Vol. XL-No. 6. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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in different directions, as by a whirlwind. When 

 reaping, I had one acre measured off in a paral- 

 lelogram across the piece, which was kept by it- 

 self and threshed out in the latter i)ai-t of August; 

 which acre produced thirttifoitr bushels and two 

 quarts, and weighed, by several trials, from 59i 

 to 60 lbs. to the bushel. All which is submitted. 

 JOHN WILSON. 

 Decrficld, Oct. 92, 1831. 



A stattment of particulars in relation to a field of 



Corn cultivated and raised by Henry Sprague, of 



Princeton, County of Worcester, in 1831, on the 



Farm of John Lane Boylston, Esq. 



The field on which said corn was raised, con- 

 tains one acre and one hundred and thirtysix rods 

 by admeasurement, as will appear by the plan and 

 certificate of Joseph Mason, Surveyor, which is 

 hereunto annexed. 



The laud in the spring of 1831 was grass, or 

 award ground, and has not been ploughed for thir- 

 ty years previous. 



No manure was spread upon the land the pre- 

 ceding year, and none for many years previous, 

 and the product of hay on said land, in 1830, was 

 not more than four hundred to the acre. 



Thirtyseven common cart loads of manui-e 

 were spread on said piece of land in the month of 

 May last, and twentythree common cart loads 

 put into the hills ; two rows of potatoes were 

 planted on three sides of the field, which was 

 dressed with the above mentioned manure. The 

 land was lightly harrowed after the manure was 

 spread ; and ploughed ou the last day of Api'il, 

 and second day of May. 



The seed was not measured, but from 5 to 7 

 kernels were planted in a hill. 



The corn was planted or sown in hills, about 

 3J feet distance : it was planted on the 26th of 

 May, and hoed twice in the month of June, and 

 billed early in July ; the crop was gathered or 

 harvested on the 20th of October. The quantity 

 raised was ascertained by first sorting and then 

 filling one basket of each kiud, without culling, 

 which was shelled and measured; the remainder 

 was then measured in the same baskets, and the 

 entire croj) of the above mentioned piece of laud 

 was two hundred and two bushels and twentytwo 

 quarts. Shelled and measured as above on the 

 14th day of November. 



HENRY SPRAGUE, 

 ALBERT H. SPRAGUE. 



[The foregoin? statements were all duly certified and 

 sworn to, according to the rules of the society, but as 

 these certificates are unimpoitant to our agricultural 

 Iriends, we have here oinilted tlieni. — Ed. N. E. F.] 



ARTIFICIAL FOUNTAINS. 



The Agricultural Society of France has great- 

 ly exerted itself in introducing the practice 

 throughout the country of obtaining artificial foun- 

 tains (puitsfores,) by boring for water. Immense 

 advantages have thereby resulted to the agricul- 

 tural interest of France. Mr Ilericart de Thury, 

 who has devoted much attention to this subject, 

 and who has mainly contributed to the introduc- 

 tion of this system, informs us, that this method 

 of obtaining a supply of water has been extensive- 

 ly, and with considerable advantage, employed 

 for manufacturing purposes. In many establish- 

 ments these artificial fountains arr used as a mov- 

 ing power — and the uniform mode in which they 

 operate is not the least of the advantages which 



they aObrd. At other establishments, v. hen it was 

 necessary to have a constant supply of clear water, 

 these artificial fountains have supplied it — and 

 they have been used, moreover, as a heating 

 means — the average temperature of the water be- 

 ing from 12" to 14° centigrade (50^,) In like 

 manner, horticnituralists and farmers have taken 

 advantage of these fountains for equalizing the 

 temperature of their green houses during winter. 

 A Mr Burchman of VVirtemburg, has happily con- 

 triveil to render these fountains still more useful. 

 In many manufactories of that country the chief 

 mo\ing power is water, which puts into operation 

 a iiumi)cr of hydraulic wheels. These wheels, 

 during the winter season are covered with icicles 

 which impede their motion. To remedy this in- 

 convenience, Mr B. has caused fountains to be 

 bored, and by directing their tepid waters upon 

 the hydraulic wheels, prevents the accumulation 

 of these icicles. The same enlightened manufac- 

 turer has made use of this heating means and with 

 a considerable success in oil and paper manufac- 

 tories. In an establishment of the latter kind, 

 when the e.xternal temperature was 15 degrees 

 below the freezing point, by means of these foun- 

 tains the temperature of the whole house was 

 maintained up to 6° centigrade, in consequence of 

 which there was no need of stoves, and other 

 modes of producing heat which are particularly 

 dangerous in such places. But even in the case 

 of fire, it is evident that this constant and abund- 

 ant supply of water affords an immense resource. 

 Further again, whilst this supply of water serves 

 ill the winter time to heat the apartments through 

 which it is made to flow, in the summer season it 

 is a means of refreshing them, as the temperature 

 of the water is found never to succeed 14° cent. 

