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A R D E N E B ' S JOURNAL, 



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facing, at the rati; of about one liusliel per min- 

 ute. This a|)|iaratiis is carried by water. It is 

 owned hy Capt. Timothy Ferrel, a very hirjje far- 

 mer. Tliesntne water machinery is made to turn 

 a large grindstone, and churn butter. A lona; 

 lever swung in the tni<Idle, which can be connec- 

 ted with the grindsKuie cnmli, bahinces up and 

 down, and plies the churn dasher at the other 

 end. Tlie butter from a hirge churn full of cream, 

 can be extracted in about fr.e minules. The wa- 

 ter-power is no.hing but a little halibling brook, 

 but Yankee ingenuity has compelled it tf well 

 work its way to a larger stream — to water horsee, 

 grind apples, turn grindstones, churn butter, and 

 irrigate a fine home-lot. — Hamp. Gaz. 



We learn that the important and economical 

 improvement in smelting iron ore, now [iractised 

 in Great F5riiain, has been introduced with com- 

 plete suceess, by the public sjiirited and wealthy 

 proprietors of the extensive iron works in York 

 and Lancaster counties — the Messrs Grubbs — one 

 of whom has recently returned from England, 

 whither he was induced to go, with a view of 

 e.xamining the great Welsh and Scotch iron works. 

 The im|)rovement, as we understand it, consists 

 in the application of heated air, which, being gen- 

 erated an<l retained in the furnace, instead of^s- 

 caping as formerly, thcreliy quickens the process, 

 and jiroduces one-third more pig iron than here- 

 tofore. For example, a furnace that used to yield 

 eight hundred tons per annum, by the old meth- 

 od, now gives twelve hundred tons, which at $30 

 per ton for the pigs, on the adilitional 400 tons, is 

 a gain of twelve thousand dollars in a single fur. 

 nace. 



The consequence of the adoption of this im- 

 provement will be, that instead of importing, as 

 we did last year, upwards of 117,000 tons of bar 

 and rolled iron, besides various other prepara- 

 tions, estimated in the treasury report at about 

 five tnillions of dollars, we shall not only have an 

 abundant supply for all the domestic deiruind,but 

 become exporters to other countries, iron, to 

 this State, and to the nation at large, especially 

 when viewed in connexion with our coal mines, 

 is more precious than the gems of Golcouda. or 

 the gold and silver of Pern and i^iexico ; and the 

 time is not distant when i.ur anthracite coal will 

 be successlnlly applied to smelting iron, and fur- 

 iiishitig an inex'.iaustible sup[dy of fuel in lien of 

 charcoal. We feel the deepest interest in dissem- 

 inating these important facts, convinced that a 

 right use of the discovery by our own capitalists 

 engaged in that branch, will render Pennsylvania 

 the seat of the most productive and gainful indus- 

 try ever enjoyed by any country. — JVational Ga- 

 zette. 



The Tobnip Fly. — While at Mr Barney's up- 

 per farm, he showed us a patch of Ruta Baga, 

 which he had rescied from the ravages of the Hy 

 by the use of fish oil. His mode of applying it 

 was this: The oil being placed in a vessel, he 

 dipped a rag into it, and sprinkled it over all the 

 plants. He had previously tried sifting lime over 

 them without effect, as was evinced by the many 

 rents in the first leaves ; the aroma of the oil be- 

 ing repulsive to the delicate sense of smell of 

 these little mischief doers, they instinctively leave 

 the plants as the oil is cast upon them. Another 

 good is effected by the use of it — it acts as a pow- 

 erful manure, and pushes the plant rapidly into 



the rough leafed state, when it is beyond the 

 reach of harm from this insect. 



It is the opinion of !Mr Barney, lliat a gallon of 

 oil, judiciously used, will go over an acre of tur- 

 nips; but shouM it take four, the expense should 

 be no object with any one desirous of securing a 

 crop of turnips ; for if it will drive off the fly, 

 tliere can be no question that it will also expel 

 grass hoppers, .which, of late years, have proved 

 equally as destructive to the turnip plant, as the 

 fly itself— /'arm. S,- Gard. 



Western Railroad The contractors have 



cotiimenced their labors in a nundicr of places in 

 Palmer. Their laborers are principally Irislwnen. 

 They are paid 80 cents a day, and board not in- 

 cluded. On one section they pay $2.50 a week 

 for board, which leaves them .$2.30 a week as 

 wages. At the latter section mentioned, and near 

 Maj. Bianchard's scythe factory, the rail road is 

 to pass through a hill, by an excavation to a depth 

 of 70 or 80 few. — Hamp. Gaz. 



Crops So far as we have ascertained, the croj) 



of grass is light ; in some places very light. Rye 

 is mostly harvested, and also cotries in light. — 

 The corn crop looks well. We noticed that a 

 smaller kind of corn is planted ; perhap.'s the Ca- 

 nada corn. Many of the farmers adhere to the 

 injurious practice of hillmg corn. It must be pe- 

 culiarly detrimental in these dry and elevated 

 lands.— /6. 



