Draim.ng, now so generally practiced in some parts 

 of Europe, is attracting considerable attention in our 

 country. In the last volume of the Farmer we gave 

 all the information perhaps necessary, and we now 

 refer to the subject tor the purpose of noticing the 

 Tile Macliine recently imported from England, by J. 

 DuLAFfKLD, Esq., President of the Seneca County 

 Agricultural Society, for making Drain Tiles, Soles, 

 Pipe and other objects of use to farmers. 



This Machine combines every improvement which 

 has been sanctioned by the experience of the English 

 and Scotch Agriculturists. It has a variety of 

 dies, either of which can be used and changed at 

 pleasure. Mr. B. F. Whartenby, of Waterloo, 

 Seneca County, N. Y., who is an experienced Potter, 

 works this Machine, and has alrea'iy furnished a 

 variety of drain tile to the farmers at very reduced 

 prices. 



The high price of tiles has been the great objection 

 to their iise in this Country: the facility with which 

 they are made by this Machine has reduced the cost. 

 The following list exhibits the sizes of Tiles and 

 Pipes which can be produced as needed, with their 

 prices at the factory. 



DRAIN TILES. 

 4 inches high, hy 15 inches long at $15 per 1000 Tiles. 



3 " " •' " 12 50 " " 

 9 " '• " " 10 " " 



Sulcs fur the above, if required, $6 25 per " largest size 

 " •' " 5 " '' smallest size 



DRAIN PIPES. 



4 inches dmraeter. 15 inches long, at $16 per 1000 pipes. 

 3 ' " 14 " " 



2 •■ •' " " 10 " " 



U ■■ " " " 9 " " 



1 •■ " '• " 8 " " 



Pipes of larger size can be made by this Machine, 

 also serni-cylinders of 6 and 11 inches diameter. 

 Roof and ridge tiles are turned out with equal facility. 

 To all who desire to understand the system of drain- 

 ing, we advise a reference to the article contained in 

 the last volume, (1849,) October number. 



A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman 

 on his knees. 



BY CAI.KDONIA. 



Messrs. Editors: — In answer to " Ridgwai/,'^ I will 

 in the first place remark, that probably no one in pe- 

 rusing the statistical products of the farm referred to, 

 in the October number of the Farmer, but will readily 

 percieve a typographical error in relation to the 

 number of acres of improved land. Instead of ninety- 

 six acres, it should have been one hundred and nine- 

 ty-six. This farm is all arable land, all susceptible 

 of producing the finest wheat, or grain of any kind, 

 and also well adapted to clover. 



In order to satisfy Mr. Incredulous, I will state the 

 manner in which the farm has been cropped and cul- 

 tivated, during the time I have been acquainted with 

 its management. The farm is regularly divided into 

 17 lots, each of which is appropriated either to wheat, 

 corn, barley, oats, or clover, alternately. For tho 

 purpose of discriminating the fields they may be 

 numbered, and the quantity of land in each exhibited. 

 Lot No., I, containing 6 acres; No. *2, 10 acres: No, 

 3, 16acres; No. 10, 16 acres; No. 11, 18 acres; No. 

 14, 22 acres; and No. 17, J acre; were in wheat at 

 the time the farm was purchased. Some of the fields 

 lie adjacent to the highway, and in their measure- 

 ment a portion of road is included, therefore the quan- 

 tity of wheat on the ground, was in the neighborhood 

 of 85 acres. Lots No. 5, containing 6 acres in bar- 

 ley; No. 9, 10 acres, in corn and potatoes; No. 15, 8 

 acres, in oats; No. 12, 14 acres, in meadow; the bal- 

 ance of the fields in pasture, and about 4J acres oc- 

 cupied by buildings and garden. 



His stock consisted of five horses, four cows, 35 

 sheep, after disposing of 26 fat ones, and a sufficient 

 number of svvinc to make pork for his coiisumption. 

 The corn and oat crops averaged about 40 bushels 

 per acre, which afforded sufficient feed for teams, 

 making pork, &c. Eight bushels of clover seed was 

 sown on the fields, under wheat, and five tons of plas- 

 ter. In lots No. 2 and 3 the clover caught well; 

 the others very indifferently, owing probably to the 

 wheat being extremely thick and heavy, and the fore 

 part of the season rather dry. 



The next season, were fallowed, lots No. 4, con- 

 taining 16 acres; No. 6, 6 acres; No. 7, 12 acres; 

 No. 8, 20 acres: No. 13, 10 acres; all of which were 



