NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



10 or 14 dHVS alter having ploughed in the 

 clover; suppose an half each w.\y. 



We believe that wheat would flourish better 

 ifit were buried deeper than it generally is in 

 broad-cast sowing. Our opinion is tounded on 

 the following tacts relating to the phys.ology o 

 the wheat plant. " A gra,n of wheat, when put 

 L the ground at the depth o three inche. 

 undergoes the following transformations As 

 soon as the farinaceous matter which envelopes 

 the frame of the young plant contained with n 

 it is softened into a milky state, a germ is pusl- 



[BY THE EDITOR.] ( mean of preserving and reslo.vng health. 



^77 J Tf/ RnthSr,^ ■ with re- every town, and oven village, there is a put 



■'-<^rks on he effects of dnaU^tM^^^ .^^^^^^ attached to their own hou. 



Warm Weather. By John &. Coffin, M. ^J; L >^^^^ ^,^^hs, thev prevent or drspel rheu, 



A useful Treatise with the above title has ^.^^^^ ^^^.^yr\^^^ and such cutaneous d.sorden 



been for some time before the public, ami nas,! ^^ produced hy want of perspiration. T 



we believe, met with attention in some degree i^^ ^.|^^^| ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ circulate with freed( 



corresponding to its merits. What induces "sl ^^ ^^^^^^ j,,^^^ acquires a suppleness and lig 



to suppose that this little work has not "eenl ^^^ ^^^^ the" spirits gain a vivacity and H^ 



permitted to pass without "ot'ce from the read- 1^^.^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ experienced in an equal deg 



and reflecting part of the public, is the cir- ^^^ ^^^ 



stance that many of its maxims have from »> i .^^, ,,,,„ii„ess. The 



in an equal deg 



so much attention 



:,t many of its maxims have "'om i ^j — - ^|-^-.^^^^ Y\,^ women are part: 



1 , '^n?l\rt"he bouom'of 'that 'germ "small \ ,ime to time appeared in our "f "'^f P^^^^^' °"' iarly lond of these baths, an.l frequent then 



edout, ""'^/;, *;•' ''"''r,,ots are gathering times with, but often without acknowledging J ,^^^ ,;,,^,^ ^„j ^,^,1, 



'rtth° wS the germ by the afd of the the source from whence they ;-- '^"fht 1 w .ch they use are passed through the sw 

 strength whdt the germ y ^^^^ ^^,^^^ ^^^.^^^ .^ ^ ^_.^^^ ^^^ ^H , b^ " /h*. I „ ^^. ^^_^ ^^^^^ ^,. ^^,^^^ ^,,,^ ^^,^^ ,p, 



m, ky lluid '*^^f "°\'"^ "Pjvjir . and possession of every iaraily, and to be consul ed ^^^ ^. ,^^ ^^^^ ^^^ f-^^,,^^, 



c^llS fn u hmen? or The planl 'tVom -d its precepts attended to by every uidivd.^^^ P[ ^,^ Egyptian women ; and ou this o. 



«Site^f T Isranalogous to the wean- who wishes to enjoy the choicest oi heaven s ^j^,,^,;, =- eat attention to the ornam< 



e soil itsell. I lUS IS .Ulrt.uo ______ ,,.....„. „ o„„„.l m nrl in :i SOUud body. , ., . ■', "^ A __ ....n ..„ ,„ ,U^ .-lonr,li,.oa. 



are 



the soil it:5cii. a ■■— -- o 



ins of the young of animals, which are not 

 abandoned by the mother till they can provide 

 for themselves ; but the care ot nature does 



blessino-s, a sound mind in a sound body. _ 



It is true that bathing is not quite so indis- 

 pensable to animal existence as breathing, but 



.. .L 1 „=. . Vint (lip rare 01 nature noes nensaoie lu aiimmi cai^..v-..v,^— .^. . 



sion they pay "great attention to the ornam 

 of their dress, as well as to the cleanlines; 

 their persons.* 



In Russia, the bath forms so essential a 



of the system ol living, that it is used by pe 



of every age, and in all circumstances, by 



etically sealed by a coal- ^^ Ivino-.in women, in almost all s 



,d other noisome matter, :; 1,p(V,r/ and after a iourney, after I 



Tr"°n,,rdXch search a I the superficial ing of perspirable, and other "oisome matter, ■"; ,efore%nd after a journey, after 1 

 of the 1^°""'^:^/'"^ '^f^rime acl^^^ as the life cau be but little better than a lo'>g '^'f ^se "« ' j,.^^,^ ^^ ^^ J^.essary of lif. 



