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he is doing, but they are beyond the reach of 

 any one who huddles his crops higgledy-pig- 

 gledy in a great barn. 



I do not conceive that there is anything in 

 the climate of America to prevent the secur- 

 ing of either hay or corn crops in stacks. An 

 inspection of the rick-yard of any good farmer 

 in England or Scotland, and more particularly 

 perhaps in Northumberland, Berwickshire or 

 East Lothian, would be sufficient to remove 

 every doubt of the practicability of keeping 

 corn and hay in stacks with perfect safety ; and 

 if any American farmer would engage a man 

 from any one of these localities, to stack his 

 crops, he might depend upon its being done in 

 such a manner as to resist any rains or storms 

 that would not penetrate or demolish his barns. 



Mr Sheaff has two barns, each of large di- 

 mensions and very handsome. In one of 

 them are contained his stables and feeding 

 stalls, in the latter of which he can tie up nine- 

 ty head of cattle to be fattened. This part 

 of the building is particularly well arranged ; 

 it is sixteen feet wide, having^ ;i^tall, a large 



