give a small portion of the infusion ♦<> eacii plant 

 from a tin tea-kettle. Ami it is tnrtlier recom- 

 mendeil, when these plants are taken up to be 

 transplanted, that their roots should be put in 

 the infusion a few minutes before they are dib- 

 bled into the earth. It is wonderful how much 

 this iniusion promote? the vigour of vegetation, 

 where it gels to t!ie i-oolsofany plant. 



A'ipers, tvliich ■.\vf. common in England snd 

 the south of Scotland, will soon forsake gardens 

 in which the said infusion is used I'reeiy ; and 

 the essential oil of tobacco, if ap|)lied to the 

 jnoulh of a viper, upon the lip of a small rod, 

 till he biles at the rod, will kill the reptile to a 

 rerlainty. This oil »vill kill liie most poisonous 

 snakes of warm climales. 



The tobacco leaf yields a considerable quan- 

 tity of essential oil, which is readily obtained 

 by smoking tobacco in a tube nii>ple glass. The 

 oil will condense in the bulb of the nipjile glass ; 

 and it is so extremely caustic, that il will des- 

 troy the epidermis where it touches tl;i; human 

 skin. 



It is peculiarly gralifving lo obsetve that the 

 said infusion with gum arabic* and flour of sul- 

 phur will be found a most iniport.mt article to 

 the farmer in the pickling of wheat or barley 

 seed; and it is not necessary that the grain 

 should be iu the liquor above half an hour. The 

 grain should be put in the infusion in large tubs; 

 and when taken up put in bag«, and the bags 

 suspended above the tubs till the infusion is en- 

 tirely drained off. As soon as lht> liquor islully 

 drained off, let tlie seed-corn be spread upon 

 canvas-sheets in the sun anil air if dry weather; 

 but otherwise on sheets on the barn lloor. — 

 When spread on sheets lo the quantitv of I'nnr 

 fcushels, sprinkle over it two [lounds of tine 

 flour of sulphur, an<l rake the seed over and over 

 again, to separate the grains. If the grains 

 still appear to adhere lo eaeb olhi=r, it will 

 be proper lo mix them with sand lo make them 

 separate I'reeiy /'i>r sowing. The destructive 

 ground grut) will not I'leely attack any seed pick- 

 led with this infusion, -.uhI the spring it gives lo 

 vegetation is astonishing. 



— >«it6>~- 

 Frorn Ike Vtrtnonl Journal. 



DAIRYING. 



Mr Editor — 1 have been so well pleased with 

 the idea of a dairy, or milk room, the plan of 

 which was recently described lo rae, tiiat I am 

 induced to m.dve it public. 



The shelvps are so constructed as lo admit the 

 immeision of a milk (lan in cold water, nearly 

 lo the top resembling a slialluw trough. By 

 the advantage of loialion, the water isconslaiil- 

 ly running from a s|)ring, jnto one end of ihe 

 .s|»*ll' and off at the other, and may easily he con- 

 ducted frojnehelflo=lielf, through a Mrlude room. 

 The conse<]uHnce is the milk keeps perfectly 

 sweet, iu the warmej-t season, until the cream is 

 all risezi. which 1= in a short limp, — of course 

 the bultt^r will lie sweet. JVow is there not hun- 

 dreds of plac-vs thai would admit of ihe same im- 

 provement with Iritllng expctice, nhich would 

 be rel"und?:d lour fold in one seas,";i. 



And, sir, I will add n line from my own expe- 

 TiiJTice iu ciiurniUjj. Be sure to put in sullicien! 



* The principal nse of the gum-arabic ielo carry the 

 i-)...;' oisiili)liiir into th<; sail a'.lachcd to the seed. 



of new milk to make your cream very thin : viz. 

 put in equal or even double the quantity of milk, 

 that you do cream ; ihe consequence is, your but- 

 ter is brought with less than half the labor, or 

 time, and less liable to be white or striped, as 

 Ihe mess will be all the time thin, moves easy, 

 and if it spatters np, it immediately runs down, 

 so that the whole gels equally moved, and all 

 changes at once to butler. 



A LOVER OF coon BUTTER. 



ll'eaihersfitid, J'l. 1825. 



DROWNING. 

 Ahlhod of rendering Assistance to Persons in Dan- 

 ger of DroTun ing. 



This desirable object appears altainahle by 

 Ihe use of a man's bat and pocket handkerchiet", 

 (which being all the apyjaratu- necessary) is lo 

 be used thus ; Spread the handkerchief on the 

 ground, and place a hat, with the brim down- 

 wards, on the middle of the handkercliief ; and 

 then lie the handkerchief round the hat as yon 

 would tie up a bundle, keeping the knots a* near 

 Ihe cenlre of the crown .-.s may be. Now, by 

 seizing the knots in one band, and keeping the 

 opening of the hut upwards, a person, without 

 knowing" how to swim, ma}', learlessly, phmge 

 into the water with what may be necessary to 

 save Ihe life of a fellow-creature. 



