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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Dec. 16, 



of our faimeif to follow,) fiill the lintive os 

 "'Quid yield a product in nii>ney ovpr the other, 

 of at lf;\ai tivenly per cent from the supeiinr 

 quality of Iiis beef. 



But (hen rve hsve put the keep o*" the one ii- 

 gainst the other for three years. This is not 

 fair, for the one grow ing so much fasler thun the 

 other ivill (■on'^eqoently e^il much more. Bnl 

 allow th:if the firs! ye:ir Ihey eat the »iime (and 

 :!n animal of the imported »tnck would riraUe hot i 

 slim ti2nre at the end of ihe year on the keep 

 our native cattle ?el); the second vear the im- 

 ported animal would require rrnirh more, and 

 Ihe dilTerence of size heini; g-realer the third' 

 year, the ditferenre of keep inu«t he a;r('aler in; 

 the same proportion ; so ihat there can he lillle 

 doubt hut llie keep of the one would ainouiM to 

 more than doutilo the keep of the olher, aliho': 

 ihe imported animal may not have heen stufl'ed ; 

 as hcfore sufjgesled to force his ffrovvlh, j 



But [)erhaps it may lie said Ihat imporled cat- ! 

 lie can he framed lo work; so no douM Ihey 

 can, hut whoever uses them when he can obtain 

 pood native oxen will find himself manife=lly a 

 loser. 



'I'he perlcctinn of the imported slock consists 

 in smallness of hone and apliliide lo fallen; nei- 

 ther of which would tie an im[irnven.ient lo our 

 *vorking callle. For on (heir honp ami mvsctc 

 depetids Iheir abiliiy In labor, and allhono;h 

 U'orkin? caille should hw in <vooi| condilion, vet 

 we ajivays rin<l those ivhli-b have nmre than or- 

 dinary pro(ier«;ty !o tatlen are lazv, awkward, 

 slow walkers, and in every respect bad ivorkers. 



Bi/ Ihe Editor — We piili!i=h the above verj' cheer- j 

 full}', and with pleasure will piililish any rrindiil ftatc- ! 

 ment of facts and argiim< nts on the o^her side of the 

 giifst'on. We shall not pi'csomc to intrude our own 

 €'pin!on on the public, relative to a subject which has 

 divided (he sentiments of our most scientific and expe- 

 rienced cultivators. But cur columns will be open to 

 the advocates of long; herns or short horns, Devons, Al- ! 

 drrneys, or Galloways, native or imported breeds — pro- 

 vi.led prrsonalilii s are avoirii d. 



NE w c,\i-riTATv d"fa rm cr. 



FHIUAV, IJi.CiCMBr.H, lU, l!i25. 



A^'EW BRICK PRESS, 



• Cnngress. — A quorum of both houses of C'origross was I 

 formed the 51h inst. Mr Job.v W. Taylor of -New- j 

 1 ork was chosen Speaker on the second ballot, by a 

 vote of09to91. But little business has yet been trans- 

 acted, but the appointment of Committees. We shall 

 next Week commence a regular account of their pro- 

 ceedings, compiled from that valuable paper the Aa- 

 ticnalJoxirnul. An abstract of the President's Wet-age 

 will be found on page 163 of this week's paper. 



MEMBERS OF CONGRESS can lie supplied with 

 the Ni;w E.VGi.ArjD FARnirn rlQringthe present session, 

 by dropping a line to the Publisher, J. U. RUSSELL. 



To Correspondenh - We have on hand a number of 

 T:"!uable communications, which shall soon be publijh- 

 ed. Amonj others is an able and scientific " Address 

 delivered before the Berkshire Association for the pro- 

 motion of Agriculture and Manufactures, at Pittsfield, 

 October 6, 13i'>. liy Samuet. M. McKav, I'resident of 

 the Society." Likewise useful arli>:les with the signa- 

 tures " W. B." and '■ H." &c. which, nil h some otiurs, 

 not si'eciilcil in this notice shall be gii-en as soon 

 as Dos.-iiile. 



MR M'DON.M.D'S BRICK PRESS. 



