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THE FARiMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR 



December, 1842. 



6U(;cessioii ol'mehiucholv flame, would probably 

 I rve s!iigi;e.-ited to it Greek tlie image of iin en- 

 tranc(»>into Tartarus. But, in our day, the sub- 

 lime is uell exclianned lor the practical, ami this 

 \:\<\ ;iM(l lurmidable-lnokiiig cavern will be strip- 

 ped of its poetic associations by the passage of 

 f.ulers and wagons, bales of goods and herds of 

 bullocks. Still it will be almost impossible to 

 divest ourselves of the recollections really allach- 

 jug to thi.s work. We have before us altogether 

 a new attemiit to conquer nature — a great exper- 

 iment to mtike rivers passable without bout or 

 bridge ; a new and capable connivance for expe- 

 diiing the intercourse of mankind. The stone 

 bridge is at all times the most expensive edifice 

 in the world, and the bridge of boats is always 

 liable to accidents, and ahnost certain to be bro- 

 ken up in every instance of a flood. Besides 

 lliis, the fixed briilge blocks up the navigation ol 

 the river for all vessels beyonil the size of a barge 

 or a small steamboat. Waterloo bridge cost up- 

 wards of a million — London bridge about as 

 much more — Westminster and Blackfriar's bridg- 

 es, which were built at a cheaper rate and in 

 cheaper times, so constantly demandeil repairs 

 that they probably have cost more than either of 

 the modi ru ones; but the Tunnel has the advan- 

 taixe of giving a passage from side to side of the 

 Thames, where from the breadth of the river a 

 stjne bridge would have probably cost nearer two 

 mil. ions than one, and wiieie no bridge could be 

 tluown across without blocking up the most im- 

 porcant part of the Thames, that portion which 

 may be called the great wet dock of Londoji. 

 Ye. the expense of the whole has not amounted 

 to itiorr than £400,000 ; and even this is to be 

 remembered, as an expense greatly increased by 

 the utter novelty of the experiment, by ditiicnlty 

 unforeseen in the connnencement, by several ir- 

 rupiions oi the river, by the clearness of work- 

 men's wages, arising from the peculiar peril and 

 singular nature of the labor, connected with an 

 imdertaking carried on at all hours, and wholly 

 by miiliiial light. All this, too, in constant haz- 

 nid of .111 influx of the river, and the various 

 (iilTicultifs belonging to working in a miife. The 

 weight of a vast body of water above, acting 

 .nlike during sunnnor and winter, which at any 

 moment might break in, and against whose in- 

 cursions, it was necessary to fortity the outside 

 of the tunnel as the interior, added greatly to the 

 difticukies of the undertaking. 



The original oliject of the tunnel, was, to con- 

 vey cattle, pas.sengers, and general traflic from 

 the rich coimtries on the Kent side, to that great 

 mercaiilil.! region of the nietropidis — the Lon- 

 don, and East, and West India Docks. How far 

 this will be now effected, is a question which re- 

 mains to be decided by experience. There can 

 be no doubt that if the traflic be not impeded by 

 the fear of passing under the river, it must be 

 immense. 'I'lie convenicm-e of escaping the long 

 circuit 111) to LMudou l)ii(l:;e, which, from the 

 various obstiuctioiis in the streeis, ami the gen- 

 eral diiikuliy of passing ihriiugh the most crowil- 

 e<l portion of the city, must now occupy many 

 hours, would obviously direct the whole curieiit 

 of ilie traflic into the tmmel. Hitherto, no ex- 

 pedient has been adopteil to shorten the passage 

 of the traflic; and the contrivance by which 

 l,iO0 clear feet are siibstiluted for at least three 

 miles of the most encumbered thoroughfares im- 

 aginable, must be adopted as a matter of palpa- 

 ble advantage. Slill there may be difficulli('S in 

 the way which |)ractice only can exhibit. But 

 any fear of the structure itself we should regard 

 as altogether visionary. The building of the 

 tunnel seems as solid as a rock. During the 

 whole period from its coimneuceinent, we have 

 not heard a single instance of its giving way, vast 

 as the pressure was from al)ove,and trying as were 

 thejlain[)s, the ground spring, and the extreme 

 difficuliy of building umler water. At this mo- 

 ment the roof is obviously as free from damp as 

 the roof of St. Paul's!— and unless an earth- 

 (juake should burst it, the whole tiibric si. ems 

 much more likely to last than were it exposed to 

 the ilivrrsitiesof t,.iiip.M-alure, the he.its and fi-osts 

 above gr.Mind. The especial advalita-e of the 

 syslem of the tunnel is, that it can be adopted in 

 any part of the course of a river, and even in its 



br.Mulh of the Thames at Rolheihiihe, unless 

 where they spread into marshes or lakes,) and 

 yef offer no impediment to the navigation.— S/act- 



lannd's Magaxitif. 



Large Hogs.— .Mr. Jesse Scott of South Bane. 

 Vt., killed the present season, ten bojjs ol his 

 own raising, fatted in the same pen. whose weight 

 is as follows: 59.5, 5-.'!i, .V.':{. rac, r>'.'7. .V!l!, 485, 

 46(5,430,424. This,. 1,,.^. u,-,v ,,.- ihr cummon 

 breed. Mr. S. says li.. wmild \,r plra^ d lo hear 

 from .some of the larm:-is of ihe Granite Stale 

 who have given atteniion lo raising poiU, through 

 the columns of the Visitor. Camrot some of our 

 readers furnish the de.-ired slatement.' 



