No. 7. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



lOo 



ornamented, hnviiig for rxomple n iiinily curved bun- 

 dle, inslcnd ot conrBO eirnigbt once, or oihrrwiee ninde 

 handeomer wiihoiit nny increase of expense, iliere 

 IS hardly a boor in tbe country so rude ihnl bo would 

 not, let bim say wbat be pleases, on tbie very ncconnl 

 vfilne it the more liigbly and use it ilie innrc carefully 

 ^Ve were going to add wbateviry man will say be 

 knew well enough before, and what some grumblere 

 will complain that they do not tec why tlicy should 

 pay for it again ; we were going lo add, "have a 

 place for every thing and every thing in its place," 

 but we will not add it, bui leave it to suggest itself to 

 every refiocling man's own mind. He wll then val- 

 Hc it the more, as thinking it the fruit of hie own wise 

 cogitations. We will say, however, let it come from 

 where it will, it is one of the best rules that was ever 

 thought of^ 



Hatch's Sowing Slactiine. 



The following letter was wriiien to Mr Batehnm 

 by a friend in Ohio to whom be sent one of Hatch's 

 Sowing Machines ; and a3 the full sowing season is 

 at hand, many of our renders will find it interesting in 

 connection with the advertisement on our Inst page 

 We have not yet hod an opportunity of personally 

 witnessing the opperation of this machine, but we 

 learn that it is rapidly gaining favor among farmers in 

 this region, and quite a number hove b,eci) sold o' 

 late. — £(Z. 



<'The Straw Culler mentioned by the same writer, 

 in another column of this paper, is Gilsoii's Patent, 

 manufactured by Joseph Hall of this city.) — Ed. 



Mr. Bateham — I have just finished using for this 

 spring, the splendid Siwing Machine which you fo?? 

 warded me la t fall, and 1 must confess that it has ex 

 ceeded all my expectations, and those of my neighbors 

 who wiineesed its operation. I went to ihe firbt field 

 with my grass oced with a doubting heart, and wh'.n 

 I looked at the nmuhine and then at the diminutive 

 size of the seed it was to sow, my faiib was in jio wiee 

 strengthened. But I out with my letter of instruc 

 tions, made my calculations bow much seed it would 

 take to sow one hmit, measuied it out exactly, turned 

 it into the hopper, mounted the choir and drove ofi'. 

 leaving my friends who came to witness the operation 

 grinning like bo many Cheshire cats. First bout my 

 seed was out when within about two rods ol the end. 

 Regulated the screw, poured in the quantum suf. of 

 seed, and at the end had about half pint left. Third 

 bout,— started the regulating screw a very little, and it 

 came out as even as you ever bad your pic and cJiccsc. 

 I then turned into the hopper, from time to lime, 

 as became necessary, without measuring, having 

 previously measured out the quantity of seed for the 

 lot, and when I got through I had abotit one quart 

 left. The sowing of the lot (<3 acres) occupied about 

 two hours. 



The wind blew considerably, but 1 could not dis- 

 cover that it affected the seed, the hopper running so 

 near the ground that the dropping seed wasnotdis 

 turbed sulliciently to do the leost injury. A boy that 

 can drive a horse and otherwise posses.'»ed of ordinary 

 judgment, can use it, and when properly regulated it 

 cannot sow wrong. I have tried it with oats with 

 equal success ; and wheat, flax seed, piaster, &.C., can 

 also be sown with it. It certainly is a very valuable 

 machine, and ought to be in the possession of every 

 farmer who has much work of the kind every year. 

 J. W. SMITH. 

 Kniggs Farm, Manmee City. O., 1842. 



E.spy's Conical Ventilator. 



Mr. Espy, the gentleman who has, with much suc- 

 cesB, been delivering lectures through the countiy on 

 the Piiilosophy of iStorms, has recently invented a 

 machine for the purpose of remedying the evil of smo- 

 ky chiraniei. We give u plate of it below. Wherejt 



has been tried it is said to have been elfeclunl. From 

 the description, we should have strong confidence m 

 ■te success. If effectual, Mr. Espy will he entitled to 

 rank among the distinguished benefactors of mankind, 

 ns obviating one of the two great acknowledged cvi b 

 of this world — the one a tmoKy house, the other n 



scolding ah I hut we won't say ; we have noi 



the heart to wound the feelings of nny of our kind 

 subscribers by awakeiting disogreenble associations. 



