SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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‘'aunt CilLUi :/’ “ TOPSEY, 
ESSEX SWINE, 
PROPERTY OF L. G MORRIS, OF MOU.YT 
•• Auxt Ciieoe” and Fisher Hobbs” were winners of the 1st prize in 
held at Saratoga in 1853. 
LEAD TUBES AND CEMENT TUBES. 
Lead is very extensively used for aqueducts, and yet 
many who wish to have water conveyed to their dwell- 
ings and out-buildings, are afraid to use it. Its durability 
— the ease with which it is bent into any direction to ac- 
commodate curvatures, render it valuable for this purpose, 
and perhaps, in a mechanical point of view, nothings bet- 
ter could be obtained. The great drawback to its use is 
the danger which accompanies it, of its becoming corrod- 
ed or dissolved by the water, and thus poisoning the 
water conveyed in it, and rendering it unfit for use. Al- 
though pure water v/ould not act on lead, and render it 
poisonous, (for all the solutions of lead are more or less 
poisonous^, yet every fountain is liable to become impure, 
to have some kind of saline matters incorporated with it, 
and thereby give it the power of acting on the lead, and 
causing the water to become deleterious to health. For 
this reason, other material has been sought for from which 
to manufacture tubes, or piping as it is sometimes called, 
for this purpose. 
Gutta Percha has been adopted in many instances for 
this purpose, and found to answer very well, but its dura- 
bility is yet a matter of experiment. Hydraulic cement 
has been tried, and although not so easily manufactured 
and bent as lead, can nevertheless be made cheaper, will 
be very durable, and is not poisonous in any way. Vari- 
ous plans and methods have been adopted and recom- 
mended for the purpose of making piping of this kind. 
The most recent plan that has come to our knowledge, 
is a patent taken cut by iMessrs. T. B. & W. F. Poague, 
of Fancy Hill, near Rockbridge, Va. The Fcu vicr's J'jU’'- 
nal has some remarks upon this invention, by which 
piping is made of Hydraulic cement, and states that 
this pipe has been found by trial in that neghborhood 
to be very superior. The writer says that after the ditch 
is dug, the- piping is laid down with great rapidity, as it 
is made from the mortar. 
Where the perpendicular pressure is not great, it can 
be used at once, and in all cases, after hardening a few 
weeks. The piping, of course, gets harder and stronger 
with age, until it becomes as hard as rock itself 
One bushel of cement will make six yards of piping, of 
one and a lialf inch bore. 
The advantages of this piping are enumerated as follows : 
1. Its superior durability, lasting forever, while others 
rustor wear out in a few years. 
“2. In conveying the water perfectly pure, without 
poisoning it like lead, or discoloring it like iron. 
3. Its greater cheapness, ordinary piping not costing 
half as much as that of iron, or lead. It is even cheaper 
than wooden pipes. 
We think that the above advantages are very important 
ones, and we should like to see a trial of the invention 
made in i\laine . — Maine Former. 
Yeelow Feint Corn. — iMany expedients have been re- 
sorted to by our fanners to prevent the injury or destruc- 
tion of their corn during the winter and spring by weevils ; 
all of which, so far as we ran learn, have failed. It is 
probalily impossible to protect the common gourd seed, 
and other soft kinds of corn usually planted in tliis coun- 
try from the depredations of this destructive insect. Then 
why not plant a kind that it is impossible for them to in- 
jure ^ The yellow flint, of ten or twelve rows, makes 
much better bread, is heavier, comes to maturity earlier, 
vields as much, is in every respect as profitable to cultivate 
as common kinds, and above all, it is proof against the 
attacks of weevils. It has been thorouglily tested in this 
county, and the results have been invariably as above*’ 
stated. Every farmer should try it for himself — Ttxum 
Advf.ratc, 