'''wtits s"ac the low"^^ and that and if a person thus encumbered - J'"^''^ -^^ rndispensabk that , 



" , Hhe Mrrvhich eplrates the two sets symptoms of cheerfulness they must be ^ ^er ^ ^^^ .^ ^^ ^,.,^^ ^^ .^^^^ ^,„ „, i,,^ 



^rlo t is'now b c ..r^. channel, through Lkcted or artiticial, P-,<''^-„''.^y"""^\:; without any particular occasion, once a w 



01 roots IS iiuiy ^^^ _,_.,, ..,:iU r-..i — tV,o vt mn n« O strOUff drlUlv. 1 hUS you ] „, R,,„o:„,^ V.-.tKo arp- orpnpr; 



without any particular occasion, once a w 

 at least. The Russian baths are, gener; 

 what are denominated " sweating baths." T 

 are vapor baths, not water, nor yet dry sw 

 in<' baths; differing in this respect from all 

 ha'tlis of antiquity, as well as from those of 

 modern Orientals ; and in this consists thei 

 sential excellence, that they are beneficial 

 variety of cases, where hot water baths w 

 . ii„ Tn^m )ViP atmosDhere, or aruiii;niii_y <i^ i uuu ui ^v^...v- j^ , - „(■„„,„, i " i he useless if not pernicious. All the inven 



naturally from the a mosphere j-^fher Lered it a duty to -reiuse to be comtorte,! ^^H ^,,^ ^^^i^^ly ^^,; 



manuie to the surface, ana se ...,,^^J.,. ^,„(,,^j themselves in sackloth and ashes, , ._^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^,^^^^^ ^^j ,he,e is n, 



,1 made uncleanliness auxiliary to the melan-i . . „ _ „„.■,..,,.„ 



^^.- r th^ l^r '^'^ujpli'^hriir::^;; P rt^=i;s c:?.rong drink. Th.. yo.. 

 S:tu;5lm::uhe;tJ^LlL.d.^ WhatanLiI find^ Uiat f;^^^:^: ^ ^^ 

 admirable contrivance to secure the prosperity melancholy. ^ " bea.ds, ^^^^ ^^J^ 



ground, and to collect nourishment from every stupid y The a"C'ent we e 1^^ ^^^^^_ 



fi-^r^J-e i;i-^^"S j-u'^r: :;r!;r:^ j^^ 



;;aturally from the atmosphere, or artihcially as tjon "^ .^^"■^Y^^'^jVcVe'.^e to l/e comtorte,!," 



the drill system in grain, may ^ue p^ ^^^^ y i^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^j ^, exercise n be , ^^^_^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ bath-room into an adjoi 



open air, and who wash themselves "'th lie , ^.^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^1^^^^^^,^^^ ^^^^^,j i^ jj^^ (-^.t i 

 dews of their own perspiration, stand in ^ks.j ^^_^^^ ^^ .^ ^^^.^ by medical men, acquai 



ceived in this explanation; tor in broad cast 

 sowing, the seeds lay very near to the surface 

 and in this situation it is not only more exposed 

 to accidents arising from birds, insects and the 

 weather, but the two sets of roots are necessa- 

 rily crowded together, so as almost to become 

 indistinct; the plant is less firm,__and has fewer 

 purveyors collecting food for it. * ^ ^, , . 

 Dr. Deane observed, that "wheat that is 

 «owed in autumn, a clover ley excepted, should, 

 •instead of harrowing, be covered with a sha - 

 low furrow, and the surf^ice left rough. It wui 

 be less in danger of being killed by the frost m 



perspi - , 



need of habitual bathing than those who lea. 



sedentary lives. 



" Behold the laborer of the glebe, who tolls 



In dust, in rain, in cold, and sultry skies ; 



Pave but the grain from mildew and the flood, 



Nought anxious he what sickly stars ascend, 



lie knows no laws by Esculapius given, 



He studies none." 



In plain prose, a man who uses much corpo- _ ^^^^^^^ ^_ _ 



real exercise, in open air, may be uncleanly lu ,^.,^,g lamented, and certainly not vvithout c 

 his person without apiiarent injury to his health, ^^^, ^^^ practice of bathing has fallen mt^ 



with the subject, that the Russians owe 

 longevity, their robust state of health, 

 little disposition to certain mottal diseases, 

 their happy and cheerful temper, principal 

 these baths, though climate, aliment, and h 

 of living likewise contribute their share. 



"The great lord Chancellor Bacon, and ( 

 sao-acious^'observers of nature, and of man 



be harrowed and should be rolled. Some hus 

 bandraen advise, when wheal is sown on a clo- 

 ver ley, to plough in the clover with a deep 

 furrow, then plough in the seed wheat with a 

 shallow furrow, and if the next crop in the ro- 

 tation requires a level bottom, it will be neces- 

 sary to harrow and roll the field as smooth as 

 possible, after having ploughed in the seed. 



*Mr. Featherslonhaugh's Essay on the Principle 

 and Practice of Rural Kconomy. 



the cure of diseases 



- In ancient times, when Rome with Athens vied 

 For polishM luxury and useful arts ; 

 All hot and reeking from Ih' Olympic strile, 

 \nd warm ralestra, in the tepid bath, .^ 



Th' athletic youth relaxM their wearied lim.s.' 

 I Among the Turks bathing forms a part ot 

 I diet and'of religion as well as of luxury and a 



DUl oniy uauis, .n'" >"•■' -- - j 



of nations cure almost all their maladies a 

 by baths, we cannot avoid regarding the d 

 sion of them as the epocha of a grand t< 

 tion which has been wrought in the pti 

 slate of the human race, in one quarter i 



» See Savary'a Travels. 



