effectually shaken than by the usual process with forks: its advantages will therefore be obvious to all those engaged in farming.

Garrett's improved and registered Barley Aveller, or Hummellingmachine. This machine is for the purpose of rubbing the horns or avels off barley, and improving the sample of corn by rendering it brighter and cleaner. It has a barrel full of pegs or rubbers revolving rapidly in a cylindrical case, by means of which the avels or horns are rubbed off the grain without unnecessary friction, as the process may be regulated at pleasure, accordingly as the barley may require more or less avelling to clean the kernels.

After the barley has passed through this operation, it falls through an aperture in a revolving screen, which turns at a slower speed than the peg barrel, sufficient to separate from the corn all the loose horns and other rubbish. This process has a most beneficial effect in brightening the skin and materially improving the sample of all barleys, especially such as are stained, by rendering them fit for malting purposes.

The machine is easily turned by a man, who, with the assistance of a boy or woman to attend to the feeding, will thoroughly clean from 2 to 3 quarters of barley per hour.

Seammen's Bean-mill.-This mill for grinding beans, constructed by Seammen and Bryant, of Melton, in Suffolk, is a simple and effective implement. It is placed on a wooden stand, with crank, fly-wheel, and hopper, and consists of a coarsely-fluted steel barrel, working against a cast-iron front cutting plate; the latter being set at a proper distance from the barrel by means of a screw. It is used chiefly for beans and

peas, but may be employed for grinding malt by exchanging the barrel and cutting plate for a pair of rollers.

The Suffolk Crusher.-This is a machine on a wooden stand, having two rollers of unequal sizes: the hind roller is finely grooved and of half

the dimensions of the front one; this has no flange, but works within the flanges of the front roller, which are attached at both ends. To render these mills effective for crushing oats, the rollers should be left slightly rough as they come from the lathe, to draw in the kernels, as the latter are apt to start back at the moment of entering between the rollers, if they are polished.

Bond and Hurwood's Linseed, Corn, and Malt Crushing-mill.— The manufacturers of this much-approved mill for crushing linseed, &c. state that it has the following advantages over other mills:

That from its simple construction, its work being performed upon the smooth surface of the large wheel and a small smooth roller, it is not so liable to get out of repair, and the purchase obtained in working is greater than that obtained by any other machine. It is made all of iron, and can be worked either by manual labour or horse-power.

The introduction of crushed linseed for cattle, from its pure unadulterated state compared with cake, is much upon the increase by graziers, being administered in such varied compounds, moist and dry, and found to contain so much fattening property as to render this mill extremely desirable to gentlemen who keep stock. The manure from seed-feeding being much superior to that from cake; and ground linseed, mixing better with chaff, or any other food, than cake, and not so likely to be separated by stock.

Oats are crushed by this mill, and those who have carefully examined

the advantages of feeding with crushed oats, are quite satisfied the saving is considerable, as neither young nor old horses sufficiently masticate the oat so as to obtain nearly so much nutriment as when crushed.

It is also an excellent mill for grinding malt. Malt may be ground finer or coarser, faster or slower, according to the manual or other power applied thereto. One man can grind 16 to 20 bushels per hour; two men, double the quantity; horse-power, 12 coombs per hour, or upwards.

The following directions for the fixing and management of the mill should be strictly attended to:

The mill should be fixed level upon a dry, strong, boarded floor or wood sleepers, and firmly screwed to the same by bolts or screws, at the feet of the framework.

The axle bearings should be occasionally cleaned and kept properly oiled with salad or olive oil; inferior and common oils soon thicken, and thereby occasion much friction and injury to the working parts.

The seeds, grain, or malt may be ground finer or coarser by turning the notched wheel, and when regulated the key should be again screwed down to prevent the wheel from being improperly turned.

It is only required to set the mill sufficiently close, so as to break or crush every seed or grain. If made to grind too fine, it increases the labour, and the malt does not answer so well for brewing.

The side plates to retain the seed, grain, or malt, in passing from the feeder, can be adjusted if necessary, but care should be taken that they do not touch the rollers.

A very thin plate of tin sweeps the seeds, grain, or malt from the large wheel, and it is kept in its place by a thumb-screw; it should touch the roller about an inch below where the two rollers meet.

The slip regulates the quantity of seed, grain, or malt to the rollers. Care should be taken that the grinding rollers clear themselves previously to the mill being stopped, which can either be done by grinding all the seed or grain out of the hopper, or by holding firmly (to prevent its turning) with the hand, the feeding roller. If this is done, the mill always starts easy, and the feed-roller should (if the feed be quite off) be moved with the hand, just sufficient to supply a few grains to set it in motion.

A wire screen should be placed in the hopper to allow the seeds or grain to pass freely through, but to prevent stones or other substances which would do injury to the rollers.

Garrett's Rape and Linseed Cake-crusher.-This implement has gained two prizes at the Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition meetings. It is made with two sets of working barrels for breaking cake into pieces for cattle or sheep, or powder for manure. The barrels are regulated, as may be required, by two pair of screws.

Ransome and May's Chaff-engine.-The chaff-engine patented by C. May is a successful attempt at combining the advantages of some of the older plans, with the power of altering the length of the cut, and also avoiding the difficulty of supplying the material to be cut, so evenly that it may be delivered at the mouth pressed so close as to stand against