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and places already existing, and steadily multiplying, in and about 

 New York, Brooklyn and other towns in circuit, and see what will 

 come of it. Lest " Leviathan " be underrated as regards his powers, 

 let lakes everywhere be hung up among the rocks and mountains 

 of New England, and, by use of the water motor, let the wheels 

 moving the mills, factories, foundries and workshops of that region 

 be run under the force and impulse of his self-begotten, auto- 

 matic, self-regulating, unfed, unwatered, yoked, tamed and magic 

 movements and so shall the harvest be." 



The following discussion of our system by the Farmer's Club of 

 Elmira, N. T., occurred at a meeting on July 26, 1885, and was 

 fully reported in the columns of The Husbandman of Elmira, from 

 which it is now transcribed : 



" In the discussion of the subject of Mr. Cole's system by the 

 Farmer's Club of Elmira, at its weekly meeting of July 26th, the 

 following report published in The Husbandman, demonstrates the 

 interest manifested in it : 



" On the call for correspondence the Secretary read a letter de- 

 scribing a new system of irrigation. Although it had not been ad- 

 dressed directly to the Club, and the writer perhaps had no thought 

 that it would be submitted for discussion, it seemed pertinent, and, 

 in fact, was invited by members to whom a synopsis had been 

 given, and they gave attentive hearing during the reading, for the 

 matters presented were calculated to excite interest in the minds 

 of farmers whose hill lands of obstinate soil and under ordinary 

 treatment failed to give due returns for labor expended in fitting 

 them for grain and grass crops. The first expressions were by 

 gentlemen who had personal acquaintance with Mr. Cole, and who 

 evinced pleasure in testifying to his worth as a citizen and his high 

 sense of honor. They believe he would not lay before the people a 

 scheme to defraud a single farmer, no matter how much profit he 



