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GROUP XXIII. 91 220. Jones Brothers, Sturgis, Mich., U. S. FRUIT DRIER. Report.—Commended as a machine capable of rapidly and efficiently drying large quan tities of fruit, owing to the operation of a double-action fan-driver by horse or steam power. The heat is regulated by adjustable valves. Large screen surface in ten sections, each carried on rollers, facilitates the process of filling and emptying the fruit. The escape of moisture is provided for by hygrometric openings. 221. R. H. Allen & Co., New York, N. Y., U. S. ROW CORN DRILL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Report.—Commended for being tight, well made, with favorable features of adaptability. Thus, by changing the wooden corn-seed roller it can be made available for sowing small seeds as well as Indian corn. At the base of the seed-hopper is a horizontal feed-roller, with a number of screws at intervals; by sinking these screws, one or each of the openings become corn receptacles: a brush on each side prevents more than the desired quantity of seed being carried round. For small seeds, a false bottom, with varying-sized holes according to the nature of the seed to be sown, is introduced, and the wooden roller is re placed by a revolving brush. The driving wheel is furnished with a series of cog gear ing ; by altering the position of the pinion, which slides on the spindle, and can be actuated from above by the handles, the quantity of seed is regulated. The horticultural implements as a collection comprise in simple combination a seed sower, a cultivator, a rake, a scuffle hoe, a shovel plow, etc., all easily changed and adjusted to the one frame and wheel. 222. C. Russell & Co., Canton, Ohio, U. S. COMBINED REAPING AND MOWING MACHINE (THE PEERLESS). Report.—Commended for a strong, well-made, and carefully considered machine, capa ble of doing excellent work, especially as a mower. Also for the following points of merit. The driver’s seat slides on parallel springs, and thus the pole balance can be ac curately secured. For the mode of attaching the connecting rod to the crank by universal joint, so that if the angle of the frame is altered, or the knife-bar is put up or down, there is no friction caused by the alteration. The gearing is simple, strong, and well boxed off. The pitman box cast in two parts, with a piece of leather between, which accommodates it to the wear of the shaft. The fingers are of malleable iron, steel-plated, with hollow spaces under for the accumulation of gum. 223. Clement & Dunbar, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. CEDAR WARE CHURNS AND ICE-CREAM FREEZERS. Report.—Commended for beauty, variety, and excellent workmanship and material, as shown by the collection of samples presented. The churns (Spain’s patent improved) and the ice-cream freezers (Gooch patent) are well made, and of approved models for the general market. 224. White Mountain Freezer Co., Laconia, N. H., U. S. FREEZING MACHINES FOR ICE-CREAM. Report.—Commended for very complete action obtained by triple motion. The two sets of dashers work in opposite direction, and the cream can also revolves. The dashers are readily removed, the gearing simple. Price moderate, and the machine decidedly useful.