52 THE NEW AGRICULTURE. 



the American Institute, at their semi-monthly meeting, on the sub- 

 ject of his 'New Agriculture.' He took his audience by storm, 

 nearly or quite every person present pronouncing his address one 

 of the most striking ever delivered before that body; convincing, 

 apparently, his hearers that he had found out the way to grow 

 springs, spring brooks, lakes and rivers of water, going to the 

 clouds for sources of supply and gathering in the rains, dews and 

 waters from melting snows, ' holding, husbanding and housing ' them 

 at will, and moving them forward in a way to produce such results 

 in agriculture and horticulture as to astonish everyone in this age 

 of marvels. 



" Mr. Cole denominated his servant (the waters) "Leviathan," de- 

 clared he had him yoked, a hook in his jaw, and proposed to plow 

 with him until paradise lost shall be regained. The people who 

 are just at present not only vexed in spirits about a plentiful sup- 

 ply of Croton, but are fearful that our water is being poisoned by 

 surface washings, will, we feel sure, read with interest the conclu- 

 sion of Mr. Cole's address, as follows: 



"And now, ladies and gentlemen, having extended to me a pa- 

 tient and attentive hearing, for which thanking you once more, 

 permit me in closing to say that I have been engaged for three or 

 four years in demonstrating the use to be made of the waters, and 

 have become convinced that by gathering them in and directing 

 their flow in subterranean currents they may be dropped deeply 

 enough into reservoirs along inclines to hold them not only in re- 

 serve, but at a temperature considerably above freezing, keeping 

 frost out of the soil. To say the least, in moderate winter weather, 

 by evaporation through the soil, the snows will be melted at their 

 bottoms, and the waters dropping into the reservoirs below, their 

 movement will follow in even flow through surface soils, as 

 through a sponge, and through subsoils in percolation, bearing 



