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farmer, we believe — who is also said to liave improved on the English drill ma- 

 chine ; but we know not exactly in what that improvement consists, although 

 we have endeavored to get a history and drawings to explain it, and to secure 

 for him the enduring record of the credit and gratitude to which he is entitled, 

 even above that which is reserved in our republican country for blood-stained 

 patriots. 



To return to this liquid-manure cart. It might often happen that the use of 

 it would not be needed, still it might be used for spreading the liquid manure, 

 wliich ought to be collected at least from all stables to be hereafter constructed. 

 Spaces might be left in these beds, unsown, at distances corresponding with 

 that between the wheels of the cart, and one between for the horse or ox. One 

 ox would be all-sufficient. The spreaders, attached to these carts, admit of 

 being so regulated as to distribute the contents of the hogshead more or less 

 freely. 



The best liquid-manure cart would be a good subject for a premium to be 

 offered by our agricultural institutes and societies. The one here described has 

 lately obtained the premium at several agricultural exhibitions in Scotland, 

 where the progress of agricultural improvement, especially as it is promoted by 

 the application of science and mechanical ingenuity, is at this day, probably, 

 more marked and visible than in any country on the globe. 



•' It may not be out of place to notice, un- 

 der this head, a li([uiil-niamire cart, of a veiy 

 approved coustniction, which was invented 

 a few years ago by Mr. George Morice, Ken- 

 muck, near keilii-Mall. The cask for con- 

 taining the liquid is mounted upon an axle 

 and wheels, which are attached in the usual 

 manner to a pair of shafts. The machineiy 

 for maintaining the cask always in a horizon- 

 tal position, and for regidating the discliarge 

 of the liquid, is botli simple and ingenious. — 

 At the fftreinost end of the cart is iixed what 

 w technicdly termed a ' bridle,' with a mor- 

 tise in its center, in which works an upright 

 bar of iron perforated with a number of holes, 

 and fastened to the cross-bar of the sliafts. — 

 Attaclie<l to this bridle, and wthin reach of 

 the driver, is a lever, by means of which 

 either end of the cask can readily be elevated 

 or depressed to suit the irregularities of the 

 gi'ound, or in traveling up or down hill. From 

 the circumstance of the ca.sk being maintained 

 in a horizontal position, the weight on the 

 horse's l)ack, as well as the pressure on the 

 discharging apparatus, is always unifonn, 

 however uneven may be the surface of the 

 gi'ouud. The apparatus at the posterior end 

 of the ca.sk, for regulating the flow of the 

 liquid, is also very simple and effective. The 

 dischartrino; orifice is furnished with a ' shut- 



ter,' which is opened to any required extent 

 by means of a short lever, and attached to it 

 is an iron pipe for conveying the liquid into 

 the spreading box. This short pipe is closed 

 at its outer extremity, but is provided with 

 two apertures, one on each side, through 

 which the liquid, in escaping from the cask 

 into the spreader, diverges ecpially to both 

 sides. By means of the lever and shutter, the 

 flow of the liquid can be regulated to any re- 

 (piired quantity, while the perforations in the 

 bottom of the spreader admit of being widen- 

 ed or narrowed, as may be fijund necessary. 

 The spreading box is commonly seven and a 

 half feet long, but can be made to any re- 

 quired length, and is easily detached from the 

 cart after being used. The wheel-rims are 

 five inches m width, that the gi'ass may not 

 be injured or cut up, and the axle is curved 

 downward to allow the cask to bo kejit a.s 

 low as possible. The weight of the whole 

 cart when the cask (which contains 118 im- 

 pcriid gallons) is liill, is 19 cwt. TliLs li(juid- 

 manure cart has obtained a prize at each of 

 the animal conqietitions of the Aberdeen, 

 Banff, and Kincardine Aginculliu-al Associa- 

 tion. The inventor is at present attempting 

 some farther improvements. The price at 

 Aberdeen is £10 10s." [$.52.] 



t^ The water in which potatoes have been boiled, sprinkled over grain, plants, etc. 

 completely destroys all insects in cveiy state of their existence from the egg to the fly. 



We cut the above from a paper, and it may be so, but all that is in print is nqi 

 gospel. 



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