1837.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



649 



of atlmeasLirenient, and many outlines of separate 

 parts of it, its construction is very imperlecily rep- 

 resented, and its peculiarities, if any it have, are 

 unnoticed ; the patent, in liictj is a patent for no- 

 thing. 



For a Hors?. Power; Richard Skinner, Wil- 

 liamson, Wayne county, New York, March 31. 



A main wheel, turned by levers, or sweeps, is 

 to turn upon a hub, and axielree, instead of 

 being fastened to a shall. Nothing more. 



For a Cooking Stove j Benjamin R. Pearson, 

 Warner, Merrimack county, New Hampshire, 

 March 31. 



This stove has an open fire place, in the form of 

 a Franklin ; to v/hich is attached an oven, and 

 other contrivances fur cooking. The claim is to 

 " heating the oven on five parts ; its particular sit- 

 uation to give a draft under the oven, with an ojicn 

 fire-place; the damjier; the turning a crank with 

 two half oval wheels to raise or lower the grate in 

 the fire place." 



Far a Hydrant ; David Horn, city of Baltimore, 

 March 31. 



There is nothing in the principle, and but little 

 in the arrangement, of this hydrant, different from 

 others in common use. The pipe through which 

 the water enters, under ground, has a socket in it 

 that receives a vertical shaft, up which it is to flow 

 to the point of delivery ; the lower end of the 

 shaft fits into, and turns in the socket, as a key in 

 a cock, allowing the water to pass into it when in 

 the proper direction, and when turned round a 

 quarter of a circle, the water in the shaft runs into 

 the ground through a waste hole in the socket. 



From the Maine Fanner. 

 MAKK YOUR BULLS WOKK. 



There is a practice among our farmers of letting 

 their bulls be idle. Their oxen and their horses 

 work, but their bull, if any they keep, is a gen- 

 tleman. He does nothing and of course gels fat 

 and lazy. Now an animal of this kind in our 

 slate is not a very profitable one. We know from 

 experience, that anxious as many are to improve 

 their stock, they are as anxious to have it improv- 

 ed for little or nothing as they are that it should 

 be improved at all. We are sorry to say that this 

 is the case, but facts are stubborn things. 



Now if a farmer would make as much profit 

 from them as he ought, he must put him into the 

 yoke and make him toil and tug as well as his 

 oxen. They are rather bad characters to break 

 and discipline, but when it is once done, they are 

 excellent for labor. We know of one or two at 

 this present time that are used to the yoke, and 

 more powerful animals of their inches cannot be 

 produced. 



There is no danger of injuring them if they are 

 properly fed and judiciously driven. When kept 

 up in a stall or small yard ; they are exceedingly 

 apt to become lazy and sluggish, and ultimately 

 good for nothing at all. 



We have had them become so lazy, that they 

 were totally useless for any purpose, and were un- 

 der the necessity of driving them about every day 

 for exercise in order to invigorate them and bring 



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them to a proper state of health and activity. But 

 the same animal when yoked every day, would 

 never manifest any thing of the kind, but would 

 always be "on hand" vvhcin his services were 

 wanted. 



This, therefore, is proof positive that work is a 

 good regimen lor them, and indeed the only way 

 in which they should he used, provided they are 

 kept in a thriving condition, as every one would 

 desire to keep his teams in order to make them pro- 

 fitable. We hope that our fiiends will keep an 

 eye to the improvement of their stock. It is true 

 that stock has been de|)resscd in the market for 

 two years past, but whoever lives to see another 

 year, will find it advancing in price, and good 

 stock will be in demand. Look out then for the 

 main chance ; be active and generous, and sufi'er 

 no opportunity for reasonable improvements to es- 

 cape. 



From the New England Fanner. 

 KXCOURAGEMliNT OF BEET ROOT SUGAR. 



An order has been introduced in the legislature, 

 and adopted, authorizing the Committee on Agri- 

 culture [of Massachusetts] to inquire into the ex- 

 pediency of afibrding legislative aid to the culture 

 of the beet root, and the manufacture of sugar 

 fi-om that article. A bill will undoubtedly be re- 

 ported favorable to the measure. 



From the Ncwbui-j-port HeralJ. 

 PEAT FOR FUEL. 



At this cold season, when wood is so high and 

 a good comfortable fire is so necessary, he is a 

 benefactor, who will point out a new source of 

 burnables, (if we may make an awkward word.) 

 Now the fact is, that nature has provided fuei 

 enough for the wants of man : it becomes scarce 

 by our inattention, our folly, or our pride. The 

 fields and meadows around us are rich in stores 

 more valuable than the silver of the mine. It ia 

 astonishing to us, that at this season, when wood 

 is decaying and money is scarce, more use is not 

 made of turf or peat, which makes a very warm 

 and cheap fire. There are two reasons why this 

 article has fallen into neglect ; the one is, it is sup- 

 posed to give a disagreeble odor while consuming; 

 and the other is, a firmer dislikes to dig it, be- 

 cause it must be cured at a most busy season of 

 the year. As to the first, there is all the difference 

 in the world, between peat of different kinds. Se- 

 lect a good meadow, let it be dried, and there is no 

 bad smell — it burns as freely as the best Liverpool 

 coal. We recently stopped at the house of a gen- 

 tleman in Topsfield, who uses it entirely, and nev- 

 ver saw or felt a more agreeable fire. It is true, 

 that bad peat is wretched stuff; but the best ia 

 about the best fuel that you can find. As to the 

 other reason, it is true it must be dried at a bad 

 time for the farmer. But why might not a man 

 make the procurement of it, his principal business'? 

 We venture to say, there is no way in which cap- 

 ital and time would turn to so much account. A 

 single acre of good meadow will yield some thou- 

 sands of cords. Suppose two men in a season to 

 cure and deliver a thousand cords, (which might 

 easily be done,) it would (at least this season) have 