In order to kill the eggs of insects which nuiy 

 be in the soil — the larvje, or the insects them- 

 selves which may do mischief — it has been found 

 an excellent plan to drench the bed to be planted, 

 with scalding hot water. A friend informed ns 

 that a neighbor of his has for a number of year.s, 

 been in the habit of boxing up his beds snugly 

 with a board, sunk on each side a few inches and 

 projecting above it a fev/ inches, and then pour- 

 ing boiling water all ovei it. By this manage- 

 ment he has never been troidiled with grubs. — 

 This year he neglected so doing, and his garden 

 has been as.sailed witli insect marauders and near- 

 ly destroyed. For small plats of ground, this 

 mode iiiay do well, but it would be no small job 

 to hoil a large one. — Maine Far. 



Foot Rot in Sheep. — Mr Editor: The pres- 

 ent is the time to cure this destructive disorder, 

 and if any of your readers are disposed to prevent 

 its ravages among their own or their neighbors' 

 sheep, they shall be instructed as to the modus 

 operandi, without money or price. I have cured 

 hundreds, and can assure the public they may re- 

 ly upon its efficacy. First pare all the hoof away 

 that covers the disorder, and probe out every 

 crevice into which it has extended itself, remov- 

 ing with a knife, as far as practicable, the diseas- 

 ed part, being careful, however, not to make the 

 foot bleed. Then apply the composition, prepar- 

 ed as follows, to wit: half pound of powder, half 

 pound of burnt alum finely powdered, one gill oil 

 vitrol, and throe gills of soft water ; mix the whole 

 together, end use it immediately, on the sore and 

 well feet. This compound forms a thick paste 

 that adheres closely, and it is sure to do the busi- 

 ness for that skeletonizing disorder. Many rem- 

 edies, patent and common, have been before the 

 public ; butj during thirteen years experience, 



I never found a sure and perfect remedy but the 

 above. If any gentleman has doubts, he can have 

 tliem removed, by iiiquiiing of the Ilineshnrglu^ 

 wool-growers. And if any seeker of pati-ut medi- 

 cines and ilcar-bouglit remedies, is dis|)osed to 

 slight this gratis offering, let him remove his scru- 

 ples by sending me a 5 d(dlar note — rilg cujren- 

 cy — and try the remedy, for I am anxious that 

 all should '• believe," ami have their sheep "sav- 

 ed." Samuel H.'I'agert. 

 Ilinesburgh, July 21, 1837. 



[Burlington Free Press. 



The crops are sniil to be good in IMassachusetts, 

 and a nmch larger crop of wheat will be laiscd 

 than usual. In Maine, there is much alarm caus- 

 ed by the appearance of the weevil in the wheat. 

 The extent of the injury is not yet known. Ma- 

 ny fields of wliiat have been saved heretofore in 

 Massachusetts, Vermont ami elsewhere, by strew- 

 ing on slacked lime when the wheat is iu bloom, 

 sprinkling the lime when the dew is on, so that 

 the whent heads will catch it, whereby the young 

 insect is killed as soon as hatched. '1 he egg is 

 deposited by a fly which is seen only a f;w days 

 in the year. We hope the ravages of this insect 

 may not be so general as is feared. — Kennebec 

 Journal. 



St. JoH^s-woRT. — M. Paine advises us, that he 

 has fully succeeded iu destroying this noxious 

 plant, hy cutting and burning the ])lants, thus de- 

 stroying the seed, and then dressing the grounds 

 with a good coat of plaster. The efl'ect of this 

 mode of treatment, was, that where tliere was but 

 little grass before, he obtained a heavy crop, and 

 there was scarcely a stock of the St. Johns-wort 

 to be seen. He advises sowing plaster early. — 

 Cultivator. 



Good Farming. — Mr Reybold, an enterprising 

 and highly intelligent farmer of the State of Del- 

 aware, sowed, on the 17th of March last, some 

 spring wheat, that he obtained from Rome, New 

 York, from which he expects to reap from twen- 

 tyfive to thirty bushels to the acre. 'I'he Dela- 

 ware State Journal says that the same gentleman 

 hail, in 1835, one hundreil bushels of corn to the 

 acre, and that he has at present, fields which pro- 

 mise even a greater yield. With such lauds, no 

 man should even dare to whisper u word about 

 hard times. — Bait. Jlmer. 



The Harvest. — The Beaver (Pa.) Argus states 

 that the cutting of graiu has commenced in that 

 vicinity, and that the crop will be abundant, pro- 

 bably more than last year. There are more acres 

 to cut, and more grain to the acre. The mead- 

 ows have produced admirably. The Columbia 

 County (Pa.) Register remarks that hay in large 

 quantities, has been housed in good condition. 

 The rye will be above a common average crop. — 

 JV. Y. Post 



A premium of $100 haS been offered by a gen- 

 tleman of Boston, for the invention of some ma- 

 chine to be used by horse power or hand power, 

 which will immediately remove snow from the 

 side-walks. The machine must be exhibited at 

 the Mechanic's Association in Boston in Septem- 

 ber next. 



Beaver root steeped will cure the piles. 



