Vol.G No. a. 



pie bill durable machine, at a cost not excecdinff 

 ten dollars, wliicli raises watci- to tlio amount of 

 1440 gallons per day. There is no wheel or pump 

 attached to the machine. They are fully satisfied 

 from this e.^periment, that water may bo raised on 

 the same principle to the height of 50 fcot'or 

 more, in large quantities, for the purpose of carry- 

 ing water wheels of every power — supplying dis- 

 tilleries, tan-yards, and farms on whicli there is 

 no living stream, &c. They have not given a very 

 satisfactory description of the machinery, but say 

 •• a fall of 3 feet is necessary in raising the water 

 10 feet, and in that proportion for a greater or less 

 ilistance. Suppose a t crson has a spring near his 

 house, he has only to set up a penstock, throw the 

 water into the top of it. and tlicn put in a lend 

 pipe at the bottom of the penstock, and take it to 

 your house." They will give further information 

 to those who will write them, (post paid.) 



jV. H, RtnsUr. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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CANADIAN, OR TREE ONION. 



This is remarkable for producing a bulb or on- 

 ion at the top of the stalk. 



The stem of this plant is naked an'l round ; and 

 ihe leaves ar^ flat and narro'v. 



These onions are well deserving of attention, 

 both as objects of curiosity, from producing an on- 

 ion upon the stalk, and also for their use. "When 

 pickled they are generally thought superior in 

 flavour to the common onion. 



They were originally imported from Canada ; 

 are perennial, and are propagated by planting, tlie 

 bulbs in the spring or autumn. Either tl'.c bulbs 

 iif the root or those on the stalk will grow. 



TO FATTEN FOWL. 



At tills season of the year, the most ecoiioiniccl 

 method of fattening chickens is to give them curd- 

 led milk. The practice, as far as \vc have obser- 

 ved, is to shut them up in some cool place, and 

 confine them to sour coagulated milk, with a lit- 

 tle meal or corn two or three times a week. On 

 'his food they soon become fat. [N. York pap.] 



. GINGER WINE. 



The following recipe for making a pleasant 

 dinger wine, is recommended from experience. 



To 20 gallons of water, add 80 lbs. honey, or 

 70 lbs. sugar, the former in preference ; boil and 

 'skim as the feculent matter rises ; put the mi.v- 

 ture into an open head, and add lialf an ounce of 

 ginger coarsely ground or bruised, to every gal- 

 ion of the mixture ; and when cooled, ferment and 

 proceed as in elder wine, adding to every 10 gal- 

 lons, when bunging close, one fourth of brandy ; 

 and if the flavour of the orange is required, pro- 

 ceed as in currant wine. 



BURNING-GLASSES. 



These instruments are undoubtedly of very an 

 cient origin ; the most celebrated were those of 

 Archimedes and Proclus ; by the former of which 

 the fleet of Marcelhis was destroyed at the distance 

 of a bow-shot. In modern times, there have been 

 several inventions of this kind, remarkable for their 

 large diameter and powerful effects ; the principal 

 of which are those of Magine, of Sepatala, Sctta- 

 la, and Buffon ; the latter of whom made one that 

 consisted of 400 mirrors, which reflected all their 

 rays to one point, and with this he could molt lead 

 and tin at the distance of 140 feet. 



Sir Isaac Ne.vton presented a burning-glass to 

 'he Royal Society, which consisted of seven con- 



ute. 



cave glasses, so placed that all their fori join in to the fore end of the plougii beam, in the place 

 one physical point. This instrumeni vitrifies brick of a foot, or even a toot iueff, will greatly help to 

 or tile in one second, and mcdts gold iu half a min- 1 clear the way for the coulter. But the most ef- 



' fectual mode for pieventing a plough from clog- 

 ging is to u.se what is called a plough cleaner, in- 

 vented by Mr.Ioseph Kersey of Pennsylvania, of 

 which we gave a drawing and description in the 

 New England Farmer, vol. i. page 107. It con- 

 sists of a piece of timber, pinned to the plough 

 beam just before the coulter, with a staff or han- 

 dle attached to its upper end, so placed as to come 

 within reach of the ploughman, who by pulling 

 the handle, turns the piece of timber on the pin, 

 and causes tlie lower end to scrape the ground 

 just before the covilter, and thus remove stubble, 

 weeds, and other obstacles to smooth ploughing. 

