1836.J 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



445 



each plant. As they advance in growth, let them 

 receive one or two earthings np, in order to length- 

 en tlie main root, and encourage liie shoots under 

 ground. By tin's management potatoes may be 

 brouLrht to a ffood size in one year. 

 Sjuihnioulton, July 19. 



EXCKRPTA CCRIOSA. 



1597. — In Carrick', are kyne, and oxen, delicious 

 to eate; hut tlieir (iitness is ol'a vvonderlijil tempe- 

 rature ; that althougli the fatness of till otlier 

 comcstable beasts, for the ordinarie vse of man, 

 doe congeale willi tlie cold aire, by the contrarie, 

 t!ie liitncsse of these beasts is perpetually li(|uid 

 hke oile. 



1765. — There was in the parish of Braunston, 

 in the county of Rutland, an ewe which had se- 

 ven lambs, all alive, within less than a year ; and 

 when fat, did not weigh above fourteen pounds 

 and a qnarter. 



1705, July 14. — A curious mare, 28 inches high, 

 from the East Indies, was brought in a coach 

 Ij-om Gravesend to Leicester Meuse, and after be- 

 ing curried and dressed, carried in a coach to 

 Carleton-house, when it was shown to the Prince 

 of Wales, who soenij^d highly pleased with it; 

 afterwards it was carried in a coach to the Queen's 

 Meuse. This was a fine little animal, of a dun 

 color, the hair resembling that ofa young fawn's. It 

 was said to be four years old, well proportioned, 

 had fine ears, a quick eye, and a set of tine teeth 

 with a handsome long tail, and very good natured. 

 Qy. Did she breed in England ? 



From the (London) Farmers' Magazine. 

 A NOTELTV IN BREEDING. 



It cannot be too extensively known, for the be- 

 nefit of breeders and fanciers of horse-fiesh in ge- 

 neral, thai by pursuing the plan of Jacob of old 

 amongst the flock of Laban, horses may be bred 

 of any color or possible combination of colors. Dr. 

 Thomson, of Hamilton, in the case which lately 

 took the round of the newspapers, actually follow- 

 ed the suggestion of the Patriarch, and got a ce- 

 lebrated animal painter to take Batty's beautiful 

 horse, which painting was placed constantly in the 

 Btall before the mare during the period of utero- 

 gestation. We know of seven gentlemen in this 

 neighborhood (Hamilton) who are following the 

 same course with their mares this season ; and we 

 only fear that the mania may extend among the 

 farmers, and tend to annihilate the celebrated 

 Clydesdale breed. An animal painter has taken 

 a residence in town for the purpose of enabling 

 himself to supply the demand of the country gen- 

 tlemen for fancy horses. 



pense. The construction of this power is very 

 simple, and its steady operation is quite assured. 

 lis chief agent is a pair of wheels ; or, if necessa- 

 ry, a series moving wiih their diameters in the di- 

 rection of the weight to be raised — say the shaft 

 of a mine. Tnkuig the one pair of wheels, mov- 

 ing on the same fixed axis, we find that fiom the 

 end of a radius or arm in each, a chain descends, 

 so as to hang on opposite sides of a square pas- 

 sage. To each chain are suspended, at difierent 

 but regulated distances, quadrangular frames, to 

 the upper sides of which, strong projccling iron 

 rims, moving on the principle of the hinge, are 

 attached. The boxes, or receptacles for the weight 

 to be raised, have corresponding edges on each 

 side. When the wheel above is turned, and a 

 single bo.x below is placed in connection with the 

 lowest ft-ame, it is caught by its rim, and with one 

 revolution of the wheel is sent up as high as the 

 frame on the opposite side to that on which it is 

 borne: here it is again caught and sent up to the 

 apparatus on the op|)osite sic'e again, and so on, 

 by alternate transmission, it is brought to the top 

 oi the shaft. The macliine being kept constant- 

 ly laden below, and its wheel constantly turned 

 above, it follows that at each revolution of the 

 wheel a box is delivered : and thus, in an exceed- 

 ingly short space of time, a vast body of matter 

 can be carried up through any depth of" shaft. It 

 is not easy to describe such machines, however 

 simple they may be, in very simple or intelligible 

 language, and we have not been much practised 

 at specifications. We must therefore leave scien- 

 tific men to understand us through their own quick 

 intelliirence ; and to all others whom the matter 

 may concern, we recommend the employment of 

 their own eyes. The machine could be most hu- 

 manely employed in great mines in quickly send- 

 ing the workmen up or down, to save them from 

 their present tedious and tiresome expedients lor 

 that purpose. In unlading ships at wharfs its op- 

 ration would be found amazingly rapid and pro- 

 portionably convenient. It may be remarked also, 

 that its operation is wholly unaccompanied by 

 danger, and that its speed may be accelerated or 

 diminished, or it maybe stopped altogether at any 

 moment, with perliict facility and convenience. 

 On the whole, we must confess that we were struck 

 with the complete efficiency of this admirable in- 

 vention, which we are glad to find is protected by 

 patent. 



From the (London) Farmers' Magazine. 



MACHINE FOR THE UP\VARD TRANSMISSION 

 OF WEIGHTS. 



A very ingenious machine for the upward trans- 

 misson of weights of any description is now on ex- 

 hibition at the Mining Hall, next Exeter street, 

 and deserves the attention of mine proprietors, 

 wharfingers, and all persons who have the man- 

 agement of extensive stores, as one well calcula- 

 ted to save a great deal of time, labor, and ex- 



IIORSE RACING OF OLD. 



The deed is still preserved among our city ar- 

 chives, by virtue of which the Town Cup is an- 

 nually given at Salisbury races. It bears date 

 March 28, 1654, and is a compact between Sir 

 Edward Baj riton (as the representative of certain 

 noblemen and knights who subscribed a fund for 

 the purpose) and the mayor and commonalty of 

 Salisbury. Under this deed the latter received 

 £320, and thereupon bound themselves to provide 

 annually for ever, " a faire cupp of silver gilte with 

 gould," of the value of £18. Among other curi- 

 ous regulations to be observed at the race for the 

 cup, it is ordered, in the aforesaid deed, that the 

 corporation shall provide j'early " three men with 

 muskets to be charged with powder, to be dis- 

 charged as fblloweth — that is to say, one of the 

 said three men to stand at the first niyles ende 



