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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



4 INCH DRAIN PIPE ABEA, 9.01 INCHES. 



Fall, 

 ft. in. 

 0.3 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 1.9 

 2.0 

 2.3 

 2.6 

 2.9 

 3.0 

 3.3 

 3.6 

 3.9 

 4.0 

 4.3 

 4.6 



Discharge. 

 43698 

 60691 

 74043 

 86181 

 96297 

 105603 

 113695 

 121382 

 129090 

 135948 

 142827 

 148896 

 154560 

 160225 

 165889 

 171554 

 170814 

 182074 

 186928 

 192189 



Length. 

 1311 

 1821 

 2221 



2585 

 2SS9 

 3168 

 3U1 

 3641 

 3873 

 4078 

 4285 

 4467 

 4637 

 4807 

 4977 

 5147 

 5304 

 5462 

 5608 

 5766 



Fall. 

 ft. in. 

 5.3 

 5.6 

 5.9 

 6.0 

 6.3 

 6.6 

 6.9 

 7.0 

 7.3 

 7.6 

 7JJ 

 8.0 

 8.3 

 8.6 

 8.9 

 9.0 

 9.3 

 9.6 

 9.9 



10.0 



Discharge. 

 196639 

 201090 

 205945 

 210396 

 214442 

 21SS93 

 222939 

 225985 

 231032 

 235077 

 239123 

 243169 

 240311 

 250452 

 254093 

 257735 

 260972 

 264603 

 268255 

 271492 



Length. 

 5899 

 6033 

 6178 

 6312 

 6433 

 6567 

 6688 

 6810 

 6931 

 7052 

 7174 

 7295 

 7404 

 7514 

 7623 

 7732 

 7829 

 7938 

 8048 

 8145 



5 INCH DRAIN PIPE AREA, 19.64 INCHES. 



Fall, 

 ft. in. 

 0.3 

 0.0 

 0.9 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 1.9 

 2.0 

 2.3 

 2.6 

 2.9 

 3.0 

 3.3 

 3.6 

 3.9 

 4.0 . 

 4.3 

 4.6 

 4.9 

 5.0 



Discharge. 

 99584 

 138302 

 1674'12 

 193S81 

 215913 

 237945 

 255570 

 273100 

 280D40 

 304922 

 320785 

 334385 

 348975 

 362205 

 375424 

 3S7762 

 398338 

 410875 

 421251 

 430825 



Length. 



23^7 



4151 



5023 



5816 



6477 



7138 



7667 



8196 



86.18 



9148 



9624 

 10146 

 10409 

 10806 

 11263 

 11633 

 11950 

 12320 

 12633 

 12925 



Fall, 

 ft. in. 

 5.3 

 5.6 

 5.9 

 6.0 

 6.8 

 6.6 

 6.9 

 7.0 

 7.3 

 7.6 

 7.9 

 8.0 

 8.3 

 8.6 

 8.9 

 9.0 

 9.3 

 9.6 

 9.9 



10.0 



Discharge. 

 442401 

 452977 

 462671 

 473246 

 483820 

 493515 

 502327 

 611140 

 520052 

 528767 

 537579 

 546392 

 555205 

 564017 

 571948 

 579880 

 586930 

 594861 

 602793 

 610723 



Length. 



13272 



13589 



13880 



14197 



14515 



14805 



15070 



15334 



15602 



15863 



16127 



16392 



16656 



16320 



17158 



17390 



17003 



17846 



18084 



18322 



8 INCH DR.ilN PIPE AREA, 50.26 INCHES. 



Fall, 

 ft. in. 

 0.3 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 1.9 

 2.0 

 2.3 

 2.6 

 2.9 

 3.0 

 3.3 

 3.6 

 3.9 

 4.0 

 4.3 

 4.6 

 4.9 

 5.0 



Discharge. 

 277488 

 372210 

 453456 

 525648 

 586560 

 642959 

 694S4S 

 744-i79 

 789600 

 844720 

 877584 

 9136S0 

 949776 

 971659 

 1021974 

 1055551 

 1080135 

 1116719 

 1140047 

 1177631 



Length. 

 8324 

 11167 

 13604 

 15769 

 17597 

 19289 

 20345 

 22334 

 23688 

 25342 

 26327 

 27410 

 28493 

 29149 

 30059 

 31667 

 32584 

 33501 

 343S1 

 35329 



Fall, 

 ft. in. 

