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NEW ENGLAJSD FARMER. 



Sept. 1. 1^36. 



From tilt QuarUrli/ Rerieu: 



ART OF SWIMMING. 1 



It is the unfortunate propensity to look do-.vn and I 

 in a manner to embrace the water, casting the 

 arms about, that occasions the inexperienced to 

 sink, — every struggle forcing tlie body d8eper,and 

 counteracting its natural tendency, if it were but 

 kept tranquil, and the lungs inflated, to rise to the 

 surface. Violent struggling and throwing the 

 limbs about would, in the same manner, infallibly 

 deprive the body of locomotion, or of retaining its 

 erect posture on land. Every swimmer knows that 

 by holding himself perfectly still and upright, as if 

 standing, with his head somewhat thrown back so 

 as to rest on the surface, his face will remain en- 

 tirely above the water, enabling him to enjoy the 



ly, that much less of the body is exposed t 

 risk of being caught hold of by persons struggling 

 in the water, a circumstance so often fatal to those 

 who adventure to the assistance of others. A per- 

 son swimming in an upright posture advances more 

 slowly, but he can continue his course much long- 

 er. 



Swimming on the back, although at first some- 

 what difficult, soon becomes easy, and is in every 

 respect a most important attainment; being attend- 

 ed with little fatigue, and in practice so safe, that 

 it ought ever to be resorted to upon the occurrence 

 of any difficulty. A swimmer seized with cramp 

 should immediately turn on his back ; and by con- 

 tinuing for a little to jerk out the affected limb in 

 the air, taking care, however, not to elevate so 



o the one fourth less than last year. Hay below an av-' 



erage and about one-third less than last season. — S 

 Root crops a good average and fully equal to las^ 

 year. 



The pastures are poor, and cattle lean, but they 

 will recover when tiiey get after grasses and stub- L 

 ble fields. Garden stuffs are deficient, and frui||ltit;, 

 will be more than last year. — Queiec pa. Jlug. o.-fcti' 



OHIO COHN. I 



A Marietta paper, of the IGth July, says— We [ 

 are informed that Col. F. Boggs, residing about one ^ 

 mile from this borough, has a field of corn con'nm- ^, 

 ing about 10 or \i acres, superior in any ever rais- [ 

 ed^in this township. On measuring several st'icks , 

 two feet from the ground,they were found to uioas- | 

 ure seven inches in circumference, and to be 



hi»h as to disturb the equilibrium of the body -- The stalks va 



freedom of breathing. The only difficulty is to j stretched flat on the surfac^., he -ill soon find its twelve feet ^ 



preserve the due balance of the body,and this is se- natural powers restored. To advance in this posi 

 cured by extending the arms hiterally under the ! tion, he must push with the flat of the foot, wJtl: 

 surface of the water, with the legs separated, the 



one to the front, and the other behind, thus p 

 venting resistance to any tendency cff the body to 



incline to either side, forward or backward. This | disposed to do; which so far from producing the 

 posture may be preserved in perfect equilibrium I desired effect v.'ill infallibly occasion the body to 

 for any length of time. In general, when the hu- gink. The limbs must on the contrary always be 

 man body is immersed, one eleventh of its weight j^gpt stretclied to their full extent, and then there 

 will remain above the surface in fresh water, and j jg ^g danger to be apprehended. 



, , , , COFFEE, 



out regarding an occasional dip of the head under | ^^^ French have lono- been famous for goo 

 water. He must not attempt to prevent this by | ^.^^ ^^^^ ^ ,..^^ of mfstcrv has been attached to 

 dropping down a leg, as a person is instinctively | '.^ superiority in the preparation of this useful 



beverage. The whole of the mystery consists 



one tenth in salt water. 



The great desideratum, therefore,for safety to the 

 inexperienced, is a firm and sufficient conviction of 

 the fact, that the bod;/ naturalli) floats. This con- 

 viction being gained, no more than a common 

 share of presence of mind is farther required to 

 ensure that, that proportion of tlie body which will 

 naturally remain above the surface shall compre- 

 hend the respiratory organs. , 



It is natural to suppose, that the less we alter 

 our method of advancing in the water from what 



MISSOURI. 



When lands in Missouri were sold, reservations 

 were made by the government of particular por- 



tions supposed to abound with lead ; the quantity 

 thus reserved is about 150,000; of this, about 9000 

 acres have been leased, leaving 141,000 acres un- 

 occupied ; enough to employ a very large nuq||;er 

 of hands, and furnish lead sufficient for almost ev- 

 ery nation under heaven. The manner of obtain- 



the coffee being always recently roasted, and 

 sufficient quantity of it being used. In France tl 

 grocers roast their coffee every day. Here it ha 

 been frequently roasted as long as six months be 

 fore it is used. In France,for two pcrsons,two out 

 ces of coffee are put into a pot. In England.genei 

 ally speaking, an ounce is made to serve three 

 four persons. 



ing the ore is extremely simple. The miners, or 

 habitual to us on shore, we shall find a continu- 1 rather diggers, as they are with greater propriety 



FRANCO-ABYSSINIAN RAMS. 

