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of it. I set a post every fourteen feet, board with pine boards 

 (ship lap), and shingle. These make good sheds and are not 

 very expensive. In one of my sheds I have a place to tie up 

 eight cows. I let my calves do the milking, excepting what I 

 want for family use. 



I have not yet built my horse barn, but have selected its 

 location. Having been here but a year and a half, I have not 

 had time to do all the building I intend. For the present, I 

 employ a building forty-two feet long by twelve feet wide, for 

 horse barn, hog, and hen house. I .take one-half the building 

 for horses, having two double and two single stalls, where I 

 can keep six horses. In a third quarter of the building, I have 

 places to tie up five colts, and in the fourth, are two large pens 

 for breeding sows, over which is my hen house. 



For a farmer who has not very much money, and does not 

 keep much stock, I think this building can not be beat. It is 

 made the same as the cattl.e sheds, only that it is boarded all 

 around, while the sheds are open in front. When my horse 

 bai-n is bjailt, I shall use this building for a hog house. I shall 

 have avwalk through on one side, and pens for breeding sows. 

 From each pen, there will be yards outside. 



WATER. 



I have a windmill with ten foot wheel, which pumps the 

 water for house and stock. I have a drive well and a force 

 pump. I have simply to turn a faucet in the house, and if 

 there is any wind, the mill pumps, and I get my water as 

 conveniently as if I were in the city. In the center of the 

 yards I have a round tank ; and in my hog pasture I have three 

 barrels. In one of the barrels I have a float, and it is so 

 arranged that when any water is drank out of the other two 

 barrels, they will fill up again out of the tank, and as soon as 

 any water leaves the tank (which has a float) the mill will 

 begin pumping and fill it just so full, then by means of the 

 float the mill is put out of gear. 



FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Among farm implements, I use Avery's sulky plow, the 



