1825.] 



NEW E.VGLAND FARMER. 



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AGKICULTCRAL SEMINARY. 

 We hiive received I'nim Ihe proprielor of the 

 A^ricullural Seiniiuirtj. at Derby, (Ciin.) a short 

 slatctnent of (he course of inslniction pursued 

 al that institution, toijether with n series ol 

 Questions, selecteil iVom a full course of illustra- 

 tions anil experiments upon Cliemi-try. From a 

 cursory examinilion of the plan of the institution, 

 the mode of condnclingllie studies and the order 

 of the exercise', we should judge ihat the design 

 is not only an iuiprovcmenl, hul that its details, 

 if well ohserved, are calculated to nriake thor- 

 ough and practical students. " In conducting the 

 studies of this school, (says the founder) two 

 ohjects are constantly kept in view. The first 

 is to render education rational, the second to 

 render it practical. To obtain the first ohject, 

 it IS intended not to have a sentence, or jjropo- 

 sition commuted to memory, which is not under- 

 stood. To be satistied with nothica; short of de- 

 monstration, or a distinct aud definite view of 

 every suhject presented to the mind of the pupil. 

 To obtain the second object, every propoiition 

 and every principle, as scon as understood, are 

 a{)plied to their use in common thing*."' Some 

 notion of the internal arrangement of the institu- 

 tion may Le obtained i'rom the following order 

 of the daily exercise for the summer: '• Rise at 

 l> — exercise in the garden or field o:)e hour — 

 breakfast a! lialf past 6 — study one hour — morn- 

 ing recitations at 8 — assemble for prayers and 

 reailing the bible, at 9 — various exercises in 

 study and drilling till 12 — dinner at half past j2 

 — assamlla to a piihlirk reading in ski'tclies ol 

 tiie earth with its inhabitants, manners, customs. 

 Sic. in history or some other useful book, on 

 which all are qiie.stioned, at 1 — study and dril- 

 ling till i — experimental lectures on' nifir-,'! 

 philosophy, chemissrv, o» some other subject till 

 6 — recreation one hour — lea at six — acrricullnr- 

 al exercises one hour — study till half past 8 — 

 retire al 9" The snmmor term will commence 

 on the second Wednesday ol May, and close on 

 the la>t Wednesday of October. Price of tuition, 

 including lectures, gl 5 a term, or g30 a year. 

 A gentlema.T of our acquaintance, whose son has 

 been a student al this school during the past 

 year, writes us a favourable account of the re- 

 sult. 



AMERICAN LEGHORNS. 

 The :ap:ilJy w.ih v. hich the resources of our 

 country are developing is unequalled ; 40 years 

 ago we were indebted to other countries lor 

 cuHon, and all its varir.us fabricks. It now I'orws 

 ^ne ol the most vril.iable of our exports. With- 

 out enumeraling the many other articles that 

 we once bought and now sell, and which have 

 rendered us almost as independent di-rae.stically 

 as politically, we notice the article ot' Leghorn 

 hats. Within a iVw years it has been discover- 

 ed that the material may be ol>lained on our 

 own soil, anil nothing is waiiting hut manutac- ' 

 tores to reniler us independent of loreiguers for 

 this article also. The saving in a national [loint 

 of view will be great when we su[)ply ourstlves 

 witli this article ; hut this is not the greatest ben- 

 efit to be derived I'rom il. It will give empiny- 

 menl, protitable nnd pleasant, to a large class 

 of females, now dcpFBdent 0!i Ihe nceuie, which 

 yields a porry pittance merely for support. \'.'e 

 are happy to learn that the manufacture of Leg- 

 .horus has beea entered into with .spirit, and 



(latterin? prospects, in the interior rf New- 

 York. Near Ithaca a Mr. Ayres rmploy, in 

 making for his own sales, about forly person' 

 iMany of Iheir hats are of the lines! texture, and 

 Ihe most beautiful finish. While we hope thai 

 Ihe manufacturers may meet with ainple en- 

 couragement, we recommend others also to turn 

 tiieir attention to this elegant and profitable 

 employment. I 



WORMS IN H0P.SES AND OTHER A-NIMALS. 



The following is extracted from ./J Trca/tse 

 on Jerminous Diseases. 4"C. By Valerian Lexais, 

 Pr jjessor of Clvncal Medicineiii ihe UniversiVj of 

 I'dvia. Translated from the French, viilh addi- 

 tions, by John G. CofKn, M D. 



" In 1782, M. Chabert published a work on 

 the verminous diseases of animals in Paris_ He 

 menlions a preparation, which he considers as 

 a perfect remedy lor all the worms which in- 

 habit animal;. C. A. Rhudolphi, see p. 05, of 

 that vvork, notices this article with commenda- 

 tion, it is this, " Oleum Chaberli"' &.C. [Herej 

 follows a j aasage in Latin, of which Dr. CotBn 

 has given tne following translation] " ChaberCs] 

 Oil; one part of empyreumatic animal oil is' 

 ad.'ed to three parts of essential oil (spirit) of 

 'urpenline, and after standing four days, the' 

 mixlure is distilled. No species of worms can 

 lesisl the destruclive force of this distilled oil. ' 



Under the direction of the celebrated Chabert, i 

 I have seen it cx|)el not only Ihe large and small 

 ascarides, but taeniae also, and innumerable 

 hepatic distomala, from a girl tw elve years old. 

