IMPORTING SOCIETIES. 



We hav e already sag-s^ested, under deep con- 1 

 viction of its importance, that besides Agricaltu- ; 

 ral Clubs, which should be formed in every ; 

 neighborhood, there should be Societies estab- 

 lished for the attainment of the his-hest attaina- 

 ble perfection in particular branches of Hus- | 

 bandrj-. We have alluded to the benefit which • 

 would result from, and the obligation which ' 

 rests upon Agricultoral Societies and Institutes 

 to bestow a portion of their time and ftinds In 

 the way of importing such new seeds, arains, ' 

 fi^its, grasses, and implements, as the higher 

 rewards offered by similar societies abroad may , 

 have brought into notice and successful opera- , 

 tion. In most cases — in fact, in all cases — where j 

 the thing imported might be found practicable 

 and adapted to our country, seedsmen and ma- ! 

 chinists. as the case might happen*) be. would, i 

 doubtless, take them at cost, and the country 

 would at once enjoy the benefit of their importa- i 

 tion and use. i 



This may be said, too. of animals, as well as 

 of fowls, of machinery, trees, plants, and other 

 things. All that the Society would have to do— j 

 and that is the natural and legitimate object of 

 all such Associations — would be to run th^ risk 

 offailun- : a risk which the most public spirit- 

 ed individuab are generally unable, and the 

 most opulent unwilling, to encounter, if the thing 

 in view is very costly. 



Take, for instance, the following account of a 

 carf, so constructed, as it would seem, as to re- 

 lieve the painful and dangerous pressure of the 

 breechin on the horse, in descending a hill with 

 a heavy load. Unless the principle of it can be 

 90 well comprehended as to supersede the ne- 

 cessity of importation, why not send for one, 

 and let the country enjoy the benefit of it ? Bat 

 what is everybody's business is nobody's. For 

 what better object then, could Societies be 

 formed, than to keep a look-out for. and at once 

 import, whatever a competent committee shall 

 decide to be ■worthy of importation and trial ? — 

 Or, the better to avoid all mistake, where the 

 case is at all doubtful, snch Society, by commit- 

 tee, misrht open a correspondence, and thus, by 

 obtaining descriptions and drawings, assure it- 

 self of the ■worthiness, labor saving properties, 

 or other valuable qualities of the things in vie^w. 

 How much more fruitful of real service to the 

 country would be a few hundred dollars thus 

 expended, than when given in premiums, for 

 llie tlHKisaniith tiiui". to tenipt men to exptri- 



ments that develop nothing new — expenditures 

 that true economy would forbid. 



Let us cite, in way of example, the advantage 

 we derive in this way from the intellectual dis- 

 coveries and dissertations of men of the first abil- 

 ities in Europe. Societies, with ample funds 

 and judgment highly enlightened, offer jrold 

 medals, and other premiums. amonntin£r. in 

 many cases, to several hundred dollars, for bt.n 

 essays on subjects that demand patient esr^ri- 

 ment and profound investigation by men of the 

 most ample means and of the greatest force of 

 intellect No sooner are these prize essays 

 made public than they reach our table, and thus 

 become the property of our patrons. Let then, 

 societies, representing the interests we are ad- 

 vocating, import for the benefit of their constit- 

 uents, what cannot otherwise be obtained. — 

 Where drawings are proctired. ■we engage to 

 have them engraved, and widely spread before 

 the public, for public use. 

 To the Editor of the Mark-Lane Express : 



Sir — In reply to the inquiry of "A Farmer." 

 in the Mark Lane Express of Sept. 22. I beg to 

 inform him that I am the maker of an improved 

 one-horse cart, fitted ■with "Thatchers patent 

 self-acting break." It is expressly adapted for 

 hilly counties. 



By this simple invention, the pressure of a 

 loaded cart when descending a hill, is made to 

 pass from the breechin and back of the horse to 

 the naves of the wheels. It is found to be ef- 

 fective in reUeving the norse from the hea^-y 

 pressure, and in regulating the speed of the cart 

 in its descent 



£, $.d. 



Price of one-hor?e cart, to carry .10 cwt 10 10 



Harvest =helv;nes to dina extra 2 10 



Patent sc'.f-aclin^ break, ejttra 2 10 



For farther information, applv to 



Yours. &c. WILLUM CROSSiULL. 



Beverley Iron- Works, Hull, Torktkire. 



Remfpt roR LocKJ.iw. — Havine seen in 

 the Argus of the 21st an account of the death 

 of the son of Mr. Andrews Was.«on. fhsm lock- 

 jaw from a nail accidentally run into his t'oot. I 

 would state for the benefit of those afflicted 

 from similar causes, that a common cent or a 

 piece of copper bound firmly upon the ■wound- 

 ed part and in actual contact ■with it wiU cause 

 almost immediate and entire relief, and cau.se 

 the wound to speedily heal, whether it be made 

 by rustj- naiL steel instrument splinter, or any 

 other cause, either in foot hand or other part of 

 the body. 



N. B. Rusty or tarnished copper i» prefera- 

 ble to bright copper, tbonsh either will answer. 

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