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taxed with a cold reception on return to his 

 studies, can now determine upon the exact 

 de<jree of warmth which the spirit of his sub- 

 ject may require for its full development, and 

 regulate the damper according-ly, be it poetry 

 or be it prose, by nijrht or by day. 



But to none will it be more convenient than 

 to the farmer, whose concerns so often call 

 him and the members of his family abroad, 

 or into the kitchen or dairy, at which time 

 friends may call and render a fire in the bet- 

 lermost room very desirable, although it might 

 be required but for a short time ; it is, there- 

 fore, but to leave one of these stoves pretty 

 well filled with wood in the morning-, closing 

 the door, and he has it in his power to give 

 his warmest friend a correspondent welcome 

 in an instant by opening the draught; and on 

 his taking leave, to shut it, and as efl^ectually 

 to put a stop to any further expense of fuel, 

 be it even until the end of the day. In short, 

 I know of nothing of the kind that can at all 

 compare with the air-tight stove, either for 

 economy, comfort, cleanliness, or conveni- 

 ence. I pray you, Mr. Editor, try it. 



J. C. M. 



7th of December, ]S41. 



We have tried it, and bear willing testimony to all 

 that our correspondent has advanced in its favour, add- 

 ing the answer of a friend, of whom we inquired its 

 character after a year's trial — "We would not be with- 

 out it for ten times its cost." In fixing it, the cliimney- 

 Ixiard should be inade perfectly tight, by putty, if ne- 

 cessary, or, perhaps better, by pasting stout paper over 

 it. And before laying the wood, cover the bottom of 

 the stove about two inches thick with wood-ashes, upon 

 which place your kindling, and upon that the wood; 

 after the first lighting, let the wood be as large as will 

 pass in at the door, and the rougher and harder it is, 

 the better. A degree of care will be necessary in regu- 

 lating the draueht, both at the door and the valve in 

 the smoke-pipe, but the art will be very soon acrpiired 

 by practice. It may be well to add, it is said a slight 

 explosion has sometimes taken place in the stoves on 

 first lighting the fire, when the air in the chimney has 

 been so cold and heavy as to prevent the warm air in 

 the stove from passing quickly, but that is no more 

 than what all stoves are liable to, if the chimney-board 

 is very tight, as it ought to be ; we have, however, 

 guarded against this contingency, by cutting a round 

 hole in the chimney-board just below the smoke-pipe, 

 over which is suspended by a small nail a piece of tin, 

 which, in the event of a pressure of air in the chimney, 

 opens into the room and forms a safety-valve. And 

 we have hitherto observed, that the pressure of the air 

 in the room has the power to press it so closely, as to 

 render the opening perfectly air-tight — there it is, how- 

 ever, if at any time, its preventive powers should be 

 called into requisition. 



In the "Yankee Farmer" for the past week, we find 

 the description of a stove which might be supposed to 

 have been taken from the air-tight stove of which we 

 have been speaking; it is given under the head, " The 

 true principle of stoves," and is worthy particular no- I 



tice. " In order to produce the greatest quantity of 

 heat in proportion to the quantity of fuel consumed, a 

 stove should present a large quantity of »jcr(!cai surface 

 to the surrounding air, and that surface should be 

 smooth, for the purpose of facilitating the ascent of a 

 current of rarefied air. If any projection imjiedes this 

 upward current, the heat accumulates and remains 

 comparatively stationary, and thus prevents the free 

 radiation of heat from within ; but when there is a 

 brisk circulation of air outside, the heat, as it passes 

 through the iron surface, is instantly carried off, and is 

 circulated in the room; thus allowing the free radiation 

 of more. Atmospheric air should always be excluded 

 from the interior of a stove, except so much as is requi- 

 site to produce the required quantity of heat ; by ad- 

 mitting too much air, a rapid current is produced with- 

 in, and the emanating heat is driven into the chimney 

 before it has time to radiate through the iron plate. In 

 most of the stoves now in use, more than two-thirds 

 of the heat, which might otherwise be useful, is totally 

 lost." 



We feel pleasure in informing our friends, that "Orr's 

 Air-Tight Stoves" may be obtained of Mr. W. W. 

 Hughes, 147 south Front street, Philadelphia.— Ed. 



Stump Extractor. 



Procure a dry red-elm lever, about twen- 

 ty feet long, and six or eight inches in diame- 

 ter; a good stout log chain, with two yokes 

 of oxen, and that is all the machinery requi- 

 site. The mode of operation is this: Wrap 

 the log-chain around the slump, a little above 

 the ground, and make what is called a log 

 hitch ; then lay the lever horizontally on the 

 ground, the larger end next to the chain and 

 against the stump. — Now make the other 

 end of the chain fast to this end of the lever, 

 drawing the lever tight to the stump, and 

 hitch the cattle to the small end of the lever, 

 driving them around the stump in a circle, of 

 which the lever is the radius, and one revo- 

 lution of the oxen aroimd the stump will 

 generally twist out the largest of them. 

 But should not the power applied be suffi- 

 cient, the side roots of the stump may be 

 uncovered, and cut partly off; and this done, 

 the stump will be easily removed. — Wt. Far. 



Raise Everjlhinjr. 



Every farmer should make it a rule to pur- 

 chase nothing that he can raise or make on 

 his farm. There can be no higher evidence 

 of an unprofitable farmer, than to see him 

 purchasing his pork, his beef, his horses, his 

 corn, or his flour. He should be ashamed to 

 have it said that he is a purchaser of any of 

 those articles. If he thinks it cheaper to 

 purchase than to rai.se, it is only additional 

 evidence of his folly. If wc look through the 

 district for our best fanners, we shall find 

 them selling' instead of purchasing those 

 articles. — Am. Far. 



