and one-fourth inch thick, and about three and one-half inches wide, one of which rails is inserted in the standard, and both are nailed to the post insert d between them at the other end. EXPENSE OF MATERIALS.-When lumber is worth ten dollars per thousand, the cost of lumber and nails for one rod of fence complete will not exceed thirty-eight cents. The pannels can be made by any farmer at a rapid rate, with the help of a bench frame. The advantages of this fence over all others: 1st. It is very strong; wind cannot blow it over if properly set up and anchored to the ground at the corners with a small wooden hook. 2d. It is very light-a team can haul enough at a load for thirty rods of fence. 3d. It is rapidly put up, and as readily opened at any desired point as a gate. 4th. The cost of building and materials, as stated above, make it the most desirable fence in use. In the class of Tools and Household Implements there were 58 entries, with the following awards: TOOLS AND HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENTS. Best farm road scraper, Baldwin, Dewitt & Co., Cleveland .... "butter worker, Richardson & Keeler, Sherman, N. Y. $1 5 3 1 "mangle or ironing machine, Thos. Farnesworth, Cleveland.... "clothes horse to occupy the least space, John Danner, Canton.... "well pump, E. Rhodes, Sr., Clyde..... "apparatus for raising water, Hutton & Co, Cleveland...... " and most numerous collection of agricultural implements and machinery manufactured in Ohio, price and utility to be considered, Baldwin, Dewitt & Co., Cleveland...... 25 AWARDING COMMITTEE.-A. T. Barnes, R. R. Donnelly, and B. W. Coutant. The following are some of the most desirable advantages claimed for the Reaction Churn over others in use by those who have given them a trial for the past six months: 1. Simplicity, Cheapness, Durability and Perfection combined. 2. The ease with which they are operated, managed and cleaned. 3. That they get more butter, of a better quality, and with much less labor than with any other churn they ever used. My invention consists in the combination, of a churn-box and gear wheel, with a broad horizontal shaft and dashers; the dashers passing through the shaft obliquely; and also in peculiar counter-beaters in the lower part of the box. The object of my invention is to improve the efficiency of box churns, by giving the cream both a rotary and a longitudinal motion, and at the same time to force a sufficient amount of cool air through the cream to prevent its becoming heated by friction or agitation. The advantages of the diagonal dashers and broad shaft are as follows: A complete reaction is produced in the cream by the dashers at each half revolution of the shaft, and the shaft being flat and broad, the cream in the centre of the churn is agitated equally with the rest. Although this churn is extremely simple in its construction, yet by its peculiar reaction on the cream, I am enabled to churn in from three-quarters of a minute to three minutes, and make as much and as good butter as any churn in use. liability to shrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden machines, is prevented. The spiral springs over the rolls render this machine self adjusting, so that small and large articles, as well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to receive uniform pressure. The patent fastening, by which the machine is tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in simplicity and efficiency, to anything yet offered. It will wring thoroughly anything, from a single thread to a bed quilt, without any alteration whatever. No thumb-screws or complicated fastenings to wear out or get out of order; it can be fastened firmly to the tub in a single second. Among the collection exhibited by Baldwin, Dewitt & Co., were the following machines: |