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to a pond near by, to catch the waste water when the 

 troughs run over. Then, by letting a small stream run into the 

 horse trough, with a waste pipe into the cattle trough, 

 thence into the sheep trough, and on into the hog trough, I 

 will have plenty of water for all the stock, without running 

 every little while to turn it on. 



A WINDMILL. 



I make the windmill self-regulating by fixing an over- 

 How pipe in one side of the tank to conduct the water into 

 a bucket in the well, when the tank gets full. This bucket 

 is hung on a wire attached to the mill, so that the weight of 

 the bucketful of water closes the mill and prevents pump- 

 ing. A small gimlet-hole in the bottom of the bucket 

 allows the water to run out, and a weight on another wire 

 opens the mill for pumping. With such an arrangement in the 

 pastures, it need not be looked after every day, and stock will 

 be much healthier than when drinking from muddy ponds or 

 warm creeks. The windmill I have is not patented, and is an 

 upright cylinder attached to a center shaft, which is connected 

 by a pitman to the pump-rod. 



PERCY ROUSE, 



VEVAY, SWITZERLAND COUNTY. 



Sheep Farm — Feeding Racks — Plan of Feeding — Bee%. 



A SHEEP FARM. 



My farm is stocked with sheep. The hay trade in this 

 county, at one time, was the most extensive of any county in 

 the Union, and I have turned my hay barn into a Winter home 

 for sheep. My hay-mow floor is below the floor of the barn, 

 about seven feet. 



Here I have arranged a feed rack for feeding hay and 

 grain, constructed as follows : I have three cleats for a twelve 



