Food for with the Mediterranean; its length is 148 miles, it has more than 100 locks, 

 Plants and about 50 aqueducts, and its highest part is no less than 600 feet above 

 jog the sea; it is navigable for vessels of upward of 100 tons. The largest ship 

 canal in Europe is the great North Holland canal, completed in 1825 — 125 

 feet wide at the water surface, 31 feet wide at the bottom, and has a depth of 

 20 feet; it extends from Amsterdam to the Helder, 51 miles. 1 he Caledonia 

 canal, in Scotland, has a total length of 60 miles, including 3 lakes. The 

 Suez canal is 88 miles long, of which 66 miles are actual canal. The Erie 

 canal is 350 J miles long; the Ohio canal, Cleveland to Portsmouth, 332; the 

 Miami and Erie, Cincinnati to Toledo, 291; the Wabash and Erie, Evans- 

 ville to the Ohio line, 374. 



Carrying Capacity of a Freight Car, 



This Table is for Ten Ton Cars. 



Whiskey 60 barrels. Lumber 6,000 feet. 



Salt 70 " Barley 300 bushels. 



Lime 70 " Wheat 340 



Flour 90 " Flax Seed 360 



Eggs 130 to 160 " Apples 370 



Flour 200 sacks. Corn 400 



Wood 6 cords. Potatoes 430 



Cattle 18 to 20 head. Oats 6S0 



Hogs 50 to 60 " Bran i,oco 



Sheep 80 to 100 ' ' Butter 20,000 pounds. 



Rules for Business Farmers. 



7 he way to get credit is to be punctual in paying your bills. The way to 

 preserve it is not to use it much. Settle often; have short accounts. 



Trust no man's appearances — they are deceptive — perhaps assumed, for 

 the purpose of obtaining credit. Beware of gaudy exterior. Rogues usually 

 dress well. The rich are plain men. Trust him, if any, who carries but 

 little on his back. Never trust him who flies into a passion on being dunned; 

 make him pay quickly, if there be any virtue in the law. 



Be well satisfied before you give a credit that those to whom you give it 

 are safe men to be trusted. 



Sell your goods at a small advance, and never misrepresent them, for those 

 whom you once deceive will be aware of you the second time. 



Deal uprightly with all men, and they will repose confidence in you, and 

 soon become your permanent customers. 



Beware of him who is an office seeker. Men do not usually want an 

 office when they have anything to do. A man's affairs are rather low when 

 he seeks office for support. 



Trust no stranger. Your goods are better than doubtful charges. What 

 is character worth, if you make it cheap by crediting everybody I 



Agree beforehand with every man about to do a job, and, if large, put it 

 into writing. If any decline this, quit, or be cheated. Though you want a 

 job ever so much, make all sure at the onset, and in a case at all doubtful, 

 make sure of a guarantee. Be not afraid to ask it; the best test of responsi- 

 bility; for, if offence be taken, you have escaped a loss. 



