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sun's warmth, and for convenience. It should be most care- 

 fully ventilated, to prevent taint of smell and taste upon the 

 crops stored above, also to insure pure, healthy air for the 

 stock, and also to keep the timbers of the building dry, and 

 free from decay. The section for the storage of roots is 

 separated from the main cellar by a four-inch brick partition. 

 Large doors connect this section with the driveway into the 

 cellar, and the partition is pierced near its top for ventilat- 

 ing purposes. The root section is also subdivided by a brick 

 partition, to secure a room about one-fourth of the space foi 

 sorting and pickling cucumbers, cutting and preparing roots 

 for feed to the stock, and to pack vegetables for delivery in 

 the markets. 



The first floor of my barn is divided into three depart- 

 ments. On the easterly side I have stalls for my horses, 

 and tie-up for my cattle, a pen in which to turn animals 

 loose, also a stairway to the next story. The central part is 

 used for wagons, or, in summer, to put the mowing-machines, 

 horse-rakes, tedder, &c. On the westerly side my workshop 

 is situated ; next to the workshop is the grain-room, and, far- 

 ther on, my tool-room, eleven by fourteen feet, in which all 

 my farm-tools, after being cleaned, are put away. I consider 

 the care of tools of great importance. My utensils (except 

 some of my haying tools) are hung on iron hooks around 

 the room. On one side I have a two-by-seven plank spiked 

 to the studding ; on tins plank I have sliding hooks similar 

 to those used by butchers for hanging meat. Upon these 

 hooks I put my ploughs, cultivators, &c, which should be 

 hung alternately, — first beam up, next handle up, and so on. 

 By this system sixteen ploughs can easily be hung upon 

 the joist, and the floor of the room left clear. 



Before putting away for winter, I clean them all, and apply 

 a coat of lard and rosin boiled together, which prevents the 

 implements from rusting. , 



I make it a rule for all of my workmen to bring from the 

 field, clean, and put away, the tools they have been using 

 through the day, thereby saving time in looking after mis- 

 placed tools, and also preventing rust. This rule, I am sorry 

 to say, is too often neglected. On the second floor of my 

 barn are bays for hay, &c. 



Let me state here how I cure my hajr, and how I believe 



