Proceedixgs of the Farmer s* Club. 315 



August 18, 1868. 



Mr. Nathak C. Ely in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 

 Open Eixg. 



This was sent bj Mr. Burkli older. It is composed of two rings, 

 one within another, working on a hinge, and when open presenting 

 breaks in the rings, which match together when closed, making a 

 perfect ring. It cannot unclose of itself, and it was commended bj 

 all the members as useful wherever an open ring is required, and 

 suited to mend a link in a log chain. 



Filters to Cisterns. 



Mr. B. Brewster, Eed Creek, IN". Y., inquired the best way to con- 

 struct them, 



Mr. J. B. Lyman.— Being lately in Pennsjdvania among the good 

 farmers, I found the following method much esteemed. The cistern 

 is made in the usual way, then a well of brick is built up in the cen- 

 ter. The water filters through the brick into the well, out of which 

 the water is drawn. 



Mr. J. V. C. Smith. — In the cities of the southern States cisterns 

 are made of wood, forty or fifty feet high, with heavy iron hoops, 

 placed in back yards, and the water is drawn by a faucet from near 

 the bottom. There are no" filters, and the water is clear and health- 

 ful, for it purifies itself, and the dirt settles on the bottom, whence, 

 from time to time, it is removed. 



Mr. ]Sr. C. Meeker. — I am building a cistern, but shall have no 

 filter. I have had filters, and found that no pains were taken to save 

 clean water, and the filters got foul and useless. If the water was 

 let into the filter only when clean it might do, but then there would 

 be no use of one, hence I shall now save no water except after the 

 roof is well washed ofi". As to the brick well, there would be dilfi- 

 culty in getting brick of the right burn. If glazed they would pre- 

 vent the passage of water ; if soft they would crumble. 



Mr. Aaron Stone, of Long Island. — I have a hollow partition wall in 

 my cistern built of brick. First the water passes through sponge, then 

 through gravel and charcoal, and the water is equal to that in a well. 



Cattle Plague. 



Mr. Busteed, president of the Xew York Yeterinary Collegej made 

 the following address : 



