NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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unless yon may think proper to give it to a 

 Constant Ke;uler." 



rrom the Boston Dnily Advertiser. I and Certain market for an article so easily raised ( place in your paper, you are at liberty to pub- 

 L Hydrostatic press has recently been erect- as hay, he will be induced to use plHster and lish them — without, however, f^ivin^ my name, 

 in Gardiner, (Me.) for the purpose of- pre!=s.[ntlicr"artiricial manures, l)y wliich ho may cer- —''--= •'— •'-:-'- --- - ~ ' '- 



hav for market. It was constructed by Mr. Itainly double his crop ; and while Iherelore he 

 j<lail; and his forcing pump, which is of bell I sells" a portion of his crop, he will still retain 

 lal, was cast by Mr. \Vino:, both of Gardiner, j more to be consumed on his farm, than he 



K. had no other information rrspectio,^ the , would have had but for the stimulus given to 

 per construction, but what was obtained his exertion by the foreign demand." 

 ■w Rees" Cyclopedia. But his ingenuity has 



bled him not only to construct so nice a 



:hine, but to improve and greatly to simplify 



The operation and advantages of the press 



thus described in the Hallowell Gazette. 



The size of the press when the \y\y is first 



From the American I'armer. 



DYSPKPSIA. 



Mr. Skinner — I observe in number 12, of 



your 5th vol. " A Constant Reader"' " requests 



(hat von will inquire of some of your many 



into it is 27 inches wide, by 12 inches, and j (.|^j.pps.,3i3^ents, and publish in the .\merican 



feet high. In this the hay is tirst trodden jr^^mer, directions for the treatment and cure 



reply to the 

 he result of mv 



m by loot, as close as possible ; the follower '„(• Dyspepsia." Having seen o 

 tien forced down 3 feet 3 inches by a pow- j |.pq„pi;(, I am induced to ofTer (li 

 j1 lever, moved by a double pully, and is' 



ily secured ; the piston is then raised by the 



ing pimip 8 feet 2 inches, which reduces 



capacity of the box containing the hay to 



ut 20 cubic feet. The hay is then bound 



1 iron bands, made of nail rods; and is driv- 



lut of the press by a perpetual lever, vvork- 



with a coggle joint, and moved by the wa- 



wheel. Wooden hoops, of the best quality, 



e tried at t5rst for binding the hay, instead 



ail rods; but they instantly broke. Only a 



bundles have yet been pre-sed. They 



weighed from 613 to 851 lbs. acconling 



le kind of hay that was used. An attempt 



made to re-press one bundle in order to 



it more compact, but as soon as the piston 



lowered, it burst the iron bands, and prov- 



hat it was pressed sufficiently for practxal 



loses. If pressed more it would require 



ih stronger bands ; the expense of whicli 



id more than counteibalauce the advantage 



ed by the greater compactness of the hay. 



hen the bundles are taken out of the press, 



own experience; without entering into any in- 

 investio-ation of the cause oi {h\i fashionahU dis- 

 ease either remote or proximate. A rigid at- 

 tention to diet, both as to quantitij and quality is 

 indisi'onsable ; I do not mean that sort of ab- 

 stinence where the patient eats small quantities 

 at a time, but by eating frequently, consumes 

 ore than people usually do who only eat at { other disorders. 



From the New F.nglaiid Galaxy. 



PREVENTION OF CONTAGIOUS I'FVF.UP. 



It has often been remarked, in my hearin"', 

 that physicians, seldom, if ever, caught (eveVe 

 from their patients, however sick they mio-ht 

 be, or however tilthy the places might be in 

 which they resided. The reasons offered for 

 the physicians thus escaping, are, that they 

 know what to take as a prevention of this spe- 

 cific contagion, or infection. This is a very seri- 

 ous charge against the faculty, and rather in- 

 consistent, for if any one of them could certain- 

 ly know of any certain method of preventing 

 the contagion or infection of fevers, by publish- 

 ing the same, he would be sure of an indepen- 

 dent fortune. 



The following rules as stated by the celebra- 

 ted Doctor John Haygarth are the best, and in 

 fact, the only ones, at present known, for the 

 prevention of contagious fevers, and several 



the ordinary and regular meals : beef, mutton 

 or chicken, roasted or boiled, will be found as 

 innocent, perhaps as any other food. H^gh sea- 

 soned dishes shoufd be particularly avoided, as 

 beina: not only pernicious in themselves, but bv 

 provokin? the appetite to take more than suffi- 

 cient; and for this last reason, spirits, wine, or 

 strong beer should not be indulged in until af- 

 ter eating, and then sparingly. Coffee was found 

 to disagree with my stomach, being seiierally 

 thrown up by eructation soon after drinking it 

 in a morning, if exercise was used immediately 

 after. Tea and milk produced nearly the same 

 result ; which led me to seek for a succedan- 



The Doctor says, " It may be proper previous- 

 ly to observe, that an infectious fever, in a small, 

 close, and dirty room, is caught by a very 

 great proportion of mankind ; not less than by 

 twenty-two out of twenty-three, or a still high- 

 er proportion ; but in a large, airy, clean a- 

 partment, even putrid fevers are seldom or ne- 

 ver infectious. Where the poisonous vapour is 

 much diluted with fresh air, it is not noxious^- 

 From a larire collection, and an attentive con- 

 sideration of facts relative to this distemper, 

 have been formed the following Rules. 