If a person should fall out of a boat, or the 

 boat upset by going foul of a cable. Sic. or should 

 he fall off Ihe quays, or indeed fill into any tva- 

 ter from which he could not extricate himself, 

 but mn^t wail some little time for assistance, had 

 he presence of mind enough to whip off his hat, 

 and hold it by the brim, placing his lingers wilh- 

 inside the crown, and hold it so, (lop downwards) 

 he would be able, by this method, lo keep hi>' 

 month well above water till assistance should 

 reach him. It often hafipens Ihat dang-eris des- 

 cried long before we are involved in the peril, 

 and time enough lo prepare Ihe above melliod ; 

 and a courageous pifrson would, in scveainstan- 

 ces out often, apply lo them with sucocs> ; and 

 travellers, in fording rivers at unknown fords, 

 or where shallows are deceitful, might make use 

 of these methods wilh advantage. 

 Method of recovering Persons apparently dr(j'j:ned, 

 as recommended by the Humane Society. 



Let those who first discover an unfurlunate 

 object in this situation, remove it to some huuse 

 near, place it by the fire, and begin by rubbing 

 it »vilh salt, volatiles, &c.- and warm flannels, 

 the head a little elevaled ; never attempting 

 giving anv thing by the moulh till signs of re- 

 covery strongly ajipear, and let the person be 

 kept from a crowd of people around him. The 

 idea that the stomach i« full of water, and thus 

 obviates recovery, is very erroneous and prej- 

 udicial, as it is now fully and clearly established, 

 that the respiration being impeded i§ llio sole 

 cause of the suS()en*ion of life, and wliicli being 

 restored, the vital functions soon recover' iheir 

 tone ; and men are frequently lost from Ihe ab- 

 surd custom of rolling on casks, lifling llie feet 

 over the shoulders, and Ihe head falling on the 

 ground. 



FLAX. 



Il is a common objection against the rullure 

 of flax, that it is a very uncertain crop. With 

 poor husbandry this may be the ca!c ; but thai 



! a greater degree of uncertainty attends the t.uh- 

 I tng of this than most other crops, i am not di.«- 

 jpo-el to admit. I will briefly stale the result of 

 my observation on this subject. — On soil, of 

 which clay and slate constitute large proportions, 

 I do not recollect of ever failing to obtain a 

 good crop. On sandy loam, I have usually had 

 no success. 



From land of the former description, I once 

 raised tVom 12 quirts of sowing, nearly 200 lbs. 

 ot cleaned flax. Last season the amount obtain- 

 ed from 24 qls. ofseed was 310 lbs. No manure 

 was used in either case, though the lar.d was 

 much worn. Flax iloes not appear lo require 

 the richest soils; if manure is treely applied to 

 flax ground, a rank growth is the effect, which 

 greatly injurss the crop. Snilable soil.^, iVe- 

 quent and deep ploughings, and early sowing-, 

 will, in most cases, insure success. — Uiica pap. 



Rrmarti by the Editor o/the.Xnr England Fannt-. 

 We believe Ibit a proporticn of rlay in the soil is ss 

 nectssary for ivheat as it is for flax. A sandy loatn 

 will answer well for Indian com and for turnips, aovt 

 »ive for a year or two a good growth of clover. Hut 

 vrfheat req^uires clay as well as lime, or subitances ia 

 which clay and lime are constituent parts. 



Prognostication of a change of lalnd. — A writer 

 ill a late number of the Philnsnphical Magazine 

 says— "Having frequently amused myself on 

 fine evenings in summer with a ver'y large 

 paper kite, in order to watch the different cu"r- 

 reols of wind in the air, I ha»i occasion lo notice 

 the following curious fact, — ih.it when a kite 

 on riounling very high acquired a different di- 

 rectinn from gelling inlo a difl'erenl current of 

 air, the wind usually blew from the same quar- 

 ter on the earth's surface before the expiralioa 

 of 21 hours. — Thus the changes of wind seem 

 to take place in the higher regrioos of the air 

 and are prnpag.ited downwards. I have con- 

 ; firmfd Ihis e>.'periment and cslabtished the fact, 

 {by the use. of small air balloons, but ihe kit? 

 ] ans'.vors llie [>urpcse quite as ivel!.'' 



As tea contains volatile parts that should be 

 j preserved, and in w hich ils neltcr qnalilies ex :sl 

 { the tea-pot should be handed lo each person on a 

 I tray with cu|)S and sugar; for when made out of 

 the room, all its reviving spirit has etajiorated 

 before il re.iches Ihe gii?;sl. It is not Ihe biller- 

 nr-.ss l.u! ihe fragrance of lea that is cheering. 

 ; When the infusion has once been compleled, it 

 [ is found that any further addition of the herb 

 only affords a very small increase of strengih, 

 the water having cooleil, much below the boil- 

 ir-.g point, and consequently acting very slight- 

 ly ; therefore it is belter to make /'resh lea in 

 a second vessel, than to add it lo the exhausted 

 and cool leaves. — Phillips's History of Cultica- 

 ttd Vegetables. 



The fnllowinj account of an economical method of 

 obtaining gilatine from bonos, as practised in Paris, 

 was comnuinicatcd to the editor of the "Amtrican 

 Journal of Science," by Mr. Isaac Uoolittle, in a letter 

 dated Paris, 16lh Msy, 1C18. ' 



A few days since 1 visited Ihe very interest- 

 ing estabUshincnt of M. R.oberl, for ihe exlrac- 

 lion of Ihe gelatinous mailer from hones. The' 

 bones used for this pur['0se are those only which 

 answered no useful purpose (exccjil for the fab- 



