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young men destined to those professions; and those 
who look to commerce as their employment, pass to 
the counting house or the ocean. But where can we 
send those who intend to devote themselves to the 
practical applications of science ? How educate our 
engineers, our miners, machinists and mechanics ? 
Our country abounds in men of action. Hard hands 
are ready.to work upon our hard materials; and where 
shall sagacious heads be taught to direct those hands ? 
11 Inventive men laboriously reinvent what has been 
produced before. Ignorant men fight against the 
lows of nature with a vain energy, and purchase their | 
experience at a great cost. Why should not all these 
start where their predecessors ended, and not where 
they began ? Education can enable them to do so. 
The application of science to the useful arts has 
changed, in the last half century, the condition and 
relations of the world. It seems to me that we have 
been somewhat neglectful in the cultivation and en- 
couragemont of the scientific portion of our national 
economy.” 
Draining Tile. —We invite attention to Mr. Chap¬ 
man’s advertisement of draining Tile. A more profit¬ 
able outlay for the improvement of lands could not be 
made, in many instances, than for under-draining. A 
correspondent informs us that he has tried earthen 
tiles, and found them to answer a very satisfactory pur¬ 
pose. He observes -— u along the valley of the Connecti¬ 
cut, between Springfield and Hartford, there are hun¬ 
dreds of acres, the value of which I believe would be 
increased ten fold by being under-drained, at a compa¬ 
ratively small expense.” 
The Season and Crops. —Since our last, the wea¬ 
ther has been rather cold for summer, and vegetation 
continues backward. This is particularly the case 
with Indian corn, which requires a high degree of 
heat to produce a rapid growth. As to wheat, we are 
inclined to think, judging from all the accounts we re¬ 
ceive, that the crop will be less than an average one. 
The country east of the Alleganies and south of Penn¬ 
sylvania,'may, perhaps, give an average yield. In the 
southern part of the district mentioned, the harvest 
has already, (June 19th,) been gathered, and it is spo¬ 
ken of as good. From most sections of the west, 
however, the crop is described as not very promising. 
It was first injured by the winter, and since by the fly. 
In some neighborhoods, however, it has escaped these 
injuries, and will give a fair yield. The cool weather 
has not been unfavorable to wheat, rye, and oats; but 
unless July and August should give us steady and 
uninterrupted heat, we fear that our favorite staple, 
Indian corn, will afford but poor returns. Nothing 
can as yet be predicted in regard to the potato crop. 
NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
The Cultivation of Flax; the Fattening of Cattle with Na¬ 
tive Produce; Box-Feeding and Summer-Grazing; by John 
Warnes, Esq., dedicated to the Landlords and Tenants of Great 
Britain and Ireland. London ; Clowes & Sons. 
This is a work which was published in England du¬ 
ring the past year, and has attracted considerable at¬ 
tention. Its main object is to encourage the cultiva¬ 
tion of flax in that country. The inducements for en¬ 
gaging in the cultivation of the article, are, first, the 
great value of the seed, when properly used, for the 
fattening of animals, and second, the value of the lint 
for various manufacturing purposes. Mr. Warnes, 
the author of the work, has invented a “ compound ” 
for feeding cattle and sheep, which he thinks of great 
value to the farmer, and which appears to be highly 
recommended by many persons who have given it a trial. 
We have often seen notices of this article in the Eng¬ 
lish and Scotch publications, and have on several occa¬ 
sions alluded to it in the Cultivator. Whether the 
TIVATOR. J ULY 
“ compound ” can be profitably used in this country, 
has not yet been ascertained; but we should think it 
especially deserving a trial, and have but little doubt 
that it will prove valuable in those parts of the coun¬ 
try where produce bears the highest price. The mode 
of preparing u compound ” for sheep , is given in sub¬ 
stance as follows: 
A quantity of linseed, or flax-seed, is first reduced 
by a mill or a machine. Put 168 lbs. of water into 
an iron boiler, and as soon as it boils, stir in 21 
lbs. of linseed men 1 ; continue to stir it for about 
j five minutes, then let 63 lbs. of crushed barley be 
sprinkled by the hand of one person upon the boiling 
mucilage, while another rapidly stirs and crapis it in. 
After the whole has been carefully incorporated, which 
will not occupy more than five or ten minutes, cover it 
down and throw the furnace-door open. Should there 
be much fire, put it out. 
For cattle , the same process is to be observed, but 
the quantity of water is reduced to about 150 lbs. It 
is stated, also, that the seed and grain should be more 
finely reduced for cattle than for sheep, as sheep chew 
their food better, and more thoroughly digest it. The 
compound is put while hot into shapes like brick moulds. 
Several of the boxes are made together, in one frame— 
the frame being about 28 inches long, and ten wide, 
with neither top nor bottom. When used, it is placed 
on a board, which should be a little longer and wider 
than the, frame. The “ compound ” is pressed into 
these moulds, and afterwards left to dry. Potatoes, 
carrots, turneps, or mangel wurtzel, boiled and in¬ 
corporated with the linseed meal, form a compound 
upon which cattle fatten with great rapidity. 
Mr. Colman, in noticing this process, says —“ I 
place the fullest confidence in these statements of Mr. 
Warnes. From my own experience and observation. I 
am convinced that no more nutritious or fattening food 
can be given to animals, swine excepted, (as it gives an 
unpleasant taste to the pork,) than cooked linseed or 
flax-seed jelly, in certain proportions; and it may be 
mixed with cut hay, or with various other articles of 
food, wfith equal success.” 
Mr. Warnes’ book contains, also, particular direc¬ 
tions in regard to the culture of flax, and the best 
modes of preparing it for the different kinds of manu¬ 
factures. Altogether it is a valuable volume. 
The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural 
Taste. Vol. I. Edited by A. J. Downing, author of “ Land¬ 
scape Gardening,” “ Designs for Cottage Residences,” “Fruits 
and Fruit Trees of America,” etc., etc. 
With the June number, the first year of this work 
was brought to a close. Many doubts were expressed 
whether a work of this character would be sustained 
by the public taste. Aware, as we were, of the pro¬ 
gress of taste and improvement in rural matters, we 
had no doubt but such a work, under the editorial 
charge of a gentleman so competent in every respect 
to conduct it, as Mr. Downing, would meet wdth such 
a demand as to insure its permanence, and we are 
gratified to learn that such has been the result. Its 
circulation has already inched to nearly 3000 copies 
per month, and so flattering are its prospects for the 
future, that Mr. Downing has withdrawn from his 
commercial business, that he may devote his time 
more exclusively to the Horticulturist. As a writer 
on rural subjects, he has no equal in this country, while 
he has shown in the volume before us, that he also 
possesses the peculiar tact, and the industry so neces¬ 
sary to qualify even a good wuiter of books, for an edi¬ 
tor. The work is neatly printed on fine paper—is il¬ 
lustrated by twelve plates, and numerous other engra¬ 
vings of buildings, trees; plants, See., bound in printed 
muslin, and forms a beautiful volume of 572 yages. 
{^Tbe July number of “ The Horticulturist » 
