1862. 



NEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



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ago we chanced to walk through a very old pas- 

 ture, and we were much struck by the number of 

 the worm-casts it showed. They were, we are 

 certain, nearly if not as numerous as those men- 

 tioned by Mr. Darwin, and they darkened the 

 field so much, though the grass was growing, that 

 they caused some parts of it to look as if newly 

 top-dressed. — Scottish Farmer. 



Fig. 1. 



WEST'S IMPROVED PUMP. 



The cuts which accompany tliis article give a rep- 

 resentation of the external appearance of two pat- 

 terns of the pump patented by J. D. West & Co. 

 It is a double - acting 

 pump, throwing the same 

 amount of Avater at each 

 motion of the handle, up 

 or down. The house 

 pump, (Fig. 1,) is of cast 

 kon, a very neat and pret- 

 ty design, and can be used 

 as any other house pump, 

 or, with hose attached, 

 water can be forced to any 

 required distance, for wa- 

 tering the garden, wash- 

 ing windows, or any of the numerous purposes for 

 which water is so often needed at a distance from 

 the source of supply. 



The well and cis- 

 tern pump, (Fig. 2,) 

 is of the same in- 

 ternal consti'uction, 

 but is made with a 

 long piston rod and 

 discharging pipe, so 

 that when placed in 

 a well, out of doors, 

 the pump itself is 

 entirely below the 

 curb of the well, 

 out of danger from 

 frost. By attaching 

 hose, or by a pipe 

 under ground con- 

 necting with the 

 pump, water can be Fkj. 2. 



conveyed as need- 

 ed. AVe are about setting one of these pumps, 

 not, however, where it will have a great opportu- 

 nity of distinguishing itself, as the work we shall 

 give it is hght, and may report in regard to its 

 action, at some future day. jNIeantime it is only 

 necessai-y to say that the pump has received com- 

 mendation from the highest sources, and that 

 Solon E-obinson, Avhom every farmer knows, says 

 no farmer can afford to be without it, who has to 

 draw his water from a well or cistern. 



This pump was awarded a silver medal at the 

 last Mechanics' Fail- held in this city. 



THE NEW YORK HORSE MARKET. 



We have been lately a good deal in the Horse 

 Market, trying to learn the fact, if it existed, that 

 "the war has ruined," as we were repeatedly assured 

 it had during the dull state of trade that really 

 existed last autumn and winter. We have failed 

 to discover the ruin. On the contrary, we find the 

 stables in Twenty-fourth Street very fairly sup- 

 plied with a well-assorted stock of horses ; and 

 though sales are not eff"ected quite as lively as we 

 have seen them, the horses do find buyers at lib- 

 eral prices. Indeed, the prices must be higher, 

 for they are decidedly so in the country. A class 

 of horses that farmers would have vvillingly sold a 

 year ago atSluO each, are now in demand at $175 

 or $260 each. 



This covers the class of good, strong, well-made 

 horses. On higher-priced horses the advance is 

 still greater. It is less in proportion on such as 

 are mostly used for stages and city railroads. The 

 army contracts, at low prices, notwithstanding 

 they absorb a great many horses, have a tendency 

 to keep the price of ordinary horses down, because 

 a person w"ho wants a low-priced horse for his own 

 use, regulates the value upon the army standard, 

 so that when a seller asks a higher price, he is at 

 once told that he is above the market. 



But for the class of horses suitable for all work, 

 and good looking enough to make a foir show on 

 the road, the army rates fix no standard, and a 

 well-matched pair of this sort sell pretty readily at 

 $500 to $G00, and higher, if speedy. Fast trot- 

 ters and foncy-matched pairs, and elegant coach 

 horses, sell at fancy prices, according to circum- 

 stances, up to ten or twelve hundred dollars a 

 pair. And notwithstanding the assertion so fre- 

 quently made, that the war, cutting ofi" further 

 custom, would destroy the market for this class, 

 we believe that it is about as good now as when 

 we had the whole of Dixie for customers. 



It is true that the appearance of "Southern gen- 

 tlemen" in the horse-market always raised a com- 

 motion, and gave the street a somewhat lively ap- 

 pearance, for the reason that one of them made 

 more "fuss and feathers" about the purchase of a 

 pair of horses than some of our quiet city buyers 

 would, in purchasing all the horses on sale. But 

 we assure our country readers that the absence of 

 Southern buyers has not ruined the business, and 

 horse-dealers are beginning to realize that their 

 i-eal substantial customers are our own citizens. 

 We are certain that we may assure all who are in- 

 terested in the production of horses, that the pres- 

 ent state of the market, and all the signs of the 

 times, warrant us in saying that there never has 

 been a more favorable prospect for the production 

 of good horses. 



The destruction of horses by the army has been 

 enormous, and must have the tendency by reduc- 

 ing the stock in the country, to enhance values. 

 That enhancement has already commenced, and 

 dealers do certainly find buyers in this market at 

 the advanced price. 



There are more horses selling in this city in 

 June 18G2, than there were in June 1861, of all 

 kinds, except it is the cheapest kind of work 

 horses. There are men in this city who have the 

 ability and will combined, to buy good horses. 

 Altogether, then, we must report the condition of 

 the New York horse market in one M^ord — favor- 

 able. — New York Tribune. 



