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another story, that it may be spouted into a Shallop, or to take it in any direction to a more Suitable place.

If wheat or meal will hot run from the elevator as dis charged, to the place desired, it may be applied to rake it to the place.

If there is no room for a hopper-boy the meal may be cooled by conveyers, and let fall over the boulting-hopper.

The conveyer will answer many of the above purposzes, as well as the elevator.=-The hopper-boy may be varied many Ways, to Suit different Situations, and to attend one, two, or three boulting-hoppers at once. So that it is evident, that the improvements will apply to all four mill3, however con» Structed.

When applied to mills hat grind for toll only--the meat Is elevated as it is ground, and in order that it may coo) it is Jet run down a long broad Spout Into the boulting-hopper. The Shoe is Small that it may clean out quicker. The chest made sSteep and to come to a point like a funnel, under which are hung two bags, one for meal, the other ſor the bran; it is 850 contrived as to keep the fing and coarse meal Separate, If desired. When the miller Sees the first grist all in the elevator, he stops the other ſrom running in, until all the first is in the cloth, he then lets the Second run 10, and stops the knocking of the hoe by pulling a cord that is fastened to it, and passing over a pully, hangs near the meal Spout, until all the first grist is in the bags, and others put in their place, he then lets the Shoe kgock agaun.

ON THE BREED OF SHEEP, IN ANSWER TO

PASTORIVUS: To the Editor of the A griculturgl Magazine.

SIR,

Was about to complain that I did not receive your Publi- T cation for January till the latter part of February; but Your explanation precJudes the intention;-and, at the Same time that I regret the circumstances of your late indisposition, 1 Sincere]y hope they no longer, in the Slightest degree, exist, and consequenuntly that no other instance may occur of an at- tempt to depreciate your publication, by the intrusion of awk- ward and illiberal witticizm.

| am to acknowledge the favour of Pastorius, inserted in that number, as it appears to have been iv a peculiar manner Girected tv me--an henour of which 1 Shall ever be proud.

1 on 50me points we differ, in others we pertectly agree, and in ali he Scems competent to make the most of his argu« ment, as well by appealing to popular opinion and successful agricuhurists, as by applying well-chosen observation, in SUP= Port of that wirich he Conceives to be the truth,