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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Not. 25, 



for this purpose. Any one Jisposeil to answer 

 the above wll receive the thanks of 



A FARMER. 



By the Eiiilor.—Whal is called suclwn in pumps 

 is an effect prodMced altogether by the atmos- 

 phere on the water outMde of the pipe or pump 

 stock in which the water ascends. In order that] 

 the pressure of the atmosphere (which amnunts 

 to about 14 pounds on every squire inch of the 

 surraceoflhe water) may not he counterbalanced 

 by a similar pressure inside oi' the pipe or pump 

 slock, it is necessary to exhaust the air, or pump 

 ■it out of the channel of the pnrnp-stnck in which 

 the air ascends. It makes no dilTercnce whether 

 the pump-stock is made of wood, lead, stone, or 

 any other material, provided it be perl'ectly air 

 tight. Neither is it of much consefi'ience wheth- 

 er the pump-stock ri«e perpendicularly from the 

 well or fountain, or he inclined in ahy angle. — 

 One end of a leaden pipe, for example, may be 

 dipped in a fountain, and the pipe may be car- 

 ried 30 rods, more or less, in a horizontal or 



Pipe of the kinds above menlioned maybe 

 had at the Agricultural Establishment, lOO State 

 Street, Boston. 



FOR THE XEW EXr.I.AJfD FARMER. 



Brighlon, A'ov. 21, 1825. ^ 

 jMr Fcssf.ndf.n,— As considerable has been i 

 published about the extra weight of roots, rais- 

 ed in this part of the union the present season, 

 1 will merely say, that 1 raiseil a mangel wurt-j 

 zel, which, after being slripi)ed of its leaves, 1 

 weighed 20 pounds. It was harvested the lat-| 

 ter end of October, and put in a dry cellar, and] 

 still, at this dale, weighs 18 pounds. I will just 

 remark further, that this root was raised in com- 

 mon with an acre of (he same kind, on which 



were about 450 bushels. The land wasin grass 



until after haying in 1821. 



From the high recommendation of salt as a 



manure, published in the June No. of our Agri- 



cullurtil Repository & Journal, in .\ugu-t last 1 



was so well pleased with the prospect oi' obtain- 



nscendino- direction and the water delivered at ing, on moderate terms, a valuable auxiliary, or 



... .... — . (Q 



20 bushels per acre ; barley 32 bushels; oats .36 

 bushels ; rye 21 bushels ; peas 20 bushels ; beans 

 28 bu-hels ; polatoes 250 bushels ; meadow hay 

 (first crop) from one to one and a half luns; hay 

 . I clover, sainfoin, and rye-grass from one to 

 ;,vo tons. 



Old England does not enjoy the genial influ- 

 ence of the sun so long, nor in so great vivid- 

 ness, as New-lLngland ; and the atmosphere be- 

 ing chilly and damp is not so favorable lo the 

 ripening of the (iroduciions of the earth. Indian 

 corn is not raised in England, and most kinds of 

 fruits are prelected by walls, or furnished uilli 

 artificial Leal in hot-houses. I\lelons and cu- 

 cumbers generally' require hot-beds, and glass 

 flames. Pumpkins and squashes, so commonly 

 cullivated in the I'niled States, are considcied 



the end farthest from the lonnlain. In this end 

 the piston and pump box may be placed and 

 worked in the usual manner. Leaden or other 

 pipes may be carried from wells to kitchens, &c. 

 .30 rods more or less, and the suction piston ap- 

 plied at the end farthest from the well, and the 

 water thus drawn and delivered with nearly the 

 same facility which it could be at Ihe same per- 

 pendicular height above the water in the well. — 

 Care, however, must he taken that the pipe be 

 perfectly tight through its whole exient, — that 

 the end of the i)ipe through which the water is 

 delivered is not more than 33 feet perpendicu- 

 lar height above the surface of Ihe water in the 

 well, and that the pipe be well secured from 

 frost. If Ihe pipe is very long, it may require 

 .some time and labour lo exhaust the air through 

 its whole length, and it has been found by expe- 

 rience that a -ocrij long pipe, which is not car- 

 ried in a straight line from Ihe well to the place 

 .■)f delivery, is liable to inconveniences. If the 

 pipe waves up and down, the air and water will 

 be so distributed in diflerent portions of the pipe 

 that it will not easily be alVecled by Ihe opera- 

 tion of the piston. This we are told was the 

 case in an attempt to bring water, a distance o 



suUbtitute, for the dear article ot manure, 

 make the following experiment. 



1 dissolved a bu;hel of rock salt in water, and 

 with a water-pot, applied it on a part of my nur- 

 sery where the rows were 4 feet aparl, and lh6 

 ground mucii inclined to weed-, at the rate ot 

 IG bushels lo the acre. 1 also made an experi- 

 ment in another part of the nursery, whore the 

 soil was different, and a soft loam, by sowing 2 

 bushels of coarse fine salt, at the same rale ol 

 10 bushels lo the acre. Again 1 made another 

 trial, by sovving a single quart on a square stak- 

 ed out, upon a knoll 1 had just sowed willi hay 

 seed, and Indian corn for fodder, and rolled down 

 and in ihe same proportion to the acre. I know 

 not what appearances may he in future ; and 

 can only say, — no sort of elYect has been visible 

 ;i.s vet. I am, Sir, respcctfullv vours 



J. KEMilCK. 

 -..e®e<— 

 NOVA SCOTIA. 

