SOLON ROBINSON, 1847 91 



"Lombardy Poplar for hedge." Just as good in the 

 long run as any thing else. 



'Ticket Fence." If those who build picket fence will 

 only nail a strip of board over the pickets, with a ten- 

 penny nail through each one into the girts, top and bot- 

 tom, the hogs will not root off the pickets as they now do. 



"Rolling Wheat" it is thought will be found beneficial ; 

 I have no doubt of it : but the wheat crops of our western 

 prairies will never be rolled. Sheep can doubtless be sub- 

 stituted for the roller with decieed advantage. 



I intend to address Mr. Shillaber^ upon some of the 

 subjects he speaks of, in the course of the summer ; but I 

 shall do it face to face, while enjoying his hospitality. 



The "Missouri Barn" plan,- is not suited to this me- 

 ridian. The timber of which it is composed would be a 

 fortune on some of our prairies. Such a shed as that, 

 however, where practicable, would be found to be one of 

 the greatest conveniences upon a farm. It should be high 

 enough to drive under a load of grain if necessary when 

 a shower is approaching. 



I have often thought that an oil cloth (tarpaulin) large 

 enough to cover a load of wheat or half-built stack would 

 be one of the most useful things that a prairie farmer 

 could own. It would be truly a labor saving farm imple- 

 ment. 



"Discouragements." A certain remedy against the 

 "skinning system" of the doctors, is not to employ them. 

 Try it and live — and let them live if they can. Use pre- 

 ventives against the universal bilious complaints of this 

 country, and you will want less curatives. 



"The Potato Worm" I believe is identical with the 

 "tobacco worm" that infests the tobacco fields of the 

 South in vast numbers, and which have to be destroyed 

 or they will destroy the crop. The term "worming to- 



* John Shillaber, Dixon, Illinois. Correspondent of the Albany 

 Cultivator and Prairie Farmer. His article in the June number of 

 the Prairie Farmer (7:176) touched upon "Want of Implements. 

 Crops. Lee Co. for Immigrants." 



' An article by A. M'Korkle, in Prairie Farmer, 7:177. 