Cnpl. M. M'OoNALn of Brunswick. (Me.) has 

 iiivenled a Rotary Brick Press, which is very 

 simple iu its princi[iles, comprising great power 

 and des|'alcli, and will, wilh the power of one 

 man, wilh very little exertion, press from 15000 

 to 18000 Bricks |ier day. This press is said to 

 he superior lo every Biirk Press in operation, 

 in the (irmness of its cnnslruclion, not being lia- 

 ble to be put out of repair by iisiny. Tlie ele- 

 gance and 'durability of brick buildi.igs material- 

 Iv depend oti Ihe smoothness and compiclness 

 of the bricks used in ereclinsr such hiiildings. — 

 In order lo effect such smoothness and compact- 

 ness it is very imporlnnl thai ihe bricks previ- 

 ous lo liurning should be brought into as perfect 

 a stale of compactness as possible, to effect 

 which, the mort ir should be well mixed and 

 worked, moulded in the usual mnnner, atid 

 brought by evaporation in the sun to such de- 

 grep of dryness as lo he haniiled wilhoul injur- 

 ing their shupe, and ihen pressed with such 

 power as lo give Ihom the solidity requisite. — 

 Experience has clearly shown, thai clay in a 

 stale of mortar cannot he [iressed so as lo kee[) 

 the shape intended; every allempt therefore lo 

 •press this substance prior to considerable evap- 

 oration, will inevitably disappoint the arli^l. — 

 The model of this machine having heen exhib- 

 ited in Porlhuid, is now in Boston, on its way lo 

 the soiilh. 



We have viewed Ihe above described Brick 

 Press; and it apf.ears lo us to combine great 

 'irotjgth of conslruction wilhgreat jiowcr in oji- 

 eralion ; and, as far as we can jud?e, it must 

 prove an important acquisition to the manul.ic- 

 Itiier as well as of subslanlial benefit lo Ihe coiii- 

 tnimily. It subjects each biick to a pressure 

 calculated al something more than Iwo lotis. 



.*.pplication for Ihe right of u«ing this Ma- 

 chine may he made to the inventor, at Col. 

 Wild's Eastern Stage House, Ann-slreet; to J. 

 R. NeivelTs Agriiaillural Establishment, Slalc- 

 slreel, Boston ; lo Nathan Winslow.iu Porllaiid ; 

 or Benjamin J. Porter in Toiisham. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



INFORMATION TO PATENTEES. 



A letter lo a gentleman in Maine, from Paris, 

 i'l France dated 30th tiejit 1825, and sub.scnbed 



Ch. A'berl, Member of the i^oriely for Ihe Ep- 

 courn^ement of Ar|s, Sic. informs thai, since ll.-e 

 year 1821 the said Albert has '' eslablished an 

 ollice for Ihe enrolling of Patcnis, bolli here 

 and abroad; also lo procure Patentee- Pnrchas- 

 ers of Ihe Privilege and Orders for llieir Inven- 

 tions." 



'• Having myself heen a patented Meclianist 

 and Manufactuier, and from a long resilience in 

 England, I am sufTicieritly acquainled wilh the 

 technical [larl of Machinery, lo draw up speci- 

 ticaiions in a legal form, and lo secure the right 

 of Ihe Inventor, without the necessity of a i>er- 

 sonal attendance. 



'■ To secure Ihe validity of a PatenI in France, 

 it must he enrolled previous to any publicaliun 

 taking place elsewheie. 



•• Drawings iic. may he addressed to Messrs 

 Ed. Pellitier and Co. al N.'-w Yoik, and Havre, 

 where reference will be given as well as in Lon- 

 don and P.iris." 



By this and other e^laMishmcnls of similar 

 nalnre iniended lo promote the interest and cir- 

 culate the improvenien'.s of Inventors, we may 

 preceive that enl'-ghlened men of Eurn|)e are 

 conv.nced of the in)poriance of the object. We 

 wish ihal a similar spirit might be excited and 

 become universally prevalent in ihe United 

 Slates. 



AoRmi.TVRAL School, at Derby. Con. — The 

 following facts respeclinff this institution are 

 extracted from a letter from Mr John Hoi.bi'.<;OK, 

 Suiiermlindenl of ihe School, to the Editor of 

 the New England Farmer : 



" Our School has much more lb m answered 

 our expeclalions. We have had more applicants 

 ihan we could accommodate, and are taking 

 measures to increase our accommod.ilions and 

 to turnish an opportunity for those who wish lo 

 lessen their expenses by their own industry. — 

 It is gratifying lo find public sentiment so much 

 in favour of the cause of education we have 

 proposed, and that measures are laking in Mas- 

 sachu'ett-i lo introduce impirtanl improvements 

 into iheir s\ stems of education. It cannot he 

 doubted Ihai when a more rational anil praclical 

 conr.-e of instruction is fairly tested by experi- 

 ence, il will spread with great ra|Mdily, and 

 Ihal our farmers and mechanics will, before 

 many years, be men of scieuce as well as pxac- 



