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the cistern with equal parts of washed sand and charcoal. Then, 

 outside of this, on the main bottom of the cistern, commence a brick 

 partition of pale brick. Carry it up, and arch it over so as to leave 

 a space sufficient to contain three, four or five hogsheads of water, as 

 the owner may wish. This is to be jointed with cement, but not 

 plastered, for a filter. This mode is superior to the common charcoal 

 filter, as in the latter the charcoal becomes coated with sediment in a 

 short time, and has to be renewed. In the common brick filter, we 

 only get the water filtered from the sediment brought in from the 

 roof and gutter, and are still liable to catch rats, mice, cockroaches 

 and spiders in our filtered water. In my mode of construction all of 

 these difficulties are removed. More than this, the water being fil- 

 tered through the brick partition has all dirt and other foreign sub- 

 stances removed, and then, in passing through the charcoal and gravel, 

 is purified from ammonia and other gases the charcoal has an affinity 

 to, giving you as pure water as you can get without distillation. I 

 use plain iron pipe in preference to all others, for it is always per- 

 fectly safe. 



The Chairman — I am now constructing a cistern upon my country 

 place at Norwalk, after a plan which I have proved to be as good as 

 the best in use. A wall of stone is laid up six feet high, upon this is 

 placed a wall of brick, arched over ; across the middle of the cistern 

 is a dividing wall of pale brick ; the water is let in on one side and 

 passes through the wall to the other side, from whence it is drawn. 

 It is always sweet and clean, being filtered by its passage through the 

 brick. 



The "Wokth Faem. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble brought tufts of sod and ears of corn from 

 the Worth farm, which he said he visited last week, and discoursed 

 as follows of what he saw : It will be remembered it was stated in a 

 report last winter that a large field on the "Worth farm had produced 

 110 shelled bushels to the acre. This result was ascertained by meas- 

 uring the size of the field, and the contents of the cribs in which the 

 crop was stored. Some members of the Club and a few of our cor- 

 respondents seemed to doubt, and supposed some error in the meas- 

 urement. 



Lime is used freely in all this section of the country with most 

 satisfactory results, and the Worths generally apply it to the corn 

 crop ; they use thirty or forty bushels of stone lime to the acre at one 

 dressing. The ashes made on the farm is generally sprinkled on the 