We copy the plate and the detcripiion from thai 

 valuable publication, the American Mcc-banic, printed 

 in New York. Rufue Porter, editor. 



A sectional view of Mr. Espy'e Invention for ven- 

 tilating Ship.-, Hospitals. Piieons, M.nes, Cisterns. 

 Vats, S nks, &c. — also for producing a strong drnh 

 in Chimnies, fines of Steamboats, Locomotives, &c. 



Descrijition.— A, denotes the chimney. B. a short 

 iron pipe secured upon the top of the chimney. C, 

 a cr.llnr of slieet iron fitting loosely over the pipe B 

 D, a hollow cone, also made of sheet iron, into which 

 che collar C enters. E, a vane, to keep the cone 

 pointed to the wind. F, a perpendiculor iron rod, on 

 wliich the cone and collar levolvc. n, a, h, b, r, c, 

 and e, arrows showing the course of the cm rent ol aii. 



Now suppose the wind tn blow m the direction of 

 the arrows o, a, — it will pnea along the surfnec ol the 

 cone to its base, when it will converge as lepresented 

 by orrows 4, i, and r, c, and produce a vnccuum 

 lit O, the open cud of the cone, thereby causing a 

 strong current of air to ruth up the chimney A, in the 

 direction ol the arrow c. 



Scotch Yellow Turnips. 



The proprietor of the Rochester Seed Store has im 

 ported from Scotland, seeds of some of the finest va- 

 rieties of Yellow Turnips; which on trial bnve been 

 found to succeed well in tbis climate, ond he confi- 

 dently recommends them to his friends and customers 

 as superior to the Wnite Knglieh Turnips, being bet- 

 ler adopted to d or light soils, more nutritious, and 

 of firmer texture (consequently keep longer). They 

 are fine for the table ns well na for stock. 



Those who have delayed sowing Rata Bngas till 

 too late, or have had them destroyed by the fly, will 

 find the Yellow Turnips a good substitute. The fol- 

 fowing kinds are the most valuable : 



Lorge Yellow Aberdeen or Bullock, Yellow Ox- 

 heart, Yellow Globe, Dale's Hybrid, Hood's New Yel- 

 low. The Red Round is particularly recommendej 

 for light soils It is a white turnip with a red top. 

 M. B. B. 



Canaila Thistles. 



This communication deserves particular attention. 



Mk. Henkv Colmas — An allusion appearn to be 

 maHe in the May number of the New Genesee Far 

 mer, to a conversation with you when yoH was in 

 this place, some little time since, relative to the des- 

 truction of that pest, the Canada Thistle. 



The tvoy ol doing it, which is both sure and certain 

 and attended with but little expense, would be profit 

 ably expended in any land infested with any foul 

 weeds or worn downby shallow ploughings. All the 

 foul seeds in the ground would sprout and be destroy- 

 ed and the ground be left in first rate order for wheat, 



or almost nny other cron ; and if the ploughings could 

 he made twelve inches deep, the wheat would not be 

 much liable to get winter killed. And if the same 

 imonnt of green vegotaiion could he ploughed under 

 lliat would be in the Thistle ntebes, the good effects 

 vhereof would he hietiiig, as much so, or more, ilinn a 

 nea\y cont of manure. In a visit to my brother 

 .\aron, then living in ■Soiiib Le Roy, in 18)1, but now 

 Pavilion, I noticed that the whcnt on o part of biB field 

 was twic. as large as on other parts. I inquired of 

 hint how it happened that there wns such a difrercnee 

 m his wheat O 1 says he, t Pt is where my old 

 Thistle Bed was six years ngo, that the wheat is so 

 stout. lean feel the dillertnce where the Thistles 

 were the moment the plough strikes it ; the lunil is 

 more mellow, and ihe plouj^b inclined to go deeper 

 than in any other parts of the field. The way I took 

 10 destroy iheni, says be, 1 commenced ))loughing them 

 iibout the first of .lune, in the most careful and thor 

 ough manner, taking special care that not a single 

 ihisile root should escape the plough. A month from 

 that time I ploughed ngoin in the same careful man- 

 ner, — and in another nionib I ploughed ngoin ; the 

 fourth month I ploughed it again, making four plough- 

 ings, not harrowing it utall, that it should be left in 

 the some order at eacn time as the plough left it, ex- 

 eepiing the lost time, when it was in b-f^h order for the 

 sowing of wheat. Not a particle of any foul weed 

 appeared upon it, and 1 got as fine a crop of wheat as 

 I ever hod on any lands, and not a single particle of a 

 Thistle conld be found among ti.e wheat when I bar 

 visted it. 



