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appetites. For this purpose I know of no structure better 

 adapted to both old sheep and lambs, than an arrangement 

 I am using, called the " Self Feeder," and represented by 

 figure 1. The ground feed is put into the box, which is 

 covered securely, and is divided into either trough by two 

 boards nailed together thus A • The feed runs down gradually 

 into the troughs, never filling them, but always enough. The 

 feeder I am using is not so expensive as the one shown in the 

 diagram. Mine is simply the bran box covered, without the 

 shed, and is about sixteen feet in length. Any one at all 

 acquainted with the use of tools, can make one in a few 

 hours. 



SEEDS FOR A PASTURE. 



Three years ago I made a new pasture, and selected the 

 following variety of seeds : Blue grass, red top, red clover, 

 timothy, and orchard grass, sown in about equal quantities. 

 The orchard grass starts very early, and grows more rapidly 

 than other grasses, which for early grazing makes it valuable. 

 For drouth, the red top has no equal. The other varieties are 

 too well known to require a word of comment. And with 

 reference to the combination, I would say try it and you will 

 be pleased. 



HAY. , 



There is at the present time a mania among farmers for 

 wheat raising. They have sown again all their stubble land of 

 the previous year. More wheat has been sown upon corn land 

 than ever was known before, and meadows have been broken 

 up until there is not hay enough in the country to supply the 

 home demand. Hay in the small adjacent towns has been sell- 

 ing for twenty dollars per ton. This is much better than 

 wheat. I have broken up no meadow, but will give it greater 

 care. I will, in the early Spring, give it a thorough harrow- 

 ing, which improves a closely sodded meadow wonderfully. I 

 do not stack out of doors, believing the waste by so doing 

 will pay for a suitable building, in which hay will be secure, in 

 two or three years. Figure 2 represents my hay shed. There 



