FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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Uie Lishes la:l iiilo ihe ash-pit K. Tlie advaniapes 

 oi"i.his are, tlie wood burns more lieely, ihe fire 

 need not be ititerrupied to remove the ashes, atid the 

 ashes are much betterin qualitj-, as they contain no 

 mixture olVharcoal. The doors, a and 6, ol'the stove 

 and ash-pit, should, if practicable, shut very closely 

 I'or the better refjulation of the dral't, as the fuel 

 will burn slowly lor a lontr time when desired, as, 

 lor instance, durint; night and in mild weather, 

 when the draft is nearly closed. All the air ad- 

 niitted to the luel, should be through the ash-pit 

 door. 



C, C, C, C, are four flat, square, cast iron drums, 

 connected by short cast iron pipes, and throii<;h 

 which the smoke passes to the smoke pipe D, Irom 

 which it escapes into the chimney, or passes out into 

 the open air. As the smoke thus becomes much 

 cooled before enterins the pipe D, the soot accumu- 

 lates more rapidly, and hence this pipe should be as 

 short as practicable. It should however, have some 

 Jieight to cause draft, or should enter a tight small 

 chimney, lor the same purpose. The drums should 

 have small openings for cleaning. They are sup- 

 ported by bricks not shown in the figure, to prevent 

 confusion. 



At a short distance from this apparatus, a dou- 

 ble brick wall, with an included platf>. of air, is 

 built round the whole. It is covered by a layer 

 of bricks, supported by iron bars, and on this a 

 layer of lour or five inches of ashes, covered again 

 by brick, mortar or boards. 



It will be observed that the greatest part of the 

 heat of the burning fuel is thrown out Irom the 

 drums, ami heats the surrounding air; this heated 

 air is confined within the brick air chamber, and 

 it escapes throui^li the air pipes, E, E, into the 

 rooms above. Theobjectof the double walls, is 

 the more perfectly to confine the heat, and to pre- 

 vent its escape through any other channel. Pro- 

 bably, if the included space between the walls, 

 were several inches in thickness, and filled with 

 dry ashes, or still better, with powdered charcoal, 

 this would be more completely attained. If the 

 inner wall is occasionally braced by a cross brick 

 to the outer, it need be only two inches in thickness 

 or composed of bricks on edge. 



Tile iLirnace should be built in a room in the 

 cellar entirely devoted to the pur[)ose, and a win- 

 dow left open lor the admission of fiesh air to the 

 chdrnber; or if this cannot be done, a trunk or pipe 

 one loot square, should lead from without throuyh 

 the wall to the chamber. In the li.irmer case, 

 several air holes, lour inches square or more, 

 should be mide at the bottom of the chamber. 



On one side of the chamber, should he two 

 double sheet-iron doors, Ibr admission in cleaning 

 the drums, &c. and suini-ient space lor this purpose 

 should be allowed between the drums and the 

 walls. 



The pipes E, E, through which the hot air 

 escapes to the rooms above, should lie of bright 

 tin, and as nearly vertical as possible, and Irom 

 eight to twelve inches in diameter. The larger 

 they are, the less the temperature of the air chara- 

 ber'need be raised to heat the rooms above, conse- 

 quently less fuel is required, and the cast iron will 

 not burn out so soon. 



In the seventh volume of the Genesee Farmer 

 is a desciiption of a lurnace somewhat similar; 

 but the drums are there placed in succession above 

 the stove. In the present plan, the descent of the 

 smoke causes it to throw out its heat more com- 

 pletely ; and as the last drum is the lowest, the 

 coldest and freshest air comes in contact with it, 

 and the smoke passes off at a lower temperature 

 than that of the air in the upper part of the cham- 

 ber. But great care is necessary to have the 

 drums tisht, to prevent the escape of smoke into 

 the chamber, and lor this purpose the cracks at 

 the joinis should be stopped wiih a paste made of 

 iron filings or turnings mixed with sal ammoniac 

 and water. 



The expense may be diminished by suhslituting 

 sheet iron Ibr cast iron for the two last drums. 



Circular brass or iron grates, turning on the 

 centre, placed in the floor of the room, over the 

 air pipes, E, E, regulate the quantity of hot air 

 admitted. 



This method of warminor houses has been 

 Ibund preierable in point of health and comfort to 

 any other; and the only objection appears to be, 

 we do not have ihe cheerful •' blazing hearth" to 

 gaze at. Uut habit, which created our desire for 

 this, will soon remove the difficulty, and most will 

 learn to preltjr a book, a picture and a stand ol fine 

 flowers in winter, to blazing sticks, smoke and a 

 heap of ashes. 



Should any one wish furlher information, I 

 would communicate it with pleasure, throuirh the 

 columns of the Coltivitor. Very respectfully, 



Macedon 3 mo. 1840. J. J. ThoiMas. 



From the Journal of the Americau Eilk Society. 

 THE GRAPE VIKE. 



There are few thincs that afl'brd more pleasure 

 for the expense of time and trouble than a jj^ood 

 and well-njanaged grape vine. From considera- 

 ble observation tlie edilor of this Journal was led 

 10 conchule, that a very erroneous practice was 

 generally pursued in relation to grape vines; and 

 three years a<jo determined to try an experiment. 

 The error in practice alluded to is this: the vine 

 is permiited to grow to the full extent of its abili- 

 ty, and thus every season a large portion of wood 

 has to be cut off and thrown away. It occurred 

 to the writer that this waste of the power of the 

 plant miiihi and onirlif to be preventeil. Accord- 

 ingly in the sprinir of 1837, he obtained an Isabel- 

 la vine, one year old from the layer, havinji a very 

 iiood root, and planted it in an ordmriry soil, of ra- 

 ther a sandy qualit}-, putting a wheel-barrow load 

 of wood-yard manure and old lime mortar about 



