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the kettle, with the exception of a few inches at top, 

 where the flange or rim rests upon the projecting hrick. 

 Thus the hoiler is not only encompassed by the flame, 

 but the heat is augmented by radiation from the brick 

 work. The fuel is burnt on a grate, which extends 

 nearly to the kettle, four or five inches above the level 

 of its bottom. My boiler being in operation while I am 

 penning these remarks, I have ascertained that a kettle 

 of potatoes, with three pails of cold water, covered vnth 

 boards, has been completely boiled in 18 minutes from 

 the time they were put in, another boiling having been 

 just previously taken out. My kettle was set by a son 

 in his -teens, without assistance, and was his first effort 

 in masonry. J. Buel. 



Alhayiy JVursery^ Oct. 20, 1831. 



TO MAKE HAY ON THE MOST APPROVED PLAN. 



The first thing to be considered about hay-making, is 

 the time of cutting the grass. It should not be cut too 

 early, or before it has got its growth, for this will cause 

 it to shrink too much in drying. On the contrary, it 

 should not stand too late, or till the seed be quite ripe. 

 It is not only harder to cut, but the ripeness of the seed 

 will cause it to shatter out while drying, which will be 

 a considerable loss, as the seed is the most rich and nour- 

 ishing part; and the soil will be the more exhausted by 

 nourishing the seed till it come to maturity, and the 

 next succeeding crop will be poorer. There never can 

 be any advantage in mowing late, unless in thickening 

 the grass roots, by scattering some of the seed, Avhere 

 they were before too thin. He that mows early has the 

 advantage of longer days for drying his hay; and of 

 shorter nights, when the dews are less detrimental to 

 hay-making. 



But the farmer who has many acres of the same kind 

 of grass cannot always expect to cut the whole of it in 

 exactly the right season. That he may approach as 

 near to right as possible, he should cut the thickest 

 grass first of all; especially if it be in danger of lodg- 

 ing, or so thick that the lowest leaves perish, or the 



