24 FAMILY RECEIPTS. 



hogshead of water,(the v>^ater stirred round at the (ime,) 

 will, after the lapse of a few hours, by precipitating to 

 the bottom the impure particles, so purify it, that it will 

 be found to possess nearly ail the freshness and clear- 

 ness of the finest spring water. A pailful, containing 

 four gallons, may be purified with a single tea spoonful. 



TO CHOOSE THE BEST AGRICULTURAL IjIPLEMEXTS. 



The variety and excellence of agricultural implements 

 is so great that the prudent farmer in regard to that, as 

 well as in every other branch of his art, must study eco- 

 nomy. He should not incur an unnecessary expense in 

 buying them, nor in purchasing more than are essenticflly 

 requisite, and can be profitably used. This maxim 

 ought to be more especially attended to by young impro- 

 vers, who are often tempted, under the specious idea of 

 diminishing labour, and saving expense, to buy a super- 

 fluous quantity of implements, v/hich they afterwerds 

 find are of little use. It is remarked by an intelligent 

 author on matters of husbandry, that a great diversity 

 of implements, causes disappointment, ratiier than satis- 

 faction to the farmer. 



In purchasing implements the following rules are to 

 be observed; — they should be simple in their construc- 

 tion, both that their uses may be more easily understood, 

 and that any common workman may be able to repair 

 them, when they get out of order; the materials should 

 be of a durable nature, that the labour may be less lia- 

 ble to interruption from their accidental failure; their 

 form should be firm and compact, that they may not be 

 injured by jolts and shaking; and that they may be the 

 more safely worked by country labourers, who are but 

 little accustomed to the use of delicate tools. In larger 

 machines, sj'mmetry, and lightness of shape, ought to be 

 particularly attended to: for a heavy carriage, like a 

 great horse, is worn out by its own weight, nearly as 

 much as by what he carries. The wood should be cut 

 up and placed in a position the best calculated to resist 

 pressure; and mortices, so likely to weaken the wood, 

 should, as much as possible, be avoided; at the same 