 Our neighbours of Nova Scotia are becoming 

 every day more interesling, although they engage 



mere curiosities in England. Hay is made in 

 this country with half Ihe labor ihat is neces- 

 sary in England. The li!nglish, however, pos- 

 sess a great advantage over us in ihe mildness of 

 their ivinters. 



Of the farmers of England, nol more Ihan one 

 ihousatilh part are pruprielors of ihe land lhe\ 

 cultivate. The aveiage rent of arable and pa?- 

 lure land throughout Ihe kingdom was e?liinalcd 

 a few years since al 20 shillings (I dollars i\ 

 els.) per acre. The highest rents exceed 20 

 dollars per acre. The English fanner, besides 

 the [)avment of rent to his landlord, is subject to 

 the payment, in most cases, of tithes and puor 

 rales, which amount lo one half or thiee-liflhs 



of the rent. — Ih 



Limp. 



Gaz. 



FKOi; THE A.MEKICAN FAnMr.R. 



.\ correspondent in your bist paper, inquires 

 for the '• best and most expediliou.s cure lor ibo 

 Colic.'' I have repeatedly Iriedasimjde reme- 

 dy, which is almost inslanlaricous in ils etfecls 

 in common cases. It is about half a gill of Hol- 

 land gin, a small portion of ginger, and a small 

 quantity of hot water, taken internally. 



I have a servant, who is iVequenlly attacked 

 with Ih's painful disonler, and who uses ihe gin 

 and hot water without the ginger. He wasalIack-< 

 ed yesterday morning, so violcnily, that the pers- 

 piration rolled from him as if he had been at ihe 



about half a mile, to our City Mills near the j ly jvell adapted, is beginning to llourish ; anil 

 Western Avenue. Besides, it may be diflicull | iheir commerce, already considerable, seems ca- 



1 pable of vast increase from the magnitude of 

 iheir rivers, the extent of seacoast, and ihe^mul 



apparently less of our allention than the remo- jg^.pres( exercise, in the warmesl weather. He 

 test province of Europe or Soulh-America.— j ,pp]. ., ^,„.,i| quanlily of the gin and hot water, 

 Their agriculture, to which the soil is extreme- : .^^jj ^^..,, perfectly relieved in tour or five min- 

 utes. 



in a long pipe to prevent the occurrence ol 

 some small crevice, which will admit air, and 

 thus defeat the object. But, for moderate dis- 

 tances, such obstacles need not be apprehended, 

 and the convenience of bringing water in pipes 

 in a slanting direction, by means of suction, lo 

 (he places where it is wanted, in many cases 

 must be very great. 



Although, to those who are even but slightly 

 versed in the principles of Hydraulics the above 

 facts are familiar, they seem not to be general- 

 ly known, or they would be more generally ap- 

 plied to practical purposes. Nothing can be 

 more convenient than for house keepers to have 

 pumps in their kilchens, which will draw w.iler 

 from wells situalei! at a ihslance. 



The price of lead pipe is as follows : 

 i inch diameter, jjil 50 per rod, and JO cen'tS 



per foot. 



J inch 12 per rod, and 1 1 cts. per foot. 



1 inch ^3 per rod, and 20 els. per fool. 



lilude of excellent harbours. Their government 



While upon this subjecl, it may be well lo 

 monlion a remedy for ihe above disorder, in 

 horses, w liich has been tried with success in 

 this neighbourhood. Take a piece of chalk, ihe 



purgative in Ihe course of a few minutes. 

 Yours, respccifully, J. M. 



K. 



Thick pipe of th2 above dimensions lO^r 

 per pound. 



Cls. 



is the same as that of New-England was, belore > ij,g j,,-., jvahiut, pound it fine, and pul il inlo a 

 Ihe Revolution. They have a royal governor, ! ^^^^t i,^,,,.,, (-n^.) ^.j,), ,j,g strongest cider vine- 

 a council, a house of representatives, and a mi 1 .|^^ shake the ingicdienls, and immediately 

 lilia. The royal college at Windsor, the pres-r^^g„p|, ,1^^ .„^i„,.,| (herewith. It will act as a 

 ident of which has lately been travelling in our 

 republic, may well claim the title of a universi- 

 ty. Its courses of study embrace theology, met- 

 aphysics, moral philosophy, mathematics, astron- 

 omy, the natural sciences, logic, languages (in- 

 cluding the orienl.il,) rhetoric, he. There 

 are minj other seminaries in the province, 

 which resemble our ucaitemies. In gencr.il, 

 greal atleulion is paid to educalion, and a haiipy 

 fulurily seems to await the inhabilants ol this 

 llourjsliiiig province. — U. S. Lit. Gu:. 



CROPS IN ENGLAND. 

 The Encyclopedia slates the average produce 

 of land in England and Wales as follows. Wheat 



HONEY. 

 Mr Ezra Williams 2d, of Ashfield, bought a 

 hive of bees six years ago, and afterwards con- 

 nected other hives with ibe original one,m such 

 a maimer as to prevent llie bees from swarming. 

 He look up the hives a few weeks since, and 

 after making half a barrel of molheglin,ha<l 29^1 

 pounds of strained honey, and 91 pounds of ex- 

 cellent honey in the comb, making 38 1 pounds 

 He also made 17 pounds of bees wax— /Zum^ 

 Gazette. 



