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which effectually strips off all the husk that
rmay be adhering to the kernel. The grain then
passes over the seives which are arranged in a
common fanning mill, and is simultaneously
operated upon by a blast which removes all the
dut, dirt, &c., leaving it perfectly clean. Fi-
nally it passes into the adjustable rotary screen,
which separates the thin kernels from the best
grain, and leaves it ready for market.
           THE "CHAFF" CUTTEIS
  Are all constructed on the same principle;
the usual arrangement of rollers being used to
feed up the straw,hay, or other fodder, while
the operation of cutting is performed by two
curved knives fastened to radii of the large fly-
wheel which is turned by a crank or by a
drum, if powter be used. There were hundreds
of these at the Royal Agricultural Society's
Exhibition, and we -ave Seen scarcely any
other kind anywhere in the country.
  ALL SORTS OF IMPLEU:STS AND APPAaATUS
Come next,-apparatus for steaming food, so
constructed that the water is heated in coiled
tubes with a saving of fuel. American and
English churns; butter washers, which force
the butter through innumerable small openings,
causing it to fall into pure water in ribbons or
filaments and thus washing it free of all but-
termilk without the intervention of the hands;
differential pulleys, with two sheaves or wheels
of different diameters in the upper block, with
teeth gearing into the endless chain which
hangs in two loops, in either of which is placed
the single block having a hook for attaching
the weight to be hoisted, and thus preventing
all slipping or giving way or "running down;"
gates, fencing, bee-hives; band implements,
such as hoes, rakes and forks, all inferior to
ours. and a thousand other things of use on
the farm.
          THE GARDEN IMPLEMENTS
  Are also numerous and interesting; consist-
ing of seed dibblers and sowers, weeders, en-
gines for watering, washing, &c., lawn-mow-
ers, capable of shearing the grass from any
smooth surface as even and neatly as it is pos-
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man. Pasing out of the Annexe into the
grand Gardens of the Royal Horticultural So-
ciety-which have been heretofore described
as lying on the crystal side of the Exhibitiop
and between the two annexes, the side opposite
the palace being occupied by a magnificent
crystal conservatory-we shall be able to see
this mower in operation and prove the correct-
ness of what has been said.
  Magnificent grounds indeed!  Such lawns,
parterres, borders, walks, statues, fountains,
terraces, crystal streams and miniature lakes!
Then in all the open arcades there are likewise
implements, apparatus, vases and garden or-
naments without number. Beyond is the great
" Machinery Annexe," two hundred feet wide
and nearly one-fifth of a mile in length, full
of all conceivable machinery in actual opera-
tion.  Even at this distance the indefinable
music of a thousand engines and strange ma-
chines reaches the ear and invites us to the
exciting scene of their wonder-working. But
ere we enter, let us rest a little on this beauti-
ful grassy slope at the foot of the Garden
Cascade.

           Make Ready for Spring.
  March should be one of the busiest months
in the year on the farm, where the success of
the summer campaign depends so much-so al-
most entirely, we might say-upon the degree
of preparation for its important duties.
  Let not a day be lost. Employ the pleasant
weather in cleaning up the fields, getting to-
gether material for building and repairing
fences; the stormy days in repairing old im-
plements, or getting new and better ones, in
preparing seed and devising the best methods
for carrying on the work of the season. This,
in general terms, for the farm.
  The garden and orchard will also need atten-
tion, and unless you get fully ready for what
they require, it will be very likely to go un-
done another year. But few farmers have gar-
dens fit to look at; and the reason is because
they neglect making the necessary preparations
until the more imperative fiarm-work crowds
out everything but the work of plowing and



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