Fruit Trees.— Fruit trees are often fatally 

 injured, and scmetimes totally destroyed by the 

 attacks of mice. To prevent" this it is merely 

 necessary to stam|> down the first snow close 

 about the roots, and lo ii piat llie operation every 

 succeeding storm, till a (diisolidated inasi 

 formed about the trunk liom eight inches to a 

 foot in depth. This by freezinir, becomes imper- 

 meable to their operations, and consequently 

 prt serves the tree.— .Ua»ip Cultivator. 



Hens. — Hens, at this season, should hav 

 liberal and constant -supply of meal. It is no less 

 essential to their health i\\\xv. corn, and without 

 it they seldom continne to lay, and not iinfre- 

 quently mope and grow sick, if confined. The 

 French, who are rigid economists in every thing, 

 deem meat as essential to domestic animals ot 

 all descriptions and supply them regularly from 

 two to three times a day.— "/iirf. 



Salt for store hogs. — Give your store hogs 

 sail. If confineil to fresh succulent lood, it is in- 

 dispi usable to their heallh, and the want of it i: 

 doubtlrss (dtentinies Ihe proximate cause of 

 many diseases, and of frequent loss. We have 

 known hogs that had refused to eat, regain their 

 appetite on being supplied with salt.— 76iW. 



Wounds and bruises i.n horses. — Take one 

 quarter of a pound of saltpeter, half a pint of vin- 

 egar, half a pint of spirits of turpentine; put 

 them together in a bottle, and shake up before 

 using. Apjily it to the wound with a leather, 

 three times a i\.\\. 



An olJ subscriber, a farmer in Illinois, lately \ 

 live his paper discontinued. He had read il. 

 ath pkMsure. lor ye:irs, and it was with the uli 



S3 a 3 



Sale of Short Horns in England. — The 

 New Farmers' Journal of Oct. 3, furnishes ns 

 with a statement of the .sale of the stock of Short 

 Horns belonging to Mr. Smith of West Ruseii. 

 There were 37 cows and heifers over two years 

 old, sold at an average of oli guineas {$14() 79) 

 per head; the highest bringing 1.50 guineas. 

 The heilers, under 2 years and calves, of which 

 27 were sold, brought an average of 24 guineas 

 (S1118L) There were 14 bulls and bullcalves 



hi at an average of 43.J guineas ; the highest on 

 the list was a two year old bull, sired by Sir 

 Thomas Fairfax, (the sire of Mr. Prentice's Fair- 

 fax,) which brought 255 guineas (1,188 30.) The 

 next highest on the list brought 70 guineas. 



Albany Cultivator. 



The Brooklyn Cow. — Mr. Smith, Mayor of 

 Brooklyn, exhibited at the Show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, a cow that has yielded for ten 

 inoiilhs, an average of 27 quarts a dav ; and titr 

 20 days in siiccessmn, gave from W to" 34 quarts 

 of milk per day. The cow is without pedigree, 

 being purchased by a master of a vessel in Eng- 

 land, and sold on her arrival here. The food has 

 been Indian and oat meal, about 6 quarts each 

 per day, with us much hay am! grass as she re- 

 ipiiris. The owner has frequently bled her 

 sliL'luly, and occasionally bathed her back and 

 loins with spirits of turpentine. But wha'ever 

 may have been the treatment, the yield of milk 

 is certainly an extraordinary one. 



From the Z.wcsville (Ohio) Gazette. 



Wheat. Flouk ash Pouk. — .\s a matter or individ- 



I curiosity, and in order to Bee how the present prices 



ol' wheat, flour and pork compare with the prices of those 



les lor some years past, we have looked over the files 



of the Gazette since 183"2. We have taken the prices of 



these articles in the latter part of November, or 1st of 



December in cacli year, and the result may be seen in the 



foUowinij table : — 



Wheat. Flour. Pork. 



1832 go 6'i gi 09 S2 01) to 2 SO 



1833 60 3 50 2 50 to 3 50 



1834 50 3 00 2 50 to 3 00 



1835 1 12 a 1 23 6 GO a 6 50 G 00 to 6 50 



1836 1 00 6 00 5 00 to 5 50 



1837 1 00 6 00 3 00 to 5 50 



1838 2 20 7 00 5 50 to 6 00 



1839 50 3 25 3 00 to 3 50 

 18M « 3 00 3 00 to 3 SO 



1841 I 00 5 50 2 50 to 3 00 



1842 40 - 2 73 1 25 lo 2 00 



THE MARKETS. 



BKIUHTON iMARKET— MoNi.AY, Dec. 26, 1842. 

 Keponed lor the iJuston Daily Advertiser. 



At market 500 Beef Cattle, 2500 Sheep, and 80 

 Swine. 



Pricf.s — Be^ Cuttle — We quote to correspond with 

 last week, a few extra at $510. First quality g4 25 a 

 ^4 50; secoiid<iuahtv gJSO a K375i thiid quality ;J3 00 

 a ^3 SO. 



.S/u'cp— Lots were sold from 80c to §150. Wethers, 

 some of which were stall-fed, from ft'l SO to gS SO. 



iSwine — JNo lots were sold to peddle. At retail from 

 3 to 44c. 



BOSTON ]»IARKET..Dec.27, 1842. 



ASHES— Sales of Pols at 54 a 5|c ; and Pearls at 7c 

 per lb. 



COTTOJN— Sales of 3 a 400 bales, mostly uplands, at 

 C| a Sc per lb, 6 nis. 



FLOUK— Dull. Sales of Genesee, common 4 81 at487, 

 and fancy gb, cash. 



GK.MiN — Corn stands nominally at 50c for white, and 

 51 a 52c for yellows sales U' t..e lattur. 



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