NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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particular breed. I have different breeds, and none 

 exempt by reason of the blood, as some whole lit- 

 ters are attacked with it, others only in part, and 

 others not at all. The operation varies, sometimes 

 it causes fits, other times debility of limbs ; some- 

 times the whole system is affected, at others loss 

 of appetite, dizziness and shortness of breath. 



I have had considerable experience this season 

 as well as before, and have had no trouble after 

 following the above directions. 



P. S. I can furnish my brother with a few pairs 

 of full blood Suffolk pigs, or the grass fed if de- 

 sired. Yours truly, 



Richard Whittier. 



Grafton, Oct. 14, 1852. 



Western Horticultural Review. — The first 

 number of the third volume of this work is before 

 us. It is conducted with ability, printed elegant- 

 ly on good, large type, and is every way worthy 

 of an extensive circulation. The present number 

 is handsomely illustrated. Published at Cincin- 

 nati : Dr. John A. Warder, Editor. 



Will the editor give us his views in relation to 

 the annual extensive failure in the peach crop in 

 New England ? 



filccliamcs' Department, 2lrts, &c. 



A NEW AGRICULTURAL MACHINE. 



The' Albany Argus describes an invention which 

 is designed to supersede the plow, the harrow, the 

 roller, and the man who sows the seed. It says : 



"Yesterday we were shown the model of a new, 

 and what purports to be a valuable improvement 

 in one of the laborious departments of the agricul- 

 turist, and for which the inventor procured a pa- 

 tent in April of the present year. It embodies in 

 one implement the capacity for plowing with four 

 plows, scattering the seed in the furrows, harrow- 

 ing and rolling. The plows are ranged at suitable 

 distances, in front of the carts, and the number 

 can be diminished at pleasure, or four used. Im- 

 mediately following and attached to the plows, are 

 the buckets for the reception of the seed — corn in- 

 cluded — and from which it is distributed. The 

 harrows follow, behind the wheels of the cart, and 

 the rollers bring up the rear. On the platform of 

 the cart, and forming a part of it, is a basin, of the 

 same width, which is the receptacle of the seed. 

 Its position is immediately over the buckets, and as 

 the cart goes forward, it is so arranged as to allow 

 the seed to fall, in suitable quantities, in the buck- 

 ets below. The platform is large enough for the 

 driver, and will also accommodate several bags of 

 grain. The harrows are also the width of the cart, 

 in two pieces, as are also the rollers, for more easy 

 passage over the ground. The entire arrangement 

 can be removed with ease, and the cart used in 

 other capacity about the farm. 



The inventor is Mr. Henry Bebee, a young me- 

 chanic of this city. While it appears to be a val- 

 uable improvement, and has received the approba- 

 tion of many distinguished agriculturists, its utility 

 remains to be tested. There is scarcely a doubt, 

 however, that on prairie land it will prove a valu- 

 able acquisition to the implements of the farmer." 



A New Motive Power. — It is stated that Mr. 

 Charles Mowry, of the city of Auburn, N. Y., has 

 invented an arrangement by which the elasticity 

 of compressed air can be used to propel railroad 

 engines any distance required. The air is com- 

 pressed by water power or otherwise, and carried 

 in a tube or pipe the whole length of the road. 



Patents. — The following patents were issued 

 during the week ending Oct. 5 : 



Mighill Nutting, of Portland, Me., for improve- 

 ment in expanding window sashes ; Henry Clay 

 Smith of Portland, Me., for improvement in win- 

 dow frames. 



Designs.— Chas. B. Tuttle, of Amherst, N. H., 

 for design for a cooking-stove ; Walter Bryant, of 

 Boston, Mass., for design for a table frame and 

 legs. 



Bon's Department. 



THE ART OF THINKING. 



One of the best modes of improving the art of 

 thinking is to think over some subject before you 

 read upon it, and then observe after what manner 

 it has occurred to the mind of some great master; 

 you will then observe whether you have been too 

 rash or too timid; what you have omitted and 

 what you have exceeded; and by this process you 

 will insensibly catch the manner in which a great 

 mind views a great question. It is right to study; 

 not only to think when any extraordinary incident 

 provokes you to think, but from time to time to 

 review what has passed, to dwell upon it, and to 

 see what trains of thought voluntarily present 

 themselves to your mind. It is a most superior 

 habit in some minds to refer all the particular 

 truths which strike them to other truths more gen- 

 eral, so their knowledge is beautifully methodized, 

 and a particular truth at once leads to the gener- 

 al truth. This kind of understanding has an im- 

 mense and decided superiority over those confused 

 heads in which one fact is piled upon another with- 

 out any attempt at classification or arrangement. 

 Some men read with a pen in their hand, and 

 commit to paper any new thought which strikes 

 them ; others trust to chance for its appe irance. 

 Which of those is the best method in the conduct 

 of the understanding, must, I suppose, depend a 

 good deal upon the understanding in question. 

 Some men can do nothing without preparation — 

 others, little with it ; some are fountains ; others, 

 reservoirs. — Sidney Smith. 



Vulgar Words. — There is as much connection 

 between the words and the thoughts as there is 

 between the thoughts and the words ; the latter 

 are not only the expression of the former, but they 

 have power to re-act upon the soul and leave the 

 stain of corruption there. A young man, who 

 allows himself to use one profane or vulgar word, 

 has not only shown that there is a foul spot on 

 his mind, but by the utterance of that word he 

 extends that spot and inflames it, till by indul- 

 gence it will soon pollute and ruin the whole soul. 

 Be careful of your words, as well as your thoughts. 

 If you can control the tongue, that no improper 

 words are pronounced by it, you will soon be able 

 to control the mind and save it from corruption. 



