No. 2. 



Plan of a Farm, 



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well should be carefully examined and cleans- 

 ed annually, if you desire to have pure water 

 for family U8e. Water cuters largely into all 

 culinary processes, and it is feared tliat many 

 are not sufficioHtly aware of the danger tliey 

 incur by the use of it, wiien in an impure 

 state. Generally, tiirougliout the alluvial 

 parts of New .Jersey, and the States south of 

 it, water is obtained by digging a few feet 

 only, but it is seldom otherwise than imjjure, 

 and very otfensive to thase who have not been 

 educated iii the use of it 'i'his arises from 

 its passing through beds of marl or other stra- 

 ta which saturate it wiiii impurities and de- 

 stroy its salubrity, it is presumed tiiat with 

 a little extra trouble and expense by boring 

 or digging through the beds of foul deposit 

 till pure sand is arrived at, which it is be- 

 lieved might be easily and cheaply accom- 

 plished. New Jersey would be found to fur- 

 nish as good, |iure, wtiolesome water as is 

 obtained in the more elevated districts of our 

 country. The business of boring is now 

 well understood, and can be aceomplisJied 

 quickly, and at little expense in alluvial de- 

 posits which are free from rocks and stones. 

 A tin tube, or one of some other metal should 

 be inserted to a depth which would penetrate 

 the pure clean sand, and if this was properly 

 done, judging from what has occurred in other 

 countries, in many instances, an overflowing 

 fountain of pure, wholesome water would re 

 ward the care and enterprise of those wlio 

 may undertake so meritorious a work. If 

 this was accomplished in a single instance, it 

 would soon be repeated by hundreds of others, 

 who would desire to be partakers of like ben- 

 efits; and New Jersey, with its inexhaustible 

 beds of marl to fertilize its soil, and an over- 

 flowing supply of the most wholesome water, 

 would flourish beyond all former examples. 

 In most cases, it is believed boring and tub- 

 ing would cost less than digging and walling 

 a well and putting a pump in it, and if it was 

 properly e.xecuted it would require no further 

 care to keep it clean. Whoever may accom- 

 plish this grand object will deserve a seat in 

 the legislature; and if a fountain of over- 

 flowing water should crown his efforts, he 

 might be sent to congress with great propri- 

 ety as a reward for the good conferred on his 

 fellow-citizens by his enterprise. 



Cisterns are often a valuable resort lo col- 

 lect and preserve the water from tiie roofs of 

 buildings for washing and other purposes, but 

 they are often badly built, and vvlien thai is 

 the case, they are a source of disappointment 

 and vexation. They should always be round, 

 and the bottom concave so as not to have an 

 angle in their construction, for it is found 

 more difficult to make them water tight if 

 there is an anjle or sharp corner in the wall. 

 They should be built with the greatest care 



and circumspection, and well covered in, bo as 



to exclude extraneous matter. Cisterns or 

 cellars fourteen feet in depth are said to 

 preserve an equable temperature winter and 

 summer; when of a less depth it will vary 

 with the state of the almosphere. The im- 

 portance of having water in a barn yard for 

 cattle or stock need not be suggested to any 

 farmer who understands his true interest; 

 tliose who are thus supplied can best tell 

 what they save annually by it in that most 

 precious article, manure. Cattle should ne- 

 ver go outside of a barn yard during the sea- 

 son of foddering; the loss occasioned by it in 

 one winter would dig a well or build a cistern, 

 and leave a surplus for other purposes, where 

 a large stock is kept. Agricol.\. 



To the Editor of the Fanners' Cabinet. 

 Plan of a Farm— ~iStonc Fence, &c. 



Sir, — I am an emigrant from the Old 

 Country, where a great portion of my life 

 has been devoted to agriculture, husbandry, 

 and rural affairs. For many years before my 

 emigration, I had contemplated such an event 

 with the greatest pleasure, the utmost of my 

 wishes being to obtain 100 acres of free land, 

 uncultivated and unenclosed — with which I 

 migiit (It) as I pleased. But how differently 

 has my lot been cast in this country. How- 

 ever, I still retain all my preferences for 

 such an employment, and nothing gives me 

 more satisfaction than to think and talk over 

 my old battles^ which I still hope some day 

 to fight again — for 



Where is the man, 

 However wretched, or however poor. 

 That will not feed his mind with hope of bliss 

 And happiness, reserv'd for him to prove ? 



In the mean time, every hour that can be 

 spared from my engag(iments is spent in the 

 agreeable employment of hearing and read- 

 ing all that is doing in the agricultural world ; 

 and one of my greatest pleasures is the peru- 

 sal of your interesting pages. In my book 

 of reminiscences, I ollen turn to a plan of 

 such a farm as I had hoped to call viy own, 

 and thinking that some of your readers might 

 bo amused with the description, I beg leave 

 to present it for your approval. It is enti- 

 tled, 



• Flan for enclosing land from the waste, and 

 dividing into enclosures of the most con- 

 venient form and size; adapted to new 

 lands in America.'''' 



A square of land, 700 yards each way, con- 

 tains 100 acres, and about an acre and a quar- 

 ter as space for fences: it is proposed to en- 

 close it by dry stone walls. The outer fence 

 to be carried first, after which, the four inner 



