1826.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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low-, that the neglect of that good management i less attenilance, and (ewer Iktnres ibau any oth- 

 muit produce a direct retrograde march to the ; er kind ol' ImUis. Tho^e in New Yoilj are cal- 

 point of improvement started from. I led Medicated Vapour Bath?, beciuse the steam 



To clear ourselves from these objections and | I'^'S'^d through a box of herbs which give it 

 difficulties, we farmers have only to combine the | "^ agreeable perlnme; and if this addition has 

 modes recommended bv the«e gentlemen-all!"" «"i«'- <:'■""" '° "solwlncss it may be a piece 

 of us to follow Mr PicKERivo's advice in Ihe ' "1^ qnackery that is absolutely necessary, lo m- 

 management of our cattle-a.ul all of us (whO|'l'>ce the ozn-^'ue ol this day, (o suffrt Ihem- 

 have the pecuniary ability) to follow Mr Fow- Uelves to be cured by so simple a thing as steam 

 EL'S advice, and introduce among our best se- 1 0'' ^'•'P""''- . . „ , ,, 



lected cattle, the finest of the highest improved I The following is a de.cnplicn of the Vapour 

 breeds from other countries. If we do ihi^ 1 1 B^'lK n^»- in use m New-\ork, which had 

 am confident, lh,U in a very short term of lime immR'^'--"ely from a person who was saved, by 

 our country will exhibit as fine stocks of cattle I'lieir timely use, from all the usual effects ol a 

 as anv country can produce. .Vnd we shall have i ^'"'('en and violent attack ot lever. He was 

 just cause to "feel ourselves much indebted („ -he'vn into a common sized parlour, Inrnished 

 these gentlemen, for their salulary and timely "iih a carpet, chairs, and two large folding 

 advice, and for their disinterested and valuable 



exertions in the promotion of the most impor- 

 tant interest of our country — A(;rici:ltuiie. 



Yours, &c. VV. B. Jr. 



From the JWit Bedford Mercuri/. 



VAPOUR BATHS. 



Messrs. Editors. — Seeing in your paper a no- 

 tice of a meeting, called for ihe purpose of es- 

 tablishing public Warm Baths in ihis town, 1 beg 

 leave, through the same medium, to suggest to 



screens ; in Ihe (ire-place was a small iron stove, 

 with an open grate in front ; lo the top ol this 

 slove was attached a small, strong, copper boil- 

 er, and from ibis lioilcr two small tubes convey- 

 ed ihe steam to each side oflhe fireplace, where 

 stood two Vapour Bath.s. These are nothing 

 more Ihan a light ivoodcn frame, with white 

 cutinn hangings llial enclose on every side, and 

 at the top, a chair on which the patient sits.— 

 This chair stands on a long, flat, tin box that 

 contains llic herbs, Ihe cover of which is per- 

 forated and through which ihe sleam passes from 

 ihe boiler into Ihe cotton enclosure. .\ foot- 

 the public spirited individuals, engaged in thisl^tooj keeps Ihe feet oflhe patient from being 

 laudable underlaking, Ihe expediency of addin;; ; i,icommoded by ihe heat of the tin box. The 

 to their establishment, that most valuable remedy] [jutienl undresses and seats himself on the chair, 

 for half the complaints that afilxt mankind,a Va. ,,j^,„,|,ig,^|y enclose. I by Ihe collon hangings ; the 

 POUR Bath. i y-ipour is then gradually lei in ; a thermometer 



This safe, expeditious, anil agreeable inelh- 1 hangs within Ihe collon walls of his bath, and 

 od of procuring copious perspiration, has been be reports Irorti time lo lime Ihe height of the 

 for several years increasingly resorted lo by | mercury lo Ihe allendant. The temperature is 

 ihe inhabitants of Europe, and it is beginning i gradually jaised lo ninety or an hundred de- 

 to take its pioper place in ihe medical tteat-l gree.s, wjihout any unpleasant feeling lo the 

 ment of patients in this country. Vapour Baths : yatient, who commonly perspires so profusely 

 are established in New-York and Pluladelfdiia. ; as lo feel sulliciently cool. Vt'arm towels a'e 

 md their beneficial efi'ects are becoming daily i handed him, wilh which he is reipiested to rub 



more known to the public ; numerous and ivon- 

 derful cures have been made by them, of iheu- 

 matic afleclicns, and of various cases of lame- 

 ness, which had been of long standing and had 

 resisted all olher treatment; whilst in the early 

 stages of a cold, Ihey are an infallible remedy, 

 preventing many long sicknesses and seated fe- 

 vers. If these effects were produced bv any 

 new Patent Medicine, the public prints would 

 teem wilh its praises ; a volume would be filled 

 with the hisiory of its cures ; but, be^'ause Ihese 

 results are obtained, by the very simple appli- 

 cation of steam to the surface of the body, ihe 

 excellence of the remedy is overlooked, and 

 people continue to dose themselves with nause- 

 ous drug', and keep their beds, in the very un- 

 comfortable predicament of taking a sweat, when 

 a surer, safer, and far more agreeable remedy, 

 is wilhia their reach. 