 He considers the following doses sufficiently 

 large ; namely, lor neat cattle iVi.m two to lour 

 ouz'ces ; tor hor.ips from one to three ounces;' 

 for colts, calves, and sheep, one drachm; for' 

 swine from half a drachm to two scruples; fori 

 dfrjs, according lo their age and size, a drachm, j 

 or a scruple, or half of this quantity. I 



SORB BACKS. j 



Major Long, in his '• Expedition to the Source 

 of St. Peter's River," lately published, says — 

 "Our horses were sometimes chafed by the 

 sad. Up. After having tried many application^, 

 we found none that succeeded so well as white 

 lead moistened with milk. After we had left 

 the settlements sweet oil was used as a substi- 

 tute for milk. AVhenever the application was 

 made in the early stage of tlie wound, we have 

 found it to be very efficacious. Two ounces of. 

 white lead sufficed for the whole of our parly 

 during more than a month." — Hdinp. Gazette. 



STEAM-ENGINE. 



We went this morning, by request, lo 2^b 

 Water sireet lo look at a rotary steam-engine, 

 invented by Mr. James of this city, and in foil 

 operation at the stove manufactory of Messrs. 

 James SiConnel. The power of the small en- 

 gine we saw, (only for a moment), was employ- 

 ed in carrying a trip hammer, lor pounding cop- 

 per. We were much gratified with Ihe exhi- 

 biiion, anil fecommend Ihe scientific and curi- 

 ous lo call and view it for themselves. We 

 shall not undertake lo describe il, as it is a task 

 which belongs to those who are i)ractically and 

 scientifically acquainted with such subjects. 



A*. Y. Statesman. 



DOCKING HOP.srS. 



A writer in Ihe American Farmer considers 

 the practice of docking horses as injudiciou;, 

 absurd and cruel. He says long tails are uni- 

 versal in Spain, France and Italy, and that the 

 Cossacks, Arabs and South Americans, who al- 

 most live on horseback, never dock their horses. 



EPILEPSr. 



A Physician, of Tribel near Soran, has dis- 

 covered that the root of the common wormwood, 

 is an efficacious medicine in epilepsy . He recom- 

 mends gathpring this plant in autnmn, drying it 

 in the shade without being washed, and not pul- 

 verizing il till It is wanted for use. It should 

 be administered in the form of powder as soon 

 assigns of Iha approach of Ihe lit are manifested. 

 To an adult it may be given in a dose from fifty 

 to seventy grains, in a warm liquid. After the 

 patient has taken the medicine, he should go lo 

 bed and cover himsell well up, and not remove 

 from it till liie perspiration has ceased. 



RE'JEDY FOR HEAVED I.V HORSES. 



Take one pound and a half of good ginger, for 

 a horse. Give two table spoonfuls a day — one 

 in the morning and the other in the evening, 

 mixt with wheat bran. Tliis receipt has been 

 selling at go to the eastward, where the effica- 

 cy of the above medicine has been proved in 

 the cure of several cases of obstinate heaves. 



AMERICAN NAN'KEEXS. 



J. B. Nons of Philadelphia, has obtained a pa- 

 lent for a receipt to make buff or nankeen col- 

 ours, whicli, are indelible. This discovery is 

 of great value, as we noiv can have nankeens of 

 a cheap quality, and of American manufacture. 



Ths Socut^ of Middlesex Husbandmen and Man- 



vfaclurers. 



This Society have proposed premiums to the 

 amount of more than seven hundred dollars to be 

 awarded for the several productions and inven- 

 tions in the county. These premiums are suffi- 

 ciently large to call forth considerable compe- 

 tition, and will probably give an extensive va- 

 riety to Ihe next exhibition and annual cattle 

 show in this place. — The premiums offered for 

 agricultural experiments and improvements 

 should excite attention at the present season, 

 when hu-bandmen are in the early part of their 

 year's labours The day tixed for the Plough- 

 ing Match and Cattle Show is the olh of Octo- 

 ber next. — Concord Gazette. 



There has been much said about the " J^ew 

 Invention^'' for obtaining water by boring in- 

 stead of digging wells. The following copied 

 from '• The Literary Magazine," published ia 

 1803, shews that neither the invention nor the 

 application is new. 



" Tlie following is recommended as a simple 

 and easy method ol" obtaining water in almost 

 any situation : — The ground is perforated by a 

 borer. In the perforation is placed a wooden 

 pipe, which is driven down with a mallet, after 

 which the boring is continued, that the pipe 

 may be driven still farther. In proportion as 

 the cavity of the borer becomes loaded, it is 

 drawn up and emptied, and in lime, by the ad- 

 ditions of new portions of wooden pipe, ths 

 boring is carried to any depth, acd watQC iS 

 gecerally obtained." 



