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with cloth. The heat is generated by two stoves, below the 

 cloth, and sufficient pipe to allow the radiation of most of the 

 heat, but no pipe should be allowed nearer than six feet to the 

 cloth, lest the heat should scorch and damage the hops. 



Ventilation in the sides or roof is necessary to secure a free 

 cujLTent of air over the hops while drying, to carry off the mois- 

 ture as fast as it rises into the air of the room. 



The basement, when not needed for curing hops, is used for 

 storing the implements used in gathering and curing them, and 

 for other tools. The cost of the building, with the apparatus 

 for curing and packing hops, was about two hundred and fifty 

 dollars. 



Estimate of property for January 1st, 1856 : 



Value of Horses, $275 



" Neat cattle, 50 



" Sheep, 30 



« Hay, 96 



" Grain and other products, 564 



" Farm implements, 140 



" Wagons and harness, 175 



Cost of repairs to fences, _ 3 



" Labor, 200 



" Board for laborers, 50 



Value of our own time and board, 150 



" for members of family, 25 



Backsmith's bill,. 16 



Cost of implements purchased, ._ 15 



$1,789 



Estimate of property for January 1st, 1857 : 



Value of Horses on hand, . __ _ $250 



" Neat cattle, 50 



" Sheep, 30 



« Hay, 160 



" Grain and other })roducts, 250 



" Farm iiiiplenients,. _ 150 



" Waguns and liarmss, 175 



Amount carried forward, $1 ,065 



