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Heated Rooms. — MgricuUure. 



Vol. XII. 



The weio-ht of top and tail per acre may 

 seem small in proportion to the weight of 

 roots; but it must be remembered, that the 

 weighing' took place immediately after a 

 month's unusually severe weather, the land 

 being at a considerable elevation, and very 

 much exposed. The crop was hand-hoed 

 twice, and thrice horse-hoed. 



On all the portions where dissolved bones 

 were used, the plants came forwarder to the 

 hoe than where they were not used; but be- 

 yond this there was not much perceptible 

 difference in the appearance of the different 

 parts, until from a month to six weeks had 

 elapsed, when No. 7 began to grow less 

 rapidly than the rest. At the end of be- 

 tween seven and eight weeks. No. 1 began 

 to fall off; and in a few days No. 2 followed. 

 Further than this difference, the eye could 

 hardly detect where the separation of each 

 kind of dressing took place. 



It will doubtless be looked upon by some 

 as rather a curious account; but I am per- 

 suaded that it is by making experiments 

 such as these we shall practically arrive at 

 that knowledge so mucli to be desired, viz., 

 the specific dressing which each crop re- 

 quires, and hoiD this shall be varied to suit 

 the different descriptions of soil. 



The crop of turnips, which, by the bye, 

 are considered exceedingly good, are now 

 being fed off on the land ; after which, it 

 will be sown with barley, cow grass follow 

 ing. The growth of these crops will be 

 narrowly watched, and any particular effects 

 which may be noticed will be reported at a 

 future period. 



I am. Sir, 

 Your very obedient humble servant, 



Thomas Page. 



HolmwootI Farm, Dorkms, Surrey, 

 11th of February, 1847. 



fensive and injurious to breathe. It is as 

 injurious to the human system to breathe 

 putrid water vapors of this kind, as it is to 

 breathe the vapors from stagnant pools in 

 hot weather. If water is used upon a sim- 

 ple stove, an iron pan should be made use 

 of, and this filled with dry sand, in the sand 

 set an earthen bowl filled with clean water, 

 which should be changed twice a day, and 

 the bowl washed and kept as clean as if 

 used for a drinking vessel. 



Where hard coal is burned in a grate, a 

 glass globe should be suspended in the room 

 filled with clean pure water, and as the heat 

 rises to the top of the room, it will steadily 

 evaporate the water and moisten the dry 

 and heated air. Persons who prefer the at- 

 mosphere of salt water vapor can add salt 

 to the water, or if they prefer an aromatic 

 atmosphere, they can add cologne water, or 

 any other perfume which they prefer. It is 

 as important to have clean air for breathing 

 as to have clean water for drinking. Base- 

 ment rooms where hard coal is burnt, should 

 be frequently ventilated. Small children 

 accustomed to stay in basement rooms find 

 a bad air near the floor. The air should be 

 removed by allowing the doors to be opened 

 frequently to let in fresh air. A little care 

 in these matters will tend wonderfully to 

 comfprt and enjoyment. — Pa. Enquirer. 



Heated Rooms. 



Complaints of dizziness and headache 

 are common during the winter among those 

 occupying close heated rooms, and the com- 

 plaints are most common among females, 

 because they are most confined. To re- 

 move, in part, the cause of these unpleasant 

 sensations, follow the hints of the following 

 paragraph: 



Rooms heated with anthracite coal, and 

 rooms heated with coal stoves, in which 

 wood is burnt, have very dry atmospheres. 

 The use of water in such rooms is very con- 

 genial to health, but the water should not be 

 placed in an iron or tin vessel upon the stove, 

 for the reason that it will undergo that de- 

 gree of heat which will make its vapors of- 



Agriculture. — Andrew Stevenson, once 

 speaker of the House of Representatives, 

 and afterwards minister to England, in an 

 address on agriculture in Virginia, says: 



" What occupation more full of dignity, 

 duties more full of joy, than those which 

 distinguish the husbandman! When was it 

 that man ever rose from a state of servitude 

 and dependence to proprietorship of land 

 and its cultivation, that he did not learn self- 

 respect and become more elevated in hia 

 own esteem 1 Then it is that an entire 

 change takes place. Then it is, that breath- 

 ing no low or abject spirit, he reaps from 

 the soil a harvest of virtues. The sobriety 

 of the father — the economy of the mother — 

 the devoted labour of the son — the virtue of 

 tiie daughter — these, these are the fruits of 

 glorious agriculture. And this is my an- 

 swer to all who decry it. I pity those who 

 know nothing, or are incapable of enjoying 

 that soothing, cheering, and unsurpassing 

 influence which agriculture sheds over the 

 mind and heart of man. 



" O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man ; 

 Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, 

 Domestic life in rural leisure passed!" 