 And it has been remarked, that the aqueous va- 

 pors have no effect in altering either the salubri- 

 ty of the [ilace, in regard to the workmen, or the 

 quality and nature of the goods to be manufactur- 

 ed. — C our. des Elats Unis. 



From the Family Lyceum. 



COUNTY LYCEUMS. 



A Lyceum seminary, an itinerating or circuit 

 library, a county cabinet of Natural History, a 

 system of circuit teaching, under one or more dis- 

 trict professors, or experimeutal teachers, who 

 should visit several towns or neighborhoods in 

 succession, the introduction of apparatus and va- 

 rious other improvements into schools, raising the 

 qualifications of teachers by weekly meetincs in 

 towns, and semi-annual or quarterly meetings in 

 counties, the procuring of town and county maps 

 and histories, and a general interest and co-oner- 

 ation for ihc advancement of schools and the gen- 

 eral diffusion of knowledge, might be easily and 

 readily effected by the friends of education in 

 any county, who would organize themselves into 

 a Lyceum, and combine and concentrate their ef- 

 forts for the purpose. 



The great importance of this step, and the vast 

 magnitude of the objects to be affected by it, sug- 

 gest the expediency of specifying a particular dav 

 for the meeting of the friends of education at the 

 county seat of each county in the Union, to or- 

 ganize a County Lyceum, or to effect the objects 

 contemplated by them when they are already or- 

 ganized. 



We therefore beg leave to propose the second 

 Wednesday in September next, for the meeting 



of teachers and the friends of education generally 

 in each county in the Union, for organizing a 

 County Lyceum and taking any other measures 

 for iniproving the intellectual and moral condi- 

 tion nf their citizens, and for co-operatinp with 

 the fiieiids of knowledge and religion throughout 

 the world. 



SIMPLE REMEDIES FOR DISTRESSING 



DISEASES. 



Cholera. — A friend of ours, who is a man of 

 discernment and veracity says, that he has known 

 severe cases of common cholera morbus relieved 

 instantaneously, and speedily cured by the fol- 

 lowing very simple prescription. Mix wheat flour 

 with water till the mixture becomes as thick as 

 may be convenient for sipping, and drink about 

 half a wine glass full at a time to the amount of 

 half a pint, or till relief is obtained. 



Gravel. — Another gentleman assures us that 

 boiling water poured on Indian meal, and the 

 mixture suffered to cool, the meal to subside, and 

 the clear liquid drank is a specific for the gravel. 



The Norfolk Beacon mentions a test of the 

 efficacy of the simple cure for the Cholera pub- 

 lished in the New York Courier and Enquirer, 

 consisting of a tea-sjioonful of common talile salt, 

 one table-spoonful of Vinegar, and one tea-cup of 

 boiling water, taken together, as hot as possible — 

 the dose repeated if required. The Beacon says: 



The eflicacy of the above simple prescription 

 has been tested by a gentleman in this place, 

 whose servant was seized on Saturday last, with 

 severe pains in the bowels, attended with vomit- 

 ing. Wn are assured that she was entirely re- 

 lieved in less than half an hour JV. Y. Enq. 



Gen. Green — I send a receipt for Lemon Sy- 

 rup, by wliich the juice of this valuable fruit may 

 be preserved in perfection. I have drank it at 

 the south seven years after it was prepared, and it 

 was still excellent. 



You will perhaps confer a favor on the public 

 by giving the receipt a place in your paper. 



Respectfully, B. 



Lemon Syrup, which will remain sound many 

 years and retain its flavor, even in the West India 

 climate. Receipt.— 'to every pint of the strained 

 juice of the Lemon, add one jjound and eleven ozs. 

 of white Havana or loaf sugar ; put the whole in a 

 bell metal vessel, and simmer on a slow fire, until 

 the juice under the froth becomes clear; boiling 

 injures the flavor. 



As soon as clear, the syrup should be dipped 

 from the froth or scum that rises and put into bot- 

 tles for use, and wi II corked. One bottle of this 

 will serve a family as long as six of the syrup pre- 

 pared by the confectioners.— {7. S. Telegraph. 



Camphor Treatment of Cholera. — We have re- 

 ceived a communication from William Ciian.niiig, 

 M. D. giving an account of the trtatment of Chol- 

 era by spirits of Camphor. It appc.irs that out 

 of two hundred persons attacked by the epidemic 

 within his jiracticc, all were cured except /our 

 and these four died of other disorders superadded. 

 The writer thinks that Camphor is a certain spe- 

 cific for the disease in every stage. The treat- 

 ment is— from 1 to 3 drops of spirits of Camphor 

 taken in a little water, every hour, or every two 

 hours, according to circumstances, until a reaction 

 has completely set in. It has the merit of being a 

 simple remedy. — JV. 1". Enq. 



