150 



Tile-making Machine. 



They are 15 inches in length, or about one-fifth longer than those 

 usually made, and of various sizes, to suit the views of purchasers, with 

 a sole or flat tile at bottom, on which it rests, — this mode of laying tiles 

 being found far superior to any other in the efficiency and permanence 

 of the drain formed by it, and by the exclusion of all vermin, which, 

 if they find a means of burrowing under tiles laid on the ground without 

 a sole, produce incalculable mischief. 



James Hunt. 



10, Whitehall, London, 

 Nov. 19, 1840. 



IV. — On the necessity of Care in the Preservation of Agricultural 

 Implements. By W. Crosskill. 



As the cost and wear and tear of agricultural implements have now 

 become a serious consideration in the farmer's outlay, and as other 

 improved implements, both of a local and general character, may be 

 expected shortly to be brought into use, it must surely be deemed a point 

 of importance to render this item of expense as little burdensome as 

 possible. In order to accomplish this I would advise farmers to bear 

 jointly the expense of such implements as are only required for par- 

 ticular seasons ; but more especially to contrive by care and good 

 management to make the implements as durable as possible. To effect 

 this, might not every farmer have a suitable shed, that would admit 

 light and air, with a clean hard floor, the walls being whitewashed every 

 year ; within which building each implement should have its proper 

 place ? 



When the ploughs are done with, let them be washed and put in 

 their proper places ; let the same be done with the drill, and so on with 

 all the machines on the farm. The cost of this will be trifling, com- 

 pared with the advantage. In order to eff'ect it, select the most likely 

 agricultural labourer upon the farm ; put the implements under his 

 care ; make it a strict rule with all the men that each implement 

 done with for the season shall be brought to one particular place, say 

 near the pond or pump ; the man having charge of the implements 

 must then wash and clean them well before putting them into the 

 shed, and at a convenient time, when not otherwise engaged, or in 

 weather when outdoor-work cannot be performed, get them repaired 

 and paint them. At the end of this shed, or implement-house, there 

 might be a lock-up workshop, with door to open into the place, with 

 a few tools, paint-pots, &c., the expense of which would not exceed 5/. 

 The man should be encouraged to make his duty a pleasure, and to 

 feel a pride in showing his master's implements in fine order. 



The waggoner might be the most proper man to be the farm me- 

 chanic, and he would also have the opportunity of getting what he 

 wanted when at the market-town. 



Beverley, Yorkshire, July Wth, 1840. 