 5.3 

 5.6 

 5.9 

 6.0 

 6.3 

 6.6 

 6.9 

 7.0 

 7.3 

 7.6 

 7.9 

 8.0 

 8.3 

 8.6 

 8.9 

 9.0 

 9.3 

 9.6 

 9.9 



10.0 



Discharge. 

 1200959 

 1234031 

 1261103 

 12SS175 

 1315247 

 1343S39 

 1369391 

 1391951 

 1414531 

 1441583 

 1466399 

 1488959 

 1511539 

 1534099 

 1556658 

 1579199 

 1601759 

 1624319 

 1644622 

 1664927 



Length. 



36209 



37021 



37833 



3S645 



39457 



40315 



41082 



41759 



42436 



43247 



43392 



44069 



45346 



46023 



46700 



47376 



48053 



48730 



49339 



49948 



The solid and liquid droppings of a v.'ell-fed cow 

 are estimated by the editor at nearly a ton a month, 

 to which three tons of muck may be added ; thus 

 producing full four times as much as that made 

 in the common practice ; and if the quality is at 

 all inferior, he has not been able to discover it in 

 a close observation of six years. 



Saving Manure. — On re-publishing Mr. Hol- 

 brook's plan of a gutter in the stable, immediate- 

 ly beliind the cattle, to be filled with absorbents 

 for the liquid portion of the manure, the editor 

 of the Homestead expresses preference for a meth- 

 od which he practices, of keeping the entire sta- 

 ble covered with a thick layer of dry muck, or 

 other absorbent. The parts of this bed that be- 

 come saturated, and the solid feces, are removed 

 as occasion requires, and the whole is replaced 

 once in two weeks, and should be kept covered 

 with litter, which furnishes a comfortable bed for 

 the stock, whose animal heat is supposed to pro- 

 duce very beneficial effects upon these materials. 



For the New England Farmer. 



SUBJECTS FOE. DISCUSSIO]>T TN 

 FARMEKS' CLUBS. 



Mr. Editor : — As I see that an effort is being 

 make by the State to institute and promote Agi"i- 

 cultural Clubs tln-oughout the Commonwealth; 

 and as I have known such clubs to be at a loss 

 to find subjects promotive of their interest and 

 the general good to discuss, I thought I would 

 send you for publication in the Farmer a few of 

 the many questions in Avhich the farmers should 

 take deep thought, and consult together at the 

 present time. 



Has a man a right to follow a losing business ? 



Are any of the "Statute Laws" of this State op- 

 pressive and degi'ading to the farmer ? 



Is the common system of marketing promotive 

 of the farmer's interests ? 



Have the farmers a right to combine, or act in 

 unison, to promote their interest ? 



Is selling farm products below their cost, a pub- 

 lic benefit ? 



Is New England farming at the present time 

 conducive to health ? 



Would a change of thought and eflbrt among 

 agriculturists, from how to obtain a large surplus, 

 to the idea of a sure profit, result in universal 

 good to ail classes ? 



Can most of the evils of society be traced di- 

 rectly to the unprofitableness of farming ? 



I want to say at some time, and perhaps I 

 might as well say it now, and in this connection as 

 well as in any other, that, as a citizen of Massa- 

 chusetts, and a farmer, and my interests and 

 rights being inseparable from those of my brother 

 farmers, I am opposed novr and forever, to all 

 State effort or State aid. to promote, as it is 

 thought by some, the farming interest. I can see 

 nothing in it but "euiZ, and that continually." "Let 

 every tub stand upon its own bottom," is perhaps 

 not a very genteel expression, yet is it not appli- 

 cable in this case ? For half a century our good 

 and ever indulgent mother, the State, has fondled 

 and caressed the farming ifttercsts, till she has 

 made fools of one portion of the people, and neai- 

 ly bankrupted another. 



Repeal all laws that are antagonistic to the far- 

 mer's good, and dry up the pap which has fioAvsd 

 from the treasury of the State for a quarter of a 

 century, and in five years, if the farmers of the Old 

 Bay State don't show signs of life and prosperity, 

 which they never before dreamed of, then write 

 me down as incomjjetent to judge of the natural 

 course of cause and effect. "Where tlie carrion 

 is, there also will be found the vulture." Let the 

 course which is fast gaining ground in the State, 

 be continued for another quarter of a century, and 

 if a "c7(iM"that is not easy to manage, but will be 

 extremely troublesome, is not fasteiied upon us, 

 then I am no judge. If the State has got any 



