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stick, will leap up, then throw them into a heap ; mix them well 

 and spread them again, and let them remain till they are all equal- 

 ly dry. While they are in the sweat, it will be best not to move 

 them for fear of burning them. Slacken the fire when the hops 

 are to be turned, and increase it afterwards. — Hops are fully dried 

 when their inner stalks break short, and their leaves crisp and fall 

 off easily. They will crackle a little when the seeds are bursting, 

 and then they must be taken from the kiln. Hops that are dried 

 in the sun lose their rich flavor, ajid if under cover, they are apt to 

 ferment and change with the weather, and lose their strength. 

 Fire preserves the color and flavor of hops, by evaporating the wa- 

 ter and retaining the oil of the hops. — After the hops are taken 

 from the kiln, they should be laid in a heap to acquire a little mois- 

 ture to fit (hem for bagging. It would be well to exclude them 

 from the air by covering them with blankets. Three or four days 

 will be sulficient for them to lie in that state. 



When the hops are so moist that they may be pressed together 

 without breaking, they are fit for bagging. Bags made of coarse 

 linen cloth, eleven feet in length, and seven in circumference, 

 which hold two hundred pounds weight, are most common in Eu- 

 rope ; but any size that best suits may be made use of. To bag 

 hops, a hole is made through a floor large enough for a man to pass 

 with ease ; the bag must be fastened to a hoop larger than the hole, 

 that the floor may serve to support the bag, and for the convenience 

 of handling the bags, some hops should be tied in each corner to 

 serve as handles. The hops should be gradually thrown into the 

 bag and trod down continually till the bag is filled. The mouth of 

 the bag must then be sewed, and the hops are fit for market. The 

 harder hops are packed, the longer and belter they will keep ; but 

 they must be kept dry. In most parts of Great Britain where hops 

 are cultivated, they estimate the charges of cultivating an acre of 

 hops at forty-two dollars, for manuring and tilling, exclusive of 

 poles and rent of land. Poles they estimate at sixteen dollars per 

 year, but in this country they would not amount to half that sum. 

 An acre is computed to require about three thousand poles, which 

 will last from six to twelve years, according to the kind of wood 

 used. [JV. E. Farmer. 



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Effects of Galvanism m Oases of Drozvning, 

 M. Leroy d'EtioIes has addressed a letter to the Academic de 

 Medecine, in reply to an assertion made by M. Thillaye, respecting 

 the inutility of galvanism in cases of asphyxia. The former says, 

 that when a short and fine needle is inserted in the sides of the 

 body between the eighth and ninth ribs, so as to come into contact 

 with the attachment of the diaphragm, and then the current of 

 electricity from 25 or 30 pair of inch plates passed through them, 

 that the diaphragm immediately contracts, and an inspiration is ef- 

 fected. Upon breaking the communication, and again completing 

 it, a second inspiration is occasioned, and by continuing these 



