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story seven feet, which is used for bins for grain, and part 

 cut olT for a room for weak sheep or ewes with very young 

 lambs ; on three sides a shed addition is attached, divided into 

 three departments, one for Avethers, one for lambs, and the 

 other for ewes with Iambs. A slide from the hay loft is con- 

 structed of matched boards on the face next to feed room, and 

 the face next to shed is slatted, so as to form a rack for hay. 

 Immediately under the rack is a V trough so as to open 

 inward to feed room and outward to shed, that feed may be 

 poured in for sheep to eat from shed side. The surrounding 

 ground is divided into three lots corresponding with the three 

 sheds. These lots are used for outdoor racks and ranges for 

 the sheep to take exercise in, and if they are large fields, all 

 the better, as the pasture will thereby communicate directly 

 with the sheep fold. 



CYRUS SMITH, 



V CANTON, FULTON COUNTY. 



A Well Drained and Improved Farm — Converts Most of the 

 Grain into Beef — Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep. 



My farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres of land, 

 situated one-half mile from the city of Canton, being a square 

 tract, one hundred and sixty rods each way, crossed by a small 

 stream of water that enters about thirty rods from the north- 

 west corner and makes its exit near the southeast corner, fur- 

 nishing an abundant supply of stock water. Tliis is underlaid 

 with six-inch tile the entire length, except six rods near the 

 center of the farm, where the water is forced to the surface for 

 stock. The farm is surrounded by a substantial post and board 

 fence, five boards and two posts to each rod ; the inside fences 

 being similar. I use this kind of fencing because it is neat, 

 convenient, durable, and, in most localities, the most economical. 

 The manner in which the farm is divided into fields, etc., can 

 readily be seen by the accompanying map and description, viz. : 