 2. The celebrated Arthur Young advises the 

 cutting wheat and rye stubbles, and raking into 

 heaps for carting home to the farm yard for litter; 

 and says " This is a business strangely neglected 

 in most parts of the kingdom: but is nevertheles 



/Vfit' ff'etl. — Mr. Di.sbrow has been employed for 

 some time in boring a well for the Corporation in 

 .Tacob-strect ; and has lately stopped on strikinT an 

 abundant spring, at the depth of 135 feet. The 

 water is thought to have peculiar properties, and 

 has been submitted to a hasty analysis, which gives 

 a large quantity of muriate of Soda, and a little of 

 the sulphates of magnesia and soda, muriate of 

 magnesia, and carbonates of magnesia, lime and 

 iron. K shows little evidence of uncombined r.as • 

 and the only decided taste it has is something like 

 that of tar, the caus? of which we believe has not 

 been ascertained. Many thousands persons have 

 alretftrbeen to the spot to taste the water — JV.Y. 

 piipcr^ 



Cure of Intemperance A few doses of Dr 



Chambers' Medicine for intemperance have been ! of" great importance : the stubble left on the land 

 administered in this village tc individuals who .-ire j 's "<" °^ much advantage as a manure ; it pre- 

 in the almost constant practice of indulging in the "s^nts the plough from turning in the land with 

 vile habit of drunkenness. The effect is that a neatness, and a crop does not succeed soon enough 

 complete reformation has taken place in their to feed on it ; but carted into the farm yard it be- 

 tastes, so that instead of hankering after the hour- comes an e.scollent manure. Any sort of litter 

 ly dram, the very smell of spirituous liquor has there is valuable, and serves for the cattle tread- 

 become offensive. We hope it will prove lastinn-. < ing into the dung. In those parts of the king- 

 Herkimcr Americcn. i dom where this use of stubble is common, the 



— — — ! price for cutting and raking into heaps is from 2s. 



There is a very largo manufactory of mill sawsiGd. to 3s. Gd. per acre (1798); a very small ex- 

 in Philadelphia, at which it is said they are made ' pense compared with the great advantages that 

 one third cheaper than they can be imported, and I undoubtedly result from it." 



.50 much better that persons, who know the value | 3. The mode of burning stubble on the ground 

 of an^American saw would give one third mo)-e [ lias been herotoforo detailed in the New England 

 '°'' ''• * Farmer, vol. i. page 413, and vol. iv. page G. It is 



highly recommended, and in many cases is, doubt- 

 less the most eligible [iiactice. 



4. Letting stubble remain to waste and decom- 

 pose on the field can only be advisable when there 

 is a good bite of grass growing among the stubble 

 which you intend shall servo as fall feed for your 

 cattle. See further on this subject, N. E. Farmer, 

 vol. iv. pages 5, C. 



HARVESTING PEASE. 

 Garden pease are harvested by picki.'g tliom off 



The price of poultry in London at present is 

 enormously high. Young fov/ls were selling at 

 $2,00 each, and ducks were equally dear. Con- 

 trast this witli the price of poultry in this countrv. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1827. 



STUBBLE. 



There are four modes of managing stubble land, 

 viz. 1. To plough in the stubble as soon as possi- ; ='s they ripen ; but field pease nni5t of course be 

 ble after harvest. 2. To cut it up close with a harvested all at once. They should be n.own be- 

 scytbe and cart it into the barn yard for manure. '^"''° ^'^^-^ '"^S'n 1° shell out. Those among them 

 3. Burn it on the land without cutting. 4. Let which are unripe, will ripen, or at least become 

 it remain till it wastes away, and is decomposed ! '^'7. after they are cut or pulled up; and such 

 by the course which nature adopts in restoring pease, when well dried are not unfit for the t^ble, 

 vegetable and animal substances to their primitive '■'io"g'> "'cir colour renders them less valuable in 

 elements. Wo will speak of each in its turn. market. Mr Young says " The stalks and leaves 



1. When your land is light and sandy, the stub- °^ pease being very succulent, they should be 

 ble of wheat and rye may be ploughed into the taken good care of in wet weather ; the tufts, call- 

 soil to enrich it. This, toa-ether with the weeds '^'^ ^^'^''^' °'' heaps, should be turned or they will 

 will be equal to a moderate portion of manure.— receive damage. The straw, if well hiTvested, is 

 With ploughs of the common kind, however, the ^^ry good fodder for all sorts of cattle and for 

 ploughing in of stubble is diflicult and disagreea- ^heep ; but if it receive.s much wet, or if the heaps 

 ble. The plough is apt to choke up, so that it is ! ^''^ "°^ turned, it can be used only to litter the 



more than a man can well do to keep it clear jftrm yard with." 



Ploughs for this work should be much deeper built ! Loudon observes that " in the early crops, the 

 than the common ones. And this work might be , haulm is hooked up into loose open heaps, which, 

 greatly facilitated, if a heavy roller wore "passed | ^'^ soon as they are perfectly dry, are removed 

 over the stubble, to lay it flat to the ground before j •"■■"'" "'e ground and put into stacks for the pur- 

 ploughing. When this is doing gre.at care should i P°^6 of being converted to the food of animals, on 

 be taken to pass the roller the same way that the j^'iich they are said to thrive nearly as well as on 

 plough is to go. By means of this, the coulter j hay. When intended for food for horses, the beet 

 will but seldom be clogged with the stubble. If imcthod would seem to be that of having them cut 

 this rolling be neglected, a small roller annexed '*'''" chaff and mixed with other food." 



