228 Raising Water. — Prosi>erity of New Jersey. — Wheat. Vol. X. 



common understandincf, as also for their 



barbarous and unskilful treatment, killing 



more animals than die from natural causes. 



Respectfully yours, 



T. J. CORBYN, 



Veterinary Surgeon. 



Philad., Veterinary IiistitiitG, Kidge 

 Road & Vine St., Jan. 31st, 184(3. 



Raising Water by a Simple Process. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet : — 



Having long felt the want of water in our 

 barn-yard and fields, we have succeeded in 

 bringing a plentiful supply from a spring by 

 means of a machine for raising water, upon 

 a simple, cheap, and durable plan, which is 

 within reach of every one who has a spring 

 or rivulet at his command, with not less than 

 three feet fall. With this amount of fall, 

 we may throw up to the yard one-sixth of 

 the amount used by the machine ; — or, in 

 other words, if a man has a stream or spring 

 furnishing six quarts per minute, he may 

 throw one-sixth of it into his yard tor the use 

 of his stock. If there be a greater fall, a 

 greater proportion of the water may be 

 thrown into the yard. Our spring furnishes 

 three quarts per minute; we have 17 feet 

 fall from the spring to the machine, and from 

 the machine to the yard 42 feet rise, and 

 while the machine is at work, it sends into 

 the yard three quarts per minute ; and as we 

 can only get one-third of the quantity into 

 the yard, we can consequently only work our 

 maciiine eight hours out of the twenty-four. 

 We make this communication, believing 

 that a knowledge of our success may be 

 valuable to the readers of the Cabinet. 



Reeve & Brothers. 



AUoways Town, Salem Co., N. J. 



government be for the protection of the go- 

 verned, it would seem the first duty to foster 

 and protect the industry and enterprise of 

 her own citizens. 



Prosperity of Ncav Jersey. 



We make the following extract from the message of 

 the Governor of New Jersey, delivered to the Legisla- 

 ture at Trenton, on the 14th ult. 



Although not exempt from the influence 

 of the drought which so generally prevailed 

 during the last summer, the crops chiefly 

 relied on by our agriculturists have been 

 abundant. Their surplus products have found 

 a profitable market, whilst the activity dis- 

 played by the mechanics and mahufacturers, 

 is evidence that labour with them too hasj 

 been rewarded. The three great sources of 

 national and individual wealth — agriculture, 

 manufactures, and commerce — are so inti- 

 mately connected, that they necessarily pros- 

 per or decline together. Hence protection 

 and encouragement to the one, are alike ben- 

 eficial to all. They are alike dependent on' 

 the fostering care of the government ; and if 



Wheat. 



There are two sorts of wheat generally 

 cultivated in this country; the winter wheat, 

 which is sown in autumn, and the spring or 

 summer wheat, sown in early spring. The 

 former has a large, plump ear, smooth, or 

 destitute of awn, with a strong, vigorous, 

 and erect stem. There are of this, two va- 

 rieties: the red wheat, which is of a dark 

 colour, and has a tough, thick skin, and the 

 common wheat, which affbrds4he best flour. 

 The spring wheat, which is supjjosed to come 

 from the north of Europe, is less hardy, and 

 has a slenderer stem than the other, with 

 bearded ear. As it comes more rapidly to 

 maturity than the winter wheat, it is some- 

 times a surer crop in our variable climate, 

 though the quality of the grain is reckoned 

 inferior. The Egyptian, or many-spiked 

 wheat, is cultivated in Egypt and some parts 

 of Italy. It is supposed to be of African ori- 

 gin, and, in its qualities and habits, resem- 

 bles the spring wheat just mentioned. The 

 stem of this species is branched at the top, 

 and bears several ears, or spikelets. The 

 ear is bearded, and the grains are smaller 

 and thinner than the common winter wheat. 

 The spelt wheat is supposed to be the zea of 

 the Greeks, and the kind of wheat used by 

 the Romans. It is still cultivated in the 

 south of Europe, and it grows on a coarser 

 soil and requires less care and attention than 

 the finer sorts of grain. — IIogg''s Weekly 

 Instruclor. 



A Garden. — No other sort of abode seems 

 to contribute so much to the tranquillity of 

 mind and comfortableness of body. The 

 sweetness of the air, the pleasantness of the 

 smell, the verdure of the plants, the exercise 

 of working and walking ; but, above all, the 

 exemption from care and solicitude, seem 

 equally to favour and improve both contem- 

 plation and health — the enjoyments of sense 

 and imagination. A garden has been the 

 inclination of kings and the choice of phi- 

 losophers ; the pleasure of the greatest and 

 the care of the meanest; an employment 

 and possession, for which no man is too high 

 or too low. If we believe the scriptures, we 

 must allow that the Creator esteemed the 

 life of man in a garden the happiest he 

 could give him, or else he would not have 

 placed Adam in that of Eden. — Sir William 

 I Temple. 



