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windows, and hang the doors on and it will be completed. If any one wishes, 

 to have a granary, they can use one side of the building for that purpose and 

 the other for a crib. The size of my cribs is 3 feet in the clear at the bottom 

 and 5 feet at the top, but I am well satisfied they might be much wider and stUl 

 the corn would cure well. I have used this crib for about 10 years, and I can 

 recommend it as an entire success. The secret of this crib is putting the lath 

 on up and down; this gives no place for the rats to stand on to cut holes, and 

 the building being 1 foot above ground they cannot reach the bottom. We are 

 infested witli swarms ot gray rats, ana there is not a building on the farm from 

 which we can keep them out except the corn crib. We keep corn over a year 

 until the new crop is gathered in perfect safety." 



Remarks. — The 10 inches at the bottom, up to where the lath begins, may 

 have a board of that width, or better still, 3 laths nailed on end cleats, to slip 

 down behind cleats nailed on the studs. By taking one of these np, you have 

 a nice opening to pass the scoop shovel under for corn, when desired. Hav- 

 ing worked at carpentering and joining work for 20 years, before I began to 

 read medicine, I know this will prove every way satisfactory, if done by a good 

 common sense man. 



Bushel Boxes, How to Make.— In gathering potatoes, apples and 

 other things, quite a saving in time and trouble can be brought about by mak- 

 ing enough bushel boxes to fill the wagon-bed. If the inside of the wagon-box 

 is 36 inches, the length of the boxes should be 17^^ inches (which gives 1 inch 

 play to get them in and out). An ordinary wagon-box will hold 32 to 36 of 

 them. With these boxes one has no use for baskets, and the trouble of shovel- 

 ing out the load is saved. In handling apples and potatoes they are much less 

 bruised and marred than when no boxes are used. Where one has a supply of 

 these boxes, a large number of them, after being filled with apples, etc., can be 

 piled up and emptied at leisure. In this case the time on stormy days can be 

 devoted to assorting the products. They are also quite convenient, being square, 

 for shipping on the cars. The ends are made of common pine boards, 13 

 inches wide, planed on both sides, sawed to the exact width of 12 inches, and 

 then cut into lengths of 14 ihohes. In these, holes are cut for the hands, as 

 cleats would take up too much space and they would not pack well. To make, 

 take an inch bit, bore 3 holes and trim with knife. The sides and bottoms are 

 made of lath, cut just 173^ inches in length. Six pieces are required for the 

 bottom and 5 for each side. One lath will make 2 lengths for sides or bot- 

 tom. For 100 boxes 800 lath and 200 feet of common lumber will be required. 

 Two 4-penny nails in each end of the lath is sufficient to make a permanent box. 

 Get them ready in the rainy days of summer for fall use, and you will never be 

 sorry. 



Dio Lewis* "Breakfast for Two Cents" — Good for Light 

 Laborers. — Notwithstanding a large amount of sport was made over Dr. 

 Lewis' publication upon the "Two-cent Breakfast," still for persons of a 

 sedentary life and only light labor to perform, or perhaps no labor at all, his 

 plan is most excellent for those who desire to enjoy good health and long lives. 



