New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-29

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The specific heat Of air has been found the sane 1, dt
fereu peratures from 20 deg below sbOu; 500
deg above IT, and under pressures varying from tan
auosyheres Ii important to remark that immense
number Of experiments have been msde to find the specific
h.s Of stesm and that is about half Of what was
thought TO be.
BRoou CoRS-No other country in the world has such
good and chesp broous this Our broomcorn IS supe
ror to any 9th plant for that psrpose and 1t grown oy
some cuvstor as an almost exclusive crsp IN tact quite
60 is not thing for persons VINO Io"oE
the business to rent much land they can tend for the
season upon which they grow crop 10 summer and E'rk
up the brush brooms in the snter Broo nc"rn set
down a native ct India, snd we have seen retsed uA
this country indebted Franklin for the introduction
into general Of such valuable addition TO American
products While examining whisk, sort o. oneh ind
broom imported from India he found seed, which he
planted in his garden Philadelphia snd that orgns ed
all that has since been grown The whi,k the only
fern in which used for long time sler began 10
be grown 10 considerable extent in this cousry and that
the form which is common now through the Southern
States About dozen heads brush tied together with
stems feet long. and that serves for handle Where
they have neglected TO plant broom corn which not un
usual they substitute Broom sedge, coarse, still grass
which is both the indication and pest OF bad farming from
the Potomac TO the Mississippi
de is modern Yankee invention. How would this al
ways sweeping sge get along il they were suddenly SCI
back to whisk brooms and slow coaches
Broom corn will not mix with Indsn any more than
with rye or oats 1t is different genus, but grows well on
similar soil and similar cultivation Directions for it, cnl
tvation though not just in may be read and
preserved by those who would like try their hand at
next spring
Il should be planted little earlier than Indian corn in
deer plowed well MANFRED oamy soil, ia drills 81 feet
apart good seed planter should be made use OF to drop
the seed which should be lightly covered A. soon ~ the
plants show the rows the ground very foul With weeds
or grass start and horse with light harrow or cul
ti,stor or implement known at the South As cotton
scrsper keep grass from getting start ahead OF the
broom corn the young plants are very delicate aud
easily get back from which they recover The
hoe too mu. be used clear away all grass and weeds
next 10 the and It gets "a good stand
say three or four sches high must be thnned out by
band 80 as to leave the most thrifty stalks about three
inches spart. II must be kept clear with the pow
harrow cul,ivator jus; well tended field OF corn
kept until the earliest brush fully grown not ripe when
one band should pass through the topping down all
tie heads which his experience tells him just tit to cut
when hand of less discrimination follow aud cut them
Of aud throw them in piles which carried out and
csrted away the drying place which should be under
cover or the brush should be housed soon AS posi-
bic. in order preserve from the rain II the Held
large roads be- LETT through for the convenience o.
eating out the brush which should be- cut at three pc
ods as it rpeDs. The roads may be planted with po
iatoes or with oats winch will be ready TO cut be
the broOm-corn
The seed taken of by hachel scraper by hand Or
horse power and used for feeding domestic animals though
il cred very valuable grain Before nanuftc
turing the brush carefully sorted putting the different
engths and qualities in different parcels, ready for the
broom makers who usually, often the same hands
who grew the in summer the manufacturing occupy
Dg them in winter.
Some cuy strip the seed of As fast as the brush
gathered, and then place it racks in building to dry
about week, when it packed away in large quantities.
Broom bano,s made by latbes constructed on pur
pose which turn them out with great rapdty The brush
u fastened upon the handles with iron wire with
Iapoity that ssonshes who looks upon the operation
ior tie first time
hundred acres Of good broom corn will make about
1900 broom- worth, perhaps, average 10 cents
niece one year with another great deal Of broom
i grown by persous who do manufacture the Orooms
but sell the brush those who follow the business the
urce varies pit has been sold for s2O tun but We be-
le,e ESQ would pay very well.
Broom corr enough for family should be grown by
| every faulty IN the country.
! IrtcAGIoS-hs .Dsd upon OreAqrds.--we know OF
10 u tree when planted upon zach land As IS usually de-
voted TO orchards in this country that would be mate
ra, benefited both in growth Of wood aud fruit by
copus watering every week during the drodghts OF our
hot .uue This Is the main OF the stunted scrub
by appearance Of many apple trees, asd the reasoa why
t ere uch .by bearers Il but reasonable 20 suppose
hat uil which is largely composed OF water - ms
e must require water than can BE- obtained nom
adry and rocky side bill, during weeks Of such dy "et
Their that the grass which the roots OF the trees
| uarched I'd. 50 that It would readily burn.
A writer ia The Gefnaai9Nn ictgroBh says:
A friend N mine whose orchard situated On the
Size Of gentle slope. with All extensive Travelled thorough
fare upon the upper side lnong that DIS Trees were iAh3
u health and proauciyen-s-, opened NUMBER oi shN
d.tf NON The latter IN such 4 manner % secure tna
benefits fiuigsiiou 10 each individual tree The euec
1ssFot deriu-every tree took almost intantsn
start brew out II young and vigorous shOots ana
produced shoots ia single season th'n or year.
before"
Friends look at your apple trees aud See they are n'
falling in health Sec if the shoots which started last 'prus
so vigorously not Ripped ia tie but-siopi growing
sud dried up in July August See your apples did n)
ero- small aud gn.ry ior the reason-the want f,
yatr sufficient 10 perfect thsmscyes Look 10 Il. See
you cannot turn water INTO gold
RAILWAY AxLTs-Mr u. Coksy, Of Pittsburgh, Pa ha
shown the model Of Compound Axle invented b.
him cegued 10 the mso hiet an pvfs nov encoun
tered Cd Railroad CuTyes where the wheels On one SIDE
th mu.t travel further and faster than tnos
oule other producing tremendous strain on the axle an
frequently breaking IT, We consider he otec; sought o.
his iuuentou an important orc, and trust II attained
Wh.t er this invention Is prefrable 10 others especially
fhst Of Nr G. Gardiner Of our city is question not ~
Editors but practical Engineers 10 whom We earnestly
commend it, The oldfashioned sxe is clearly vcIou
and dangerous let the best aitanable substitute be deSg
isied and adopted forthwith.
MAcnsE FOR TUssELlso THE ALPS A very ihgenioa
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