1853. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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acres two years since, after cutting less than a ton per 
acre—plowed as before, rolled thoroughly, drained 
completely, and as I could not spare manures for it, 
sowed winter wheat and stocked without manures, and 
a few days since Ketchum’s Mowing Machine cut from 
that seven acres, inside of three hours time, twenty 
large loads of hay, over two and a half tons per acre, 
being the first crop. 
With this plow no summer fallow is necessary—the 
plow may follow the rake—and hereafter I shall raise 
no crops on meadows, but manure and stock forthwith. 
Am intending to turn about forty acres next season, 
and to follow the Michigan plow with a subsoil plow, to 
cultivate fourteen inches in depth, and have no doubt 
that my neighbors who are complaining of the drouth, 
will see that my farm is not “ altogether spoiled” by 
deep plowing, and that three tons per acre will be pro¬ 
duced, drouth or no drouth. Respectfully yours, II. E. 
Eoote, Sec. St. Lawrence Ag. Society. Ogdcnsburgh , 
St. Lawrence Co., Aug. 8, 1853. 
P. S.—You will please to announce that the Pair of 
this county will be held at Canton, on the 15th and 16th 
of September. 
I hand you by this mail, also, one of our posters, that 
you may see what we are doing in this county to pro¬ 
mote agriculture. —— 
Foreign Correspondence. 
We announced sometime since, that we had made 
an arrangement with the Rev. J. A. Nash of Amherst, 
(Mass.,) author of the “ Progressive Parmer,” to write 
a series of letters on the Agriculture of Great Britain, 
during a tour he was to make expressly for the purpose 
of examining into the agriculture of that country, 
preparatory to entering upon the duties of Instructor 
in Agriculture in Amherst College, a station to which 
he was appointed about a year since. Mr. Nash sail¬ 
ed for England in May last, and we have been disap¬ 
pointed, as we doubt not our readers have been, in not 
hearing from him before this. But the following pri¬ 
vate note, which we trust he will excuse us for giving 
to the public, will explain the cause of the delay, as 
well as afford them an assurance that they may ex¬ 
pect, ere long, to hear the carefully matured views 
which he has formed of European Agriculture as com¬ 
pared with our own. 
London. July 16, 1853. 
L. Tucker, Esq.—I owe you an apology for not hav¬ 
ing forwarded you anything for the Country Gentle¬ 
man. I have been through Ireland, and have been 
more or less into a majority of the English counties. 
My present purpose is, to spend a few days in Scot¬ 
land—then pass through Holland, Belgium and a cor¬ 
ner of Prance, to spend a short time in Paris, and then 
to return to London, not to jaunt any more, except for 
short trips into the counties near this place, but to set¬ 
tle down, and mature some views, which may be wor¬ 
thy of the conditions on which I am to write. 
English farmers, from the highest to the lowest, are 
wonderfully hospitable. Their doors and hearts are 
wide open. I have become intensely interested in their 
agx-iculture. Still, agriculture here is a very different 
from what it is among us. The climate differs, 
more even than I had supposed. The capabilities of 
the soil are different, and the wants of the community 
different. At the great Exhibition of the Royal Ag. 
Society at Gloucester, on Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday of this week, I saw very much to excite admi¬ 
ration, but far less which I am ready to eommend to 
the imitation of Americans. Indeed I do not feel pre¬ 
pared to speak, till I have seen more and thought lon¬ 
ger. Invitations are now before me for looking into 
usages in various parts of Scotland, and on the way 
thither, relating to almost every branch of agriculture; 
and I wish to suspend all remarks till I shall have 
made further investigations. 
I could now tell your readers that there are many 
usuges in this country which American farmers should 
imitate, and more which they should avoid, if they 
would escape ruin; but this would not amount to much 
—would hardly be worth the space in so good a paper 
as yours—and I want more time, in order to make up 
my opinions deliberately and discriminately. You may 
rely upon me to do my best to fulfill my engagement 
with you satisfactorily ere long, but it must be at a 
later period than was expected. 
Wonders are being done here by reducing all the 
manures of a farm to the liquid state. I have seen 
this practice on the farm of Mr. Littledale, at Liver¬ 
pool, and am to see it on the farm of Mr. Mechi of Essex, 
on Wednesday next. It is a matter that requires 
careful examination, and I have not yet had opportuni¬ 
ty to examine it sufficiently. It is so with other impor¬ 
tant matters. I must therefore beg you to be patient 
with me a few days longer. Of whatever sins and fol¬ 
lies I may be guilty, I hope not to write what good 
practical farmers would ridicule on the one hand, nor 
what might mislead them on the other. With esteem 
and respect, I am yours, J. A. Nash. 
Glass Water Pipes. 
A correspondent in Western Pennsylvania inquires if 
glass pipes could be made to take the place of lead 
ones, in conveying water under ground, for culinary 
purposes. Cannot some of our glass manufacturers an¬ 
swer this, giving the cost, if made of tough and cheap 
glass. 
Where the descent is nearly uniform, so as to' receive 
no pressure from a head of water, glazed earthen pipes 
like those used in tile-draining, would be cheap and 
safe. The joints might be united with hydraulic ce¬ 
ment. Water pipes have been wholly made of hydrau¬ 
lic cement (or water lime) very successfully; but we 
would propose to procure the smallest size tubular tile 
used in draining, and surround it with a bed of water- 
lime mortar. A strong, durable and safe pipe would 
thus be made, without requiring any skill whatever in 
construction. 
In the ease mentioned by our correspondent, the 
spring is five feet higher than the place to be supplied, 
50 rods distant, and a hill of ten feet rises between. It 
is not probable that even a lead tube could be made to 
work as a syphon at that distance; and even if so, it 
would be attended with constant interruptions, espe¬ 
cially from the accumulation of air at the highest part. 
It would therefore be cheapest to cut through the hill. 