I have not the least doubt if any person troui.led 

 with Thistles, or nny other foul weeds, v\'ill follow the 

 method here loid down, in ns iliorough a manner as 

 my brother did, they would he ui;crly and completely 

 destroyed. 



Thus it may be seen that the entire destruction of 

 the pest costs nothing ; it is merely a superior method 

 of preparing toe land for a crop of wheat, and that the 

 extia expense will he found 10 be more than compen- 

 sated by an extra cri>p of wheat ond the finer tilth in 

 which the land will be left, when the wheat is taken 

 from it, over that managed in the common way. 

 I am respectfully Your frimd &c. 



THOMAS TUFTS. 

 Le Hmj, .Tune 9th, 18-12. 



EDSOK'S COLORING COiSlPOUNDS. 



(Direrlwns for using- > 

 TOC LOU iM.^UDlilt Ui D. 



Take one pound of '. julcl r for every two pounrla of yarn 

 or cloth ; soak the nirulitcr in a Ijriiss or copper kett e one 

 niglit in warm water enough to cover the yjirii ou wisli to 

 color-, next niomiiig put in two ounces ot'unidiler conipouiid 

 fore ery pound of niadiler which yem have soaked. 'Jhen 

 wet your varn or clotll and wring it out in clean water; af- 

 icrw.irdu pu it iotlicdjc. .Now place Ihe ken e over the 

 fire, and hring it slow y to ii scald he lie t, which w II ttt'e 

 iiliout half an hour, keep it in tlii heal lia f an hour, if a 

 liulll red 8 wanted, and longer if a daik one, tile co.or dc- 

 peiidlns upon the time it remains in 'he dye. 



When tlie color i.^ ni.ide, rin-c liie cloth immedintely in 

 cold water and it will liien he finished. 



■lO COLOR SUAItLKT RFD. 



Take soft water, uffl;icnt to cover llie cUKh or y.-irn you 

 wish to color, hring it nearly to a Imiling heat in a copper 

 or hr ss kettle; then add one .ind :i half ounces of creiuii of 

 t.irta for every pound of cloth; now hoil a niinure or two, 

 then ndd two ounc s of powdered t.ac. and three o nces of 

 Madder <i.m uund. (the Lac and compound must Le pre- 

 viously mi.ted in a glass or earthen how ,) Imil five minutes; 

 now wet the yarn in warm w.-ucr, and wring it, and put it 

 in the dye, hoil tlie whole near y a-- hour, take the clolli or 

 varnout and rinse it in clear cold «'aier. 

 TO COLOit GltEEN. 



For everv pound of varii or clo.h add two and a half 

 ounces ■f-'ilum and one pound of Fustic f^tecp 10 get the 

 ■itren?th. liut not hoil, souk 1 he clolli until it acquires a good 

 velow color; tlicn llirow out the chips, and add the Indigo 

 compound slowly, until von have ihe desireJ shade of gieen. 

 TO COLOR PINK. 



For even three pounds of yarn or cloth in three quarts of 

 water, or enough to cover it, use one pin; of the Pink cnm- 

 pouud. Bring the water con alning He cloth n<-arly to a 

 scalding heat, and ndd the compound un il ihe shade suits 



■Ihenh vc recipes wll he found invalnalie to farn ers- 

 wives, and mav he relied on for pr ducing goo and fast c 1- 

 ors. The iMad'der.Indii^o, and Pink compounds are prepar 

 ed only by ihe suhscrihe, who also has for sale ihe hest 

 quality of U e-woods and Dye-stuffs of every descriptioi» 

 at his store, No. 9* Buff Io-bI., Rochesti r. . _^. 



