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rafure yirithm. These however would be too expensive and require 

 too much skill and judgment for general adoption. 



Open or shed feeing has been employed with some success of late 

 years, and for general may be the most successful for family 

 establishments. This however confines the whole business, particu- 

 larly in the Northern States, to one or two crops in the season. 

 South of Ohio, more can be successfully fed. 



These sheds may be cheaply made, by setting some durable posts 

 in the ground, say from six to eight feet high with a roof of shingles 

 or boards. The roof should project two feet over the sides. There 

 should be some temporary protection to the ends and sides of the 

 shed. Perhaps the best and cheapest can be made of strong cotton 

 cloth, (osnaburg.) Three or four widths should be sewed together, 

 with small rods across the bottom which will answer as weights, and 

 also as rollers ; by the aid of a pulley the sides may be rolled up or 

 let down at pleasure. • 



The width of the shed must be governed by the size of the hurdles 

 or feeding trays used. The width that I have adopted is from 18 to 

 20 feet. The length according to the extent of the feeding contem- 

 plated. 



Where it is designed to carry on an extensive business, a building 

 should be constructed expressly for the purpose. It should be on an 

 elevated situation, convenient to the mulberry archard. There should 

 be a cellar under the building, for the storage of leaves. Any mate- 

 rial commonly used for building purposes may be employed. If 

 of wood, weather boarded and plastered. It would be well to 

 fill up the space between the two with tan bark, unburnt brick, 

 or something of the kind, which will render the temperature 

 more uniform. The width of the building should be 20 or 28 

 feet. The former admiting of two and the latter of three double 

 ranges of hurdles or tra}s of suitable size. The length suited to the 

 extent of the businss designed. It should be two stories high, and 

 so constructed as to be thoroughly ventilated. There should he two 

 or double doors in each end, with doors, windows and ventilators in 

 the sides. The windows should extend to near the top of the rooms. 

 There should be sliding ventilators near the floor. It would also be 

 important to have under each tier of hurdles, through the floor, 

 two boards of te7i inches wide each, hung with hinges, that they may 



