CHAPTER V. 



THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW AGBICULTURE UPON THE HEALTH OF MAN AND 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS COMMUNICATION FROM THE HON. JOHN SWINBURNE 



THE BANE OF FUNGUS, BY PROF. C. R. FARLEY. 



It is the last of Jane (1885) and all over the country come reports 

 of drought, nor any wonder. The tile manufacturers and their 

 patrons must by some means find out that this hurrying off and 

 drying up of the waters, is a most serious matter, and one which, 

 persevered in, will result in disasters greater, first or last, than 

 has been as yet realized in any civilized land. New York City, 

 with her vast population is fearful of an impending water famine. 

 Doctors Edson and Taylor recommend the purchase of a tract of 

 land half a mile wide on each bank of the Croton River to 

 provide against contamination of its waters. This recommendation 

 should be heeded. The entire water shed of the Croton ought to 

 be purchased, trenched and planted to trees; made a park, and 

 filled with babbling brooks and crystal lakes and stocked with 

 trout. That the water supply would, under such conditions, be 

 found at all times abundant for a city as large as London, New 

 York and Paris we are inclined to believe. 



This brings us to the introduction of a witness whose reputation 

 is such as to need no endorsement from us, standing as he does in 