1st. As safety from danger entirely depends 

 on cleanliness and iVesh air, the room-door of a 



some warm beverage having become by patient ill of an infectious fever, especially in 



gradually expand and stretch the bands, so habit, not only comfortable, but almost a neces- the habitations of the poor, should never be 



the next day, they will measure from 23 to 



ubick I'eet according to the dryness and el- 



ity of the hay. From several experiments 



found, that the white pine timber of this 



(try, partly seasoned, weighs about 23^ lbs. 



4e cubic foot. The heaviest bundle ot hay 



I in the press weighed 42| lbs. to the cubx 



or 50 per cent heavier than pine tim- 



and when expanded, 31 lbs. to the cubic 



or 25 per cent heavier than pine timber. 



safety valve has yet been loaded, so as 



to give purchase of 225 tons, which is not 



thirds of the power of the press. It is 



:iore apparent how much closer hay might 



■ed, if it would pay the additional expense. 



le expense of the press, including the barn 



lich it is placed, has exceeded |^300t>. The 



of which great quantities were necessary 



able the press to resist the enormous pres- 



forms the principal item in the expense. 



J a country, so peculiarly favourable to the 

 ig of grass, hay must become a great article 

 :port, when it can be cumpressed, so as 

 iletely to load a vessal without the necessity 

 ing ballast; and when it is not liable to 

 y from exposure to the weather. borne 

 ins have supposed, that the exportation of 

 vould injure the country, by depriving it of 

 lanure, which would have been made, hai 

 ay been consumed at home; but the farmci 

 likely to injure his firm by raising and 

 g grain as hay ; and vvken he tinds a good 



sary. Accident led me several years past, when I shut ; a window in it during the day ought to 

 riding, to chew the leaves, and sometimes the j be frequently opened. In bad cases, a current 

 buds ot the sassafras to allay the intolerable heat | of air, between a window and door both wide 

 and pain produced by the highly concentrated: open, may be proper: if the air be very cold 

 acid on the stomach; the eftect of which cau- or damp, the curtains* of the patient's bed may 

 sed me to think of sassafras tea, which, in a few be drawn close during this ventilation, should 

 weeks, produced the most happy effect ; the I peculiar circumstances require such caution, 

 ymptoms having been entirely removed, and no These regidalions would be highly useful, both 



return having been as yet experienced, although 

 live months have passed over. There are two 

 pecies of sassafras, the one having a red, the 

 other a white root — the white is much the most 

 pleasant, and should not be made very strong. 

 Sugar and cream may be used as with other tea. 

 A little experience will teach the most agree- 

 able method of preparing it. Candor induces 

 me to mention a fact in my own case, which 

 possibly, may cause medical gentlemen to doubt 

 the efficacy of my nostrum. About six or eight 

 weeks after cnrrimencing the use of the sassa- 

 fras tea, the first joint of the great toe on ray 

 right foot was for the first ttme inflamed, and 

 very painlui for three or four days ; and in a 

 day or two after that, the outside of my left 

 foot was so tender as to prevent me from bear- 

 ins: my weight on it. I should, myself, have 

 believed that those attacks in the feet had pro- 

 duced the relief to the stomach, if that viscus 

 had not been relieved, liao weeks previously. 

 More miijht be added, but you will, no doubt, 

 think that 1 nave already trespassed sutficieotly. 

 If you think these observations worthy of a 



to the patient and nurses ; but are particularly 

 important previous to the arrival of any visiter. 



2. The bed-curtams should never be drawa 

 round the patient, but only on the side next the 

 light, so as to shade the face ; except while 

 there is a current of air between a window and 

 door. 



3. Dirty clothes, utensils, Stc. should be fre- 

 quently changed, immediately immersed in cold 

 water, and washed clean. 



4. All discharges from the patient should ba 

 instantly removed. The floor near the patient's 

 bed should be rubbed clean every day with a 

 mop, or cloth wet with cold vinegar and water. 



5. The air in a sick room has a more infec- 

 tious quality in spme parts tlian in others. Vis- 

 iters and attendants should avoid the current of 

 the patient's breath ; the air which ascends from 

 his body, es)>ecially if the bed-curtains be clos- 

 ed, and the vapor arising fruin all evacuations. 

 When medical or other duties require a visi- 



* Curtains never ought to be allowed to any bed, oc- 

 cupied by any person, whether sicli or vfell. 



