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little or no benefit. For the last ten years I have practiced late 

 fall and winter plowing, and thus hav;> got the start of them some, 

 and the land is improving. 



The question is often asked, what do you think of fall plowing? 

 I am in favor of it. For two years past I have practiced it Avith 

 marked success. As soon in the spring as the ground liecomes 

 dry I harrow in my ci'ops and the surface being avoII pulverized 

 by the frosts of the winter, the land is in a good condition for 

 stocking. Last year, on spring plowing, I had better kept my 

 seed ; but a neighbor of mine remarked that my oats, on fall 

 plowing, were the only oats in town that were worth anything. 

 Last spring I sowed on fall plowing and having sowed early I 

 escaped the rust, consequently had a tine crop. 



I want to say a few words about wintering sheep. I have a 

 small farm, a short distance from my homested, which I devote to 

 sheep, and on which" I winter from 75 to 100 stock ewes. My 

 method is to give them the liberty of the barn floor, stable and 

 shed, having racks sufficient for feeding under cover, with doors 

 open for entrance. I feed nothing but liay, and for two years 

 past the sheep have come out in splendid condition, and doubled 

 their number in lambs in the spring. 



I want to inquire what is the best remedy for foot rot in sheep ? 

 One of my flocks have had it this summer. I have applied butter 

 of antimony, also driven them through a solution containing oil of 

 vitriol and slacked lime and have mixed a little sulphur and cop- 

 peras with their food. They are apparently well and improving. 



Hedges for the Prairies. 

 Mr, Solon Robinson. — AAvriterin TIiq Prcnne J^anner declares 

 that he has "never seen a hedge of any description that is a fence 

 against stock upon the prairie. When Osage orange was first intro- 

 duced we were told that its thorns were so powerful and persuad- 

 ing that no stock of any description Avould go within yards of it. 

 This was certainly a mistake. I have seen cows run and butt at 

 a hedge now in my sight, breaking it down precisely as they do 

 an evergreen when they have the chance. To such an extent was 

 this carried that the owner was obliged to put up a wire fence 

 outside to keep stock off, and now they poke their heads between 

 these and Ijrowse upon it with perfect impunity. Having no plants 

 to sell, nor any axes of any kind to grind for or against anybody, 

 but simply to draw out the truth in this matter, I would ask of 



