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THE GENESEE FABMEE. 



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parts, mixed thoroughly, are then pounded in around the crock, filling up the tub within 



six or eight inches ; then a layer of clear gravel, with a flat stone or piece of zinc on the 



top, to prevent the water from displacing the pack- 

 ing. In adjusting the crock, there is a hole near 

 the bottom, or rather the upper end, for the inser- 

 tion of a small lead pipe through a cork, and pass- 

 ing out through the top of the stave, to admit the 

 air. If one with this air-hole can not easily be pro- 

 cured, take a common crock, and let the pipe pass 

 down under the rim, ascending to the to)) of the 

 crock inside. 



The filter being thus completed, place it in the 

 cellar on a box or platform high enough to allow a 

 pail to pass under the faucet ; then put in a pewter 

 or wooden faucet, and fill up with rain loater only. 

 The water for the first day will taste alkaline, and 

 may be thrown away. The gravel should be all 

 sizes up to as large as hickory nuts, and well washed. 

 The coal is the same as prepared and used by distil- 

 lers, and should be made of hard wood. They will 



last from two to four years, according to the size, when they will need repackiu^v with 



new materials. 



These filters are made in this city, by John Kedzie, who furnishes to order three 



different sizes, which can be forwarded almost any distance. Price, $5, ^7.50, and $10. 



GILBERT'S FILTERING APPARATUS. 





BRITISH AND AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. 



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B. I came up to have a little more talk about Engli^Ii farming. I have been thinking a good dtal 

 about our last conversation, and especially on what you say respecting theturnep crop and the great 

 advantages the British farmers derive from it. You say that they cultivate one-fourth of their araVjl^ 

 land with this crop and get a thoui?and bushels per acre. I should be at a decided lo&s to know what 

 to do with them, if I had fifty acres of nirneps or rnta bagas. Fancy 50,000 h\\. of roots on my farm! 

 — what could I do with them? There is no mistake about one thing, that they would winter an 

 immense number of sheep and cattle, and make a prodigious manure heap. How do they feed them 

 out in England ? 



A. We must recollect, in contrasting English and American agrieulturf, that not only are iheif 

 summers cooler than ours, but that their winters are very much milder. There are very few days 

 on which the ground is covered with snow, and many farmers turn tht-ii' milch eowainto the pastures 

 for a few hours every -day during winter. 



B. Do they keep tlielr milch cows principally on turneps duiiiig wintoi-? 



A. No; they seldom give them any, for the turnef>8 impart a di«agreeal)ie flavor to the butter. 

 They keep thom principally on l>arley straw and on what little gBa.»3 they lind in the meadows, 

 giving a little hay and bran immediately before and after calving. Some fariiiera give them mangel 

 wurtzel and the leaves of^ turneps, which do not affect the taste of the butter. 



B. What do they do with the turneps ? 



A. Tiiey use them mostly for fattening cattle and sheep. The common tut aejw are lit to connuence 

 on about the middle of October. They draw off about one-half the turneps and feed them to oxen 

 and fatting cows in the barn yards or "cow housee;" the other half are consumed on the land by 

 fatting sheep. In addition to the tnrnep, the sheep and cattle are fed with some dry food such a.» 

 barley straw, clover hay, peas, oil rake. 



B. When eating the turneps on the land, are the sheep turned on the whole field at once ? 



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