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overcoming the i inertia of the machine, - when the) axioms, but as 3 which are perhaps worthy latter.“ How can this action take place if, as x 
once in motion and fully at work, the| of some . from ers. admits, the water enters the drain at the bot mt Would 
effects in Ж» hypothetical and actu al case are the same ; It may be asked how Дв? ide experiment 5 succeeded | the wate e pipe t into it? 
we have a system of levers, or a whe el and | with my Y eli. Very w - so вс: has been tried, but | In practice I have frequently had to continue the drain 
ting to advantage. © . II.“ complains that the instances have been inl and the pr ogeny is too | over th hill into rock e di 
the (converse !) leverag all Ao por i . young t 3 decisively з however Lans it for the | before I ld d the. water, If „C.“ has m 
operating as additional resis would it not be an| eR eii. and consideratio: ) dr р to do, y be wise in hi to obtain t 
rdinary thing if it were with the horses, i. e., In the bre pe of cattle I Ads con sol dies 8 authori 
diminishing the e e? Why, we should then have 
nery attached to every carriage in the 
а — a distracting noise and dust would 
be the PONE queen a better, by far, that the mechanics 
i — de. But, i ss 
of ag * ure should retrograde ut, in soberness, I 
yerily believe there is no more loss of power in the 
em in roller or clod-er see s 
than 
ost тч ака its arms, as it were, do the 
my first two objections wd te 
n 
The 
impedimen 
Cep foni their 
" has just 
tionally losing their sight. 
draw obliquely to 
Vp atum at 47 
pum long cet ч levers. Here again is a loss. 
must 4 5 membered that the object is de: increase of 
force, but of v наш, * Pray," says. C. W. H., 
* what is — differe 
But this mana E am КО content to leave to the 
father of m had Imust put it in the following 
— UR ire 
ly erem ч the fulcrum on whi 
How wilt thou us oe to m 
m oileake ? 
eh it rests. 
тота me 8 or to 
How 
For * C. W. H." hath asked, ** What 
a 
May E * by proposing the following Meis 
problem 
sideration v it 
to the action of Seals 
e 
WH as it strikes me th at T" 
produee of i ia 
Is (though, I think , we mu jeu 
veiy; 
Beror in TEN — —.— heel, w 
is perpendicular to the 
posed, fo for the sake of simplicity, to be on the oscillating 
Жооб; 
г. Samuelson finds fault with me for кузы) 
The only one Ї 
if they are now only to cover — that — 
Ido not think much will be gained over the plough. 
however, must remain а ette ore exp jeas та | 
i this iet. 
e this opportunity of suggesting to Mr. S. 
th machines would 
yo 
horses, man, 
n to tie, all of tied I —— 
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CROSS-BREEDING. 
* the emet Gazette of the 1st of нар there 
Was an artic le on the advanta 
e 
of descent, which appeared to me so important, 
m 80 well reasoned, b Bt I wonder it has not led to — asked find th 
пса 
s 
- pe ret — ч bei to 
th 
rable me ie tg is a lever mosí | i 
t tho tap smart 
of corn, or — — — belly the E into | as 
f 
wo Ma angol 
a 
у |а very — variety, and when cut mus 
If it be 
as I can inform him gp ede is not the 
one that I thought likely to ктү You ve Suggestion, |an 
Нож very desirable it would be tablish 
eed by crossing — 
hor horn. 1 
size is much prefer the анау of ‘oa meat better, 
rdines onstitution much superior to m 
f e shor horn: and if this ny ss could b 
СОРОС (of whic i bite no doubt if the мё 
ere persevered Hea should have a а combining 
more go 
with. 
as 
8 7 2 
о 
о 
e 
he sho ni agi on. Mp - Mig to suit the butcher, 
all events i try towns, whilst the Scot, 
жае ewt. (dead weight) bring 
ehig 9 5 price in the market, and the cross betw 
the and the 
мы чаш, of the former, and a íai 
y | exceedingly valuable animal. J. G. 
Home e Corresponden ce. 
rming.—In reply to your correspondent, | 
have much va fas 'e in sending the plan 
ollow in 8 Mangold Wurzel and Early Р 2 
toes. During the winter dig the manure well in; em- 
ai ih acu in February or "March to its 
Pot ла в (an early sort, to take up notà later than 
July), draw shallow a one ya e the sets 
abo 0 
wing drops one e addi ul of 
referab 
el s t. 
edd p receive in тА process of MES ing the Pota- 
s will promote the growth a the ngold Wurzels. 
ае the growth of Peas and ey nd Swedes 
after— es are и green in May and J perd thus 
e for a full crop, but those 
eld. The only sorts of Carrots o 
e the white E Yellow Belgian, and I was — not 
to state a e ave known 30 tons per 
cre in suitab and proper care. Indeed the 
system — — cropping requires scrupulous care 
ually and ee —— no 
b headlands 
RS 
guano, l ew 
wood ashes, 8 over the ground and ‘forked i 
E. Hulme 
ainage,—l see from n — ч the 8th inst. ced 
your correspondent * C." dilemma with his 
draining operations. 
It wa 
t I was instr my em- 
I 
nly one. 
о —— by 
5 pa ounds about to be drained. 
