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ARID AGRICULTURE. 



GRANARY 



ROOT 



CELLAR 



FENCING 

 THE FARM 



and eighty feet of sixteen-foot boards, two two- 

 by-fours sixteen feet long, about eighteen battens 

 sixteen feet long, a total of three hundred square 

 feet of lumber and ten cents' worth of nails. 



Nearly every farmer will need a granary and 

 a root cellar for storing crops. It is necessary 

 to secure lumber for building the granary. AVe 

 would merely suggest that it is better to store 

 grain in open bins than in sacks, because there is 

 less damage from mice or chipmunks. 



The root cellar may be built entirely under 

 ground or on top of the ground. Where potatoes 

 are raised in quantity large root cellars should 

 usually be built on top of the ground with double 

 doors at each end, and a driveway so a wagon 

 can be driven through. The roof of the root 

 cellar may be of timbers, brush, straw, and dirt, 

 from one to two feet of covering being required 

 in the ^Northern region to keep out the winter 

 frost. There should always be one or more ven- 

 tilators in the roof; the double doors should be 

 made as tight as possible. It may be necessary 

 to watch the root cellar every day in cold 

 weather. Have a thermometer and do not let 

 things freeze if you find it necessary to carry in 

 hot ashes or build a fire. 



The new farmer usually makes costly mis- 

 takes in his fencing. A good fence is good econ- 



