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I shall adopt the same plan for the foundation of a hay 

 rack. 



But of all the machines that ever I saw for hauling 

 corn in the shock, the Jersey mode is the best. The corn 

 being put up in large shocks in the field, is hauled one at 

 a time on a horse cart, in this wise. A light frame is 

 made to take the place of the cart bed, having two long 

 stakes behind, so that one is on each side of the shock 

 when the cart is backed up, and the frame tipped back as 

 though dumping a load. A small rope is now thrown 

 over the shock, and this being attached to a small wind- 

 lass on the thills and running through the forward part 

 of the frame, on being wound up draws the shock tight to 

 the frame, and then draws the frame down, where it is 

 held fast; the butts of the shock hanging off behind. 

 When arrived at the place to unload, the rope being let 

 loose, down goes the shock, standing just as it did in the 

 field. Where the distance is not over a mile, it is aston- 

 ishing how soon a field can be cleared ; and then you have 

 the corn just where you want it to be husked as you want 

 the stalks to feed. 



The card of Messrs. Perkins & Brown^ would have 

 been far more interesting to wool growers in this county 

 if it had announced that hereafter wool would be bought 

 in Chicago at any thing like a fair price. My advice to 

 all who have wool to sell is, not to sacrifice it as they did 

 last year. Hold on — the price will be better; if not, it 

 wont be worth raising. 



"Mills by Wind and Water" is a windy project. It 

 never will be put in practice. The same power that will 

 be required to throw up water enough to run one pair of 

 mill stones, would run two pair if applied direct. 



The advantage of running during the little time the 

 wind did not blow, would cost more than it would come to. 



I knew a man in Cincinnati who spent ten thousand 



* A Springfield, Massachusetts, firm of wool buyers, who issued, 

 in 1847, a circular entitled "To Wool Growers," which offered prizes 

 for different types of wool. Printed in Prairie Farmer, 7:187 (June, 

 1847), and in American Agriculturist, 6:179-80 (June, 1847). 



