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conveniently placed and arranged. I say arranged, because that is 

 the true word, meaning that things are not only put in, but classi- 

 fied ; so that if you please, you may go in the dark and put your 

 hand upon any article that may be wanted. 'J'hus there is the car- 

 riage house, with each harness upon its own peg ; there is the tool- 

 house, with each tool in the chest or upon its hook ; the poultry 

 being entirely excluded from these premises, which is not always 

 the case in other establishments : the grain-barn, the hay-barn, the 

 sheep, the cows, the hogs, etc. each occupying their own places. 

 The poultry have suitable conveniences for laying and hatching. 

 The milk-room, in particular, is worthy of especial notice : it is a 

 beautiful little building, situated in a triangular place in the yard, 

 leaving space for driving a team with wood or any other load to the 

 door of the wood-house, and but a few feet from the entrance door 

 of the kitchen. It is constructed of cobblestone laid up in mortar, 

 is thirteen feet square, and the corners are of hewn stone : it is one 

 slory high on the side facing the kitchen, has a stone floor, with 

 one room for milk, lighted with two windows, which can of course 

 be darkened by blinds, so as to exclude the flies, and yet allow the 

 room to be aired. Upon the south side, the descent gives room for 

 an ash-house, with its door enclosed in stone. Immediately above 

 the ash-room, which has an arched roof, is the smoke-house ; the 

 smoke being admitted from the ashery below, through openings in 

 the arched roof. The hams, and other meat designed for smoking, 

 are suspended on hooks on cross-pieces, which are then put in for 

 smoking. The whole arrangement, as you may readily conceive, is 

 such as to ensure perfect safety from fire, and to combine every 

 convenience in each operation. The meat is suffered to remain in 

 its place through the season, as the room is cool, excludes flies, etc. 

 Some other conveniences are connected with this little but neat 

 building, the whole cost of which was only one hundred and fifty 

 dollars. 



Mr. Geddes has under culture, differer^t crops, as follows : 80 

 acres of wheat, yielding upon an average 20 bushels to the acre = 

 1600 bushels ; 40 do. oats, averaging 60 bushels to the acre = 2400; 

 19 do. barley, averaging 37 bushels to the acre = 703 ; 16 do. corn, 

 averaging 50 bushels per acre = 800 ; with a crop of potatoes, 

 amounting to about 800 bushels. Besides the above, I might specify 

 the products of the dairy, the root crop, hay, etc. ; but this is suf- 

 ficient. 



