THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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this exhibition. In addition to the pleasure 10 

 be derived from such a trip, he must be a very 

 great man or a very sorry one, if the informa- 

 tion he obtains, does not infinitely outbalance 

 the expense incurred. Poughkeepsie is only a 

 half day's travel from New York, and may be 

 reached by a continued line of rail cars and 



steamboats from Richmond in less than three 

 days, at an expense of twenty dollars. For the 

 kindness and hospitality of the managers of the 

 exhibition we will answer with our life. If any 

 farmer from Virginia wants to go, let him come 

 to us, and we will give him a letter to a gentle- 

 man that will take care of him, certain. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER 



A. The pump. 



B. Water box. 



C. Box for weight. 



D. Lever eighteen or twenty feet long. 



E. Fulcrum. 



F. Pin to run in the valve. 

 H. Piston rod. 



G. Spout to conduct the water into the box. 



Washington, Augut 3, 1844. 



Mr. Editor, — If farmers would calculate the 

 value of labor expended in "sending to the 

 spring" — sometimes a quarter of a mile distant 

 from the house — and reflect how much suffering 

 there ma}' be in the animal and vegetable king- 

 dom for want of a full supply of wale?*, they 

 would be the better able to estimate the value of 

 any contrivance which should give them a per- 

 petual flow of that important element of life at 

 the door of their kitchen and barn-yard. 



In connection with this subject it may be that 

 you will find the accompanying letter from Mr. 

 Bement worthy of publication and it is accord- 

 ingly placed at your service. 



Very respectfully, J. S. S. 



Three Hills Farm, near Albany, } 

 August, 1844. 5 



J. S. Skinner, Esq. 



Dear Sir, — Your favor of the 11th instant 

 reached me this morning, and I embrace the first 

 leisure moment to reply ; and it will afford me 

 great pleasure if I can be of any service to you 

 in any way, and I feel gratified that you have 

 given me an opportinity of manifesting it. There 

 was no necessity for making any excuse for ad- 

 dressing me on any subject relating to agricul- 

 ture — it is my delight to be useful, and to aid, if 

 possible, my co-laborers as well as those who 

 have been the pioneers in the good and glorious 

 cause. 



As regards the "little contrivance for supply- 

 ing myself with water at my house and barn," 

 of which you desire a description, I would beg 

 leave to refer you to the 8th volume and 167th 

 page of the "Cultivator" for a description of 

 mine, headed " Hydraulics for Farmers." Fear- 

 ing, however, that you may not have that paper 

 at hand I will describe it again. 



When I purchased my farm I was not un- 

 mindful of the necessity and convenience of a 



