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whole establishment, even in minute details. The build- 
ings should be contiguous and sufficiently roomy. 
‘he cane-house or barn need be nothing more than a 
large square structure, eight to ten feet in height at the 
eaves, inclosed on all sides sufficiently to prevent exposure 
of the cane to the sun, rain, or snow, and covered with a 
tight roof; or a square area contiguous to the mill, occu- 
pied by parallel ranges of long and narrow sheds extending 
east and west, and screened from the sun at the sides and ends, 
is a cheap and good substitute. These shed roofs should 
pitch toward the south, and if they are ranged close together, 
only the unprotected ends and the south side of the south- 
ernmost of the series need be closed up. These buildings 
may be constructed of any materials that will afford suffi- 
cient protection to the cane. A thatch of begasse, the 
crushed stalks being received from the mill without entan- 
glement, and laid aside in small bundles to dry, would an- 
swer an excellent purpose, and would be cheaper perhaps 
than any other materials, and equally as durable as others 
much more costly. The same in many places where lum- 
ber is difficult to be obtained, as in some parts of our Western 
country, might be employed in closing up the sides and 
ends of these buildings just as straw is used in some places 
for walls of outhouses.* For this purpose the fresh trash 
will be found preferable to that which has been dried, as it 
“A convenient way is to set upright poles about eight inches apart, 
and draw wisps of straw (or trash) round each, so that both ends of 
each wisp shall be outside. It is best to lay these in horizontal courses, 
and beat down each course as it is laid, keeping it uniform and tight. 
As the filling.in with straw progresses, there may be a split pole woven 
in once in three feet or so to hold the uprights in place. The straw is 
finally to be raked down on the outside so as to shed rain well. This 
makes a tight, warm, and lasting wall. The inner side is quite even, and 
it may be sprinkled with mud if there is danger of the animals pulling 
out the straw to eat.”~-Amer, Agriculturist, vol. xxiii. p. 9. 
