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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



hausted and incapable of yielding good crcJps, 

 however well it may be tilled, and the vinyard 

 managed. We have never known guano applied 

 to hop vinyards in America, but have little doubt 

 that it will be found of great benefit to the plants. 

 We will take up the subject in a future number, 

 and give some results of experiments with guano 

 and special manures, as obtained in England. If 

 any of our readers have used guano for the hop, 

 they will benefit many by giving the resultj pro 

 or con, to the public through the pages of the 

 Farmer. * 



Barn and Cow Stable. — Noticing the requests 

 of Mr. Levi Paddock, in the November number, 

 I will endeavor to answer a few of them. The 

 following ground plan of a barn is 58 feet by 28 

 feet. If too large, you can leave out the space 

 No. 2, and till your barn from the outside, but it 

 would not be so convenient. You will want 

 stable doors, which are not marked in the plan, 

 as they should bo arranged according to the 

 location of the building. Stanchions are the 

 most convenient for cows if they are to be milk- 

 ed in the stable. Make your stanchions three 

 feet from center to center, and your cows will 

 have room sufficient. They may bo kept up six- 

 teen hours out of twenty-four, in cold weather, 

 with benefit 



4 

 9 X 30 



3. 5 X 30 



9 X 30 



Explanation of the Plan. — 1, Bay; 2, Space 

 for drawing in hay ; 3, Feeding alley; 4, 4, Cow 

 stables ; 5, 5, Mangers, two and a half feet wide ; 

 d, (I, Slip-doors; s. Small Door; I^ Large Door; 

 w, w, 10, w, Windows. On the lines marked «, s, 

 stanchions for ten cows on each side, the cows 

 to stand facing the alloy. The bottom or bed- 

 peice of the stanchiona .should be eight inches 

 nigh l)y four thick, which may form the front 

 part of the manger ; the y)ack part may be made 

 of boards. The bottom of the mangers, and floor 

 where the cows stand, should be raised four 

 inchofi, so as to form a gutter close behind them. 

 Have a cellar under the cow stable, for manure, 

 by all means. A. L. W. 



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FEEDiNa BoxKi FOR Cattle AND Shekp. — In 

 answer to Mr. Bainbuidge, on page 259, I for- 

 ward a sketch of a box and feeding-rack for cat- 

 tle and sheep — the best I know of Tlie box 

 for cattle stan<l8 in the open yard, and is well 

 constructed to feed poor hay, straw, and other 

 coarse fodder. 



FEEDING BOX FOR CATTLE. 



It is six feet square, and the four posts the 

 same in height. The four sides alike. You will 

 see that four cattle can eat out of the box, one 

 on each side ; and as their heads come in com- 

 petition, it makes them more greedy. By this 

 means they work ud considerable coarse fodder 

 during the day. 



sheep-rack. 



The sheep-rack is the same as used in France, 

 under cover, and is fastened to the building. I 

 use them altogether now, and consider them 

 superior to all others which I have seen. They 

 are built similar to the common horse-rack and 

 manger. The trough in front of the rack is to 

 catch the hay that may drop from the rack, and 

 for feeding them their grain. It stands two feet 

 high, and is seven inches wide on the bottom. 

 The slats, or uprights, are of good oak timber 

 two iuchea wide, three-fourths inch thick, and 

 twenty-six inches long. They stand throe inches 

 apart in the rack. No hay is wasted in this 

 manner, and the wool is not worn off the head 

 and neck of the sheep. S. W. Jewett. — Middle- 

 bury, Vt. 



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HORTICULTURAL. 



(R. R. W., Picton, C. W.) Your compost is 

 excellent, but will not be the worse for a liberal 

 admixture of ofd stable or barn-yard manure, un- 

 less your ground should already be in a very high 

 state of culture. " 



Planting Tkekj. — Prune off carefully and 

 smoothly all bruised and broken roots ; spread i r 



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