1 е 
ood qualities a any other I am acquainted | P 
"i 
ehort-horn has many of tbe extent as a 
size, as to be nn 
som 
part, 
other in the aes, a man or di 
ag deal o 
; considerable ма some distance 
shall 
a f consolation іо“ E ” | kne 
advi 
any decided step. 
b-footed as it has here 
ren from early * may I look to them for —— 
erhaps not, as in 
vise, I have So 
The Health of Tow 
being stated in — an Paper Ago, 
that à moderate sized Geranium, or other plant i in a 
nwholesome only t 
each giving out nearly th the 
the scent of 
ge of our land wh 
Pear by the scent "of the sweet . — and. 
al red unwholesome to 
believe that it is generally conside 
— you info: 
if the gases evolved 1 from 755 fresh rie ot well fed 
io — ey are; but du 
remain th active 
one 
injuri volve ve the 
— vm to insist on the mews lanes (behind the 
palaces of Westbo haben p Aes &c.) being cleaned out. 
— Draining.— a piece of land lying next 
& brook, and so pent op ж a level with it that it is 
impossible to drain ME — and where the main 
drain would di requently under water. 
I have read кезектин е о e nobleman who has 
successfully carried out syphon draining, but there 
o description of it. Can you give me any information 
ев this? I presume that were mouth of the 
main Jaid as low as the brook and a syphon attached 
p it, 2 would hot discharge even though the ound 
ich a the water came a 
fro e outlet. I 
be 1 — ed for "di information баара ting 
this; носев ou have not heard of the case men- 
tioned, и 1 00 your e ae pa^ be abdo d to give 
a des of it. Leisurely.. [See our miscellaneous 
sectio: d ih 
The Cattle with Loose Horns, which your correspondent 
E inp ft e nt in LAT probably have 
called polls, 
ted in a cross 
which have pe any horns, and the — as I 
when residing in Jamaica several instances of 
cows * without horns, whose progeny УА а horned bull 
— such horns as your corr ent describes, The 
ose horns were sometimes broken ae nd sores were 
produced in consequence, and the breed was got rid of, 
e occupier in 
r commu on ‘subject, But i e 8 dd Groce his atte чое to the point | 4 Sub 
" other points раа: fo to me so very — | ti ere Le ey n the greatest fall. I was at one Draining of a Clay Soil.—Has as your correspondent 
y 8, particularly horses and dogs, that aithough Е t by the 106 0 decided and triumphant reply : « C." read Mr. Trimmer’s article in the “Journal Ses 
Iam laughed at by all my acquaintance w ver I I am an older man than Frege and I have drained e Royal Agricultural Society," Part 1, N XI, 18533 
1 inions, I am yet so convinced that they since I was a bo: and must know nei ian e. it: “ бону {һе = of the ES duo. bp BaD Ke. 
* tention, that I do not hesitate to offer them aah сыр Нун fatio my existence that if tw will "quim of a certain 
publication in demas mp К rains were run across that hill, they w drain it | of "he lias, КУ vil very likely remove his difficulty 
ing horses dogs you not only require better than all th the drains you propose to n it the | at once. 
‘excellence of form, kait ай. sinks endurance, other way." What 3 соя а aman Cattle at St. Kitts.—Your pon 
health: ‘constitution ; now 1 "ui oen ng been Mops. of some 40 or 50 years’ practical ex ntioning the peculiarity of a breed of cattle which 
в which have come my 8 150 ge (and fident in the soundness a his ee e = M hope : met with at St, Kitts, hardly gives us an idea o 
| though they could not vel be published here, I | for any effort on my part to change his 6 rep у by иши 
. Mould be glad to communicate o tho ought the su A I co me myself re нук "that here 3 would be possible to form an opinion of their heri in 
беп worth an inquiry), that tm e es дере епа їп re mproved experience in draining, as well as in Still he tells us, hé believes Loyd originally were im- 
Км meas ат on Ше gun ud = parents at the 9 ciis — was a boy жет 1 8 oe рой ported from England ; а a little latitude, and 
— 5 ; and with this view I have, in the | that water run sing a hill than across i t; still, | suppose they came from — vim Here and only h 
duo. 1 boe] had E ə do with: — breeding of horses, taken with all due defianto to those тат of experience, 1 do we find, in breed, the peculiarity he mentions 
that t d be in as good ing | would advise orrespondent * С,” t fresh | of pendent horns, or, е m ч ipa A e ho 
ком Eu th breeding condition, and that start, and not to patch a bad job, but to set out his | shell of the horns secre r having been 
but She and the horse should be put on their mgttle, | drains at regular in s of from 24 to 34 feet паа found, in ‘the (ойу) Siea Жинү; ; it is wel 
QW not o а. aby a short gallop pe before 8 to the texture of the kn own that instances are not uncommon of the partial 
dens brought together. There is a cause for every ground ; and if tl an 
the great differences we find in progeny from one inclined bottom at an average pecie of not less | by w hich they are attached to the head may be sew vered 
temper, ирке, and all than 4 feet, with due ele ey, to gern M P pes well | with pasa I attribute me. 2 i prep which 
rada ble qualities, cuit be owing to some cause or | join may be satisfac- | was formerly in horns ‘out of 
ема does it arise that опе child is блк a tory. At the same 4 I beg to eau tion j^ C.” that the | th 
and han w her having | task mor@ difficult than he is inclined to apro; ; 
in every respect | and judging from the followin; assage in.“ C.’s 
ао known, the bringing | munication, І suspect а little practical training "шк, 
it that a -horse | not be lost on him, “C.” writes, “I am perfectly 
ye esed of his year, whilst the year | aware that in cases where the rock appears, as it 
m th e parents | does on S^ brow of a hill, a drain laid along the line of 
not propounded as | the rock will often take the whole of the water from the | we 
