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ent stock, from which a reciprocal benefit is often de- 

 rived. 1 Now, sirs, if were passing through Tompkins 

 county, I should no more think of passing the house of 

 "L. A. M." (if I could find him out,) than I should 

 think of passing my own brother. Indeed, all the pio- 

 neers in agricultural improvement should feel like broth- 

 ers. Money could not buy the enjoyment I have derived 

 from circumstances which have grown out of my corre- 

 spondence with agricultural papers. If flattering eulo- 

 gies can advance one's happiness, the few trifling efforts 

 of mine to be useful, have certainly increased my happi- 

 ness, in a manner that riches cannot afford; and I hope 

 the happiness of "L. A. M." may be increased, by know- 

 ing that there is one who appreciates his merciful feel- 

 ings towards domestic animals, as shown in his com- 

 munication in the January number. 



The temporary protection to cattle, noticed by "L. 

 A. M.," or something similar, is all that can be given 

 in a new settled country like many parts of the West. 

 And here, it often pains me to see such a want of fore- 

 thought, want of energy, want of mercy towards stock, 

 or else a most lamentable want of "the know how." If 

 it is the want of "know how," I should be happy to be- 

 stow knowledge, gratis. I have good, warm stabling for 

 some forty head of cattle and sheep, that did not cost ten 

 dollars. The sides are built with rails laid up in pens 

 about two or three feet wide, supported of course by 

 cross pieces, and the space filled in with old hay, straw, 

 turfs, or small bushes with the leaves on, until the requi- 

 site height is attained, and then covered with poles; rails, 

 and coarse hay. Any quantity of hay for covering can be 

 had in a prairie country, for a small amount of labor. A 



1 Lewis A. Morrell, of Tompkins County, New York, had been a 

 contributor to the Genesee Farmer. His article "Management of 

 Sheep — No. 8" appeared in the January Cultivator, 1840 (7:15), 

 the first number issued after the consolidation of the two papers. 

 Morrell was one of the founders of the Tompkins County Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society. Cultivator, March, 1840 (7:42). 



