393 7 THE ARATOR. FrOm the American Farmer. SUPPLEMENT TO T1JE REPORT ON HUS . SEY'S LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PLOWING ENGINE. ' '. In submitting their report on this machine, the committee announced their intention to ascertain the result of he attempts which had been made in Europe to invent a locomotive steam plowing en gine, for the purpose of settling the important ques tion of priority in an invention which is destined to mjiko an era in tho agricultural history of the . world. - . ; vY'-, 'b-'r The most important, and also the most recent trial of this description, took place on the 22d of July, in the present year, at the Carlisle meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The following account is taken from the Gard ener's Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, pub- lished in London, on the 28th of 'July, 1855 : il Oa Tuesday, the grand point of interest v, r. ; the trial of the Steam Cultivator. A great num ber of spectators were assembled in the heavy 1 land 'field, but unfortunately, no engine made its appearance, except Boydell's, which amused as well as astonished the com pan V. bv runuincr back- ' O ward and forward over gras3 or plowed surface, along or across the lands. . It was then tried against a force of men pulling against it, and it was found that 30 men could stop it; so that, professing to be 12 horse power, it may be con sidered as efficient for nearly half that amount, fully one half being used iu its own conveyance over the ground, on which it was then working A frame containing four plows, mounted trpon car riage wheels, and fitted with levers, for lowering and raising in and out of the ground, was attach ed to the engine'in one of its trials. The engine proceeded slowly, dragging the plows behind. This arrangement of plows lor the purpose, is the in vention of Mr. Coleman, and answered pretty well until one of the plows broke short off, and the work came to a stand still. , A common iron dou ble furrow plow was next tried, but not with very marked perfection of plowing. The trial, in fact, being merely to see whether the engine could drag plows behind it, as well as propel itself over the land. Gibbon's digger wa3 then drawn by the en ginc. The draught of this implement, we judged to be about that of six horses, but the engine of I t horc power could proceed with it only at the pace of 'i miles per hour j go that 8 horcc power was nhsorbol in mo ing the enp-e itself. This fully shcvn-1 the use fulness of lu.Ii a ponderous machine fur tractive purposes. Great disappointment was felt at the non-appearance of Usher's Steam Plow. It has been tested to be of 19 horse power j but the weight seems much great-, li n n f I strict a o v 1 ricto ntAfA linsl1 "".rv 1 .1 iu uramug it. liiiu iuu oaow laru. Having got up steam, and attempting to propel itself to the field, the badness of the road occasioned a slight acci dent, and this, together with the unwillingness of the inventor to have the machine tried upon stiff lea ground in wet weather, has prevented tho pub lic from witnessing it3 performances. As we were coming away from the field, im pressed with the sentiment that the "steam culti vators were a failure," we received intelligence uuu anomcr f plow had started in a held half ii mib o'S. ILiW: : tho best of our way to the light hud trial iiuLi, t!: ::- enough stood a portable engine in one con:v, i r pes' and pul leys; and a plowing ma chine, vM l ' n . The engine was that belonging to Mr. L . , ' -II, aud the plow and tackle are the invention srs. Fisher, of Stamfordbam, manufactured by ... Roger, of Stocktonon-Trees. We were informed by the exhibitors, that a 4 torso engine is sufficiently powerful to work two plows, and that, with 4 cwt. of coal, it will plow four acres . in a day, the expense of labor being only that of two men and a boy. If this- be strictly tho fact, we have a complete invention, able to plow lfght land, with a cost of say three shillings per acre. The Steam Cultivator entered for exhibition by Mr. Alexander Dusacec, has not appeared, but as far as mere plowing is concerned, we think the above contrivance contains 'all the elements of success." . The above is a literal copy, omitting only the descriptions of the engiges and cultivators, which arc gang plows. It proves conclusively, that no Locomotive Steam Plowing Engine has yet suc ceeded in England, where, in the language of the Loudon paper, the "steam cultivators were a failure." The last named machine, (the only One which seems to have been partially successful,) is a sta-: tionary engine, and not a locomotive. We havo - At the World's Fair in Paris, during the pros cnt vc.ar, to ihich all nations sent thpir most won ucrkil indention, no ntam plow was exhibited." ?