 On the 2d ult. seven rams of a new race of sliei 

 were sold by auction in the neighbourhood of Pari 

 Tins new race has been produced by the crossii 

 of French ewes with Abj|psinian rams. The; 

 fleece surpasses in brilliancy any hitherto know 



.^ „_ __, „.. ^„ . in Europe, and they are e.xceedingly hardy ai 



ed exercise of it the more easy. According to this called, dig pits in the earth, of depth varying from j proiij^c. There was much competitiah on the oi 

 principle, the usual position of the swiminer, 10 to 30 or 40 feet ; the ore is found in detached gJQ,j ^^^o^g jljg rich agriculturists, manufactu] 

 stretched flat upon his face, and tlie head held as | masses, from an ounce to several hundred pounds ^^^^ ^^^ amateurs. The finest of the seven, call 

 much back on the shoulders as possible, is liable to j weight. When found free from foreign substance, j|^g Dongola, about two years old, was bought 

 objection. Savages are observed to urge their for- it yields about 70 per cent, on smelting. This ore 0^500 francs by the Crown ; two others were so! 

 ward progress in an attitude nearly as upright as | which yields 70 per cent, is purchased by the smelt- at 1,500 francs each; and the remaining four 

 when they walk or run on land. Hence their mo- j ers at the rate of 8 cwt. of lead for a ton. The : ^,.,rious prices, between 1,200 and 1,500 francs 

 tions are easy, the head Is in perfect liberty to be smelting is done in small furnaces, erected at suit- 1 rpj^g beauty of these animals excited general 

 used when wanted. able situations; and it is said, that, after deducting I „,iration. 



In stating the natural tendency of the human ' almost every item of expense, calculating all work 

 body to float, it must of course be understood with 1 at the highest price, the smelter has a net profit ol 

 the qualification of its being s^ently immersed ; for j 1^%) per ton on his labors. Shot are also nianulac 



MONGREL GEESE. 



A farmer in this neighbourhood last year, raise 

 the impetus given by the fall of the body into wa- tured near Potosi, in small wooden towers erected a fine brood of twenty-five mongiel geese Um 

 ter must occasion its sinking to a depth proper- 1 upon the high cliffs of the Mississippi. _ | day in the fall, w^hen they had reache_d^that^stat, 



tioned to the force of that impetus. Its natural 

 buoyancy, however, soon impels it to the surface, 

 where, after a few oscillations up and down, it will 



[National Journal.] 



NEW WHEAT. 



Some very fine fall Wlieat was cut at Spencer- 



which fits them for the market, and when the dat. 



was fixed for transferring them thither, they al 



with one accord, (predicting perhaps the destim 



ppointed for them, with that foresight which c\\ 



in time, settle with the head free. In the alarm I i^ome very c . 1 " . ,, , ■ <■ .u „ »i,„,. 



Of falling into the water, ignorant or timid people, wood, the Hon. Mr Perceval's farm, on Saturday ,bles them to foretell the changes of the weathe . 

 as soon a. they again rise to the surface, stretch ! l^^^t, which had been sown in the Sept before.- i„ the sight of their astonished owner, ro.e on tl 

 the arms out to grlisp at whatever may present It- 1 Tlie experiment of sowing fa 1 wheat so early 1 „i„g, ,„d bent their may o distant climes fro 

 self,andinsodoingeffectuallvkeeptheheadun-=^fte'- several years' trial, has hilly succeeded at ,,„eh they have never returned. The father 

 der ; as the arms and head, together exceeding in \ Spencer-wood ; it never suffered from frost, and 1 jhe flock of the wild ffoose breed remained, a, 

 weight one tenth of the whole, body, cannot both 't ''fforded, in the fall in which it was sown excel- , .till remains behind Whether he was accessar;, 

 remain above the surface at the same time. 1 l^nt pasture for young cattle. Some of the new to the bold act by which they regained their free 



The principal reasons for recommending the up- "<>P was again put into the ground on Monday | jom, has not been ascertained. [Boston D. Adv. j 

 right position in swimming in preference to the 

 hori'.ontal, as commonly practised, are — its-con- 

 formity to the accustomed movements of the limbs; 

 the freedom it gives to the hands and arms, by 

 which any impediments may be removed, or any 

 ollered aid readily laid hold of; vision all around ; 

 and a much greater facility of breathing: and last- 



last. 



Several fields of wheat in the neighborhood are When Mr. Greene lately ascended in a ballo> 

 now nearly ready for the sickle. The dry weath- jin England two miles from the earth the rays ' 

 er has carried the crops to maturity earlier tlian 



usual. 



The general character of our crops may be as 

 follows. Grain below an average and probably 



the sun occasioned the water to look like polishe 

 silver. Higher up the view of the ground w-oul 

 have been lost in this effulgence, and a luminou 

 ball alone would have been visible. 



