1835.] 



F A R M E R S ' REGISTER. 



299 



It is obvious that any number of these burners 

 may be arranged — all to be I by one main 



leader — and as the cost of these fixtures is small. 

 and only the gas actually used is paid lor, it would 

 be expedient always to have several of them. 



Of course the value of this new application of 

 gas depends upon proper car 1 in the use of the ap- 

 paratus, and on the part of the company, in the 

 preparation and purification of the. 

 the first, the whole thing is so simple, that except 

 through wilfulness there could be no mistake, and as 



to the purification of the gas, the interest of the 

 company would be so great in seeing to that, as 

 upon iis fredom from smell and brightness in bur- 

 ning, its general use would essentially depend — 

 that little need be apprehended on that score. 



Upon the whole we confess ourselves amazing- 

 ly taken with this kind of fuel — and recommend 

 to our Mends to ascertain, at the works of the 

 Manhattan Gas Company, the cost, and the ad- 

 vantages particularly in hot weather,of such kitch- 

 en fires. 



For the Farmers' I' 



OX DRAINING, AND RECL.AIMIH 



JECT TO INUNDATION FROM FE': 

 DIVERTING, AND STKAf< . JTHEBEDS 



OF STREAMS. 



The figure in view, e x ' i : ' ; ' • a body of creek 

 low grounds, drained and reclaimed from freshets, 

 in which 



A F C D E represents the channel of the 

 creek. 



AFC the part of the old channel to be chang- 

 ed. 



ABC the new channel, cut through the mid- 

 dle of the low groi 



G H 1 J K L M, a margin ditch on the border 

 A' the first low grounds. . 



S, S, S, S, &c. ponds, drained in different parts 

 of the low grounds. 



t, t, i, Sfc. little ditches, many of which render- 

 ed useless by the main drain. 



O P Q R, a conductor at the foot of the hill, at 

 the border of the second lowgrouiuls. 



T U V W X Y, outlets from the conductor in- 

 to the margin ditch. 



<m 



Having explained the general features of the 

 figure, the remarks which accompany it we shall 

 briefly arrange under three heads. 



1st. The condition of the land exhibited in the 

 above figure, before drained and reclaimed. 



2nd. The method adopted to effect it. And 



3rd. The effects produced afterwards, and the 

 advantages derived to the land, from the whole 

 operation. 



First then in regard to the condition of the land. 

 It was very subject to n, so that in ex- 



traordinary freshets, the low grounds was for the 

 most, part covered with water. Secondly, it was 

 in many places excessively wet, being constantly 

 saturated, and often supersaturated with water, 

 oozing out and coming down from the adjacent 

 hills: for the flat being so wide and level, there 

 was no way of getting rid of it except by evapo- 

 ration. Thirdly, it was subject to continual wash- 

 ings and scouringSj occasioned by the stream cut- 

 ting across the bends of the channel; which wash- 



ed and gullied places being abandoned, became 

 stagnant ponds that grew up in bushes, and offer- 

 ed a safe retreat for the nursery of black birds, 

 that are more destructive to the young corn than 

 even the freshet itself. Fourthly, the land was 

 inconveniently intersected with a number of small 

 ditches, the birth-place of bushes, and obstacles 

 to the plough. Fifthly, the land was frequently 

 worked out of season, from being too wet at the 

 proper season. Sixthly, it was liable to be work- 

 ed wet, and when so, the invariable consequence 

 was, a diminution of the crop; impoverishment of 

 (he land; increase of draught on the horse; and 

 the land was cloddy all that season. Seventhly, 

 the land was so wide and level, that there were 

 few outlets for the superfluous water, except the 

 old channel: and that frequently at so great a dis- 

 tance, that the ditches necessary to conduct it off 

 were too long, and of course liable to fill up, and 

 too expensive to cut. Eighthly, pasturing the 

 'and in this condition was extremely detrimental. 