If the most complicated and expensive ma 

 chinery were requisite for the establishment of 

 Vapour Baths, they would still be thought de- 

 sirable by those who know their value; but, as 

 they require only a very simple and cheap ap- 

 paratus, can the enlightened inhabitants of this 

 town, who are already awakened to the utility 

 of public Baths, refuse themselves and their fel- 

 fow-citizens so important a means of heallh and 

 comfort ? 



Vapour Baths require less space, less labour, 



himself, and the perspiration is thus kept up 

 fur hall an hour or longer, according to the na- 

 ture ol the case, and during that lime it is usual 

 for all Ihe symptoms of a cold lo disappear. — 

 My informant said he entered the bath with a 

 sore throat, pain in his back and limbs, head- 

 ache and flushed countenance, o|i[)ressed breath- 

 ing and quick pulse, and before he had been in 

 many minutes, all these symptoms left him, and 

 he felt like a well man. As it was late in the 

 evening when he took Ihe bath, he rode there 

 and back, and went direclly into a warm bed; 

 but when il is taken in the day time there is no 

 danger in walking home after il, if the patient 

 is warmly clothed, and wails till his skin is 

 free (rom ail dampness. 



Two Baths can, wilh equal convenience, be 

 given at once, as the same (ire and attendance 

 answers for both, and the folding screens di- 

 vide Ihe room conveniently, for each patient 

 to be private in dressing and undressing. The 

 warmth of the mora and the great heat of the 

 steam prevent the cotton hangings from he- 

 coming perceptibly damp, and very simple con- 

 trivances enable ihe allendant to let off' the 

 steam by a waste pipe, or to apply it to the 

 patient at pleasure. 



Goethe, in his eightieth year has jujt published a 

 new edition of his Werter, which was fiUy years ago 

 the most popular work in Germany ! 



Frum t''.e ^'hnirinrn I'mmn. 



SCIENTIFIC MEMOKANFM— APPL1C.\BLE 

 TO RURAL ECONOMY. 



On Preserving Fruit Trees from Fr'i.it. 

 M. Bienenbiigh, of Leignitz, in Silesia, has 

 improved on the plan some years since announ- 

 ced, of saving fruit trees from (he ell-cts of late 

 frosts. He lakes ropes made of straw or hemp, 

 wilh which he envelopes the trees, Ihe ends of 

 Ihe ropes being put into, and reaching the bot- 

 tom of a' vessel tilled wilh spring \vater. A 

 single vessel suffices for many trees, by winding 

 ihe same rojip. or many united ropes, around all 

 of them, and placing the two ends in the vessel. 

 The vessel should be four or five yards distant 

 from the trees, taking care that the branches do 

 nol touch Ihe ice upon the surface oflhe water. 

 This singular preservative has been proved in 

 in Prussia, Poland, and other places, wilh suc- 

 cess, and is recommended parlicularly fcr apri- 

 cots, which, blos-oming early, are more expos- 

 ed to injury. See Bibliolhcque Pliysico-Econ- 

 omique, IS 19. 



Burnt Clay. 



The British Society for the encouragement 

 of Arts, Mannt'aclures and Commerce, awarded, 

 in 1019, their gold medal to ihe Rev. Edward 

 Carlwright, for his experiments on the efhcacy 

 of burnt clay as a manure. The experiments 

 were made wilh soot, at the rale of JO bushels 

 the acre, and wood ashes, at Ihe rale of 100 

 bushels Ihe acre. Burnt clay was nsed al the 

 rale of 20 cart loads (20 bushels each,) to the 

 acre. The whole was applied as top-dressings 

 lo a cold, wel, tenacious clay, a soil of all olh- 

 ers most likely lo be benefited by the mechani- 

 cal operation of burnt clay. 



Much depends on the economy of burning the 

 clay. The reverend experimenter stale?, that 

 the burnmg of his cost 1/. Cs. 6d. (go. 89,) for 83 

 loads. A trench is dug (having sufficient fall 

 to take olTthe water,) 20'i'eet in length, 3 deep 

 and 3 wide. Al the upper end of ihe trench, 

 and resting on its sides, a brick arch is turned, 

 9 or 10 feet long, having openings for letting 

 the fire through to the clay. Those openings 

 are made by leaving out half a brick at proper 

 intervals. In the front of Ihe arch is a small 

 wall two bricks thick, which has its foundation 

 in Ihe bollom of the trench. This wall, which 

 is two feet wider than the arch, rises about a 

 loot above it, through which there is a mouth 

 to (he arch abou( two feet wide. The whole 

 erection requires about 5 dr 600 bricks, and no 

 lime, except for the front wall. The arch will 

 be best laid in loam or puddle of any kind. — 

 The lumps of clay are laid hollow upon this 

 arch, (hat the Isre may draw through freely. — 

 When the pile is about two feet thick upon the 

 arch, the fire is lighled of faggots, and a sod 

 wall made round ihe kiln, which may extend 2 

 feet wider than the arch, and 3 or 4 high. As 

 the ignition proceeds, fresh clay is added by de- 

 grees, until the heap is between four or five ft. 

 high, and is burnt through, when the fire is suf- 

 fered to go out. Sec Rep. oj Arts, 2d series, vol. 

 36. 



It is worthy of remark, that in Great Britain, 

 the ciergy take an active part in agricultural 

 improvement, and that they forma large portion 

 oflhe agricultural writers and experimentalists. 

 They thus render themselves doubly useful lo 

 society. 



