HORSE SHOES AND SHOEING. 



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nienoes exist for the housing and protection of 



aiiures. 



To sura up the various merits claimed for a barn 



comprehensive as this in its accommodation, and 

 stif)- the expenses of its construction, larircr or 

 laller, as tlie circumstances of the farm may require, 

 ore is scarcely necessary than to say that all kinds 



forasje and farm products should be stored under 

 elter for economical preservation and use. All 

 nds of stock, within the climate of the State of 

 ew York, should be sheltered. These are quite as 

 portant as to cultivate and grow the crops, either 



market or which the stock are to consume, in the 

 St manner, or to produce and care for the life of 

 e stock at the first. The saving in expenditure of 

 s crops, and the greatest possible benefit to the 

 )ck in feeding them, together with due provision 



their warmth and comfort, is a part of the system 



good husbandry, and without these the system is 

 perfect. To effect this, a full and complete barn 



ablishmcnt is necessary — as nmch so as good fences, 

 an fields, a fertile soil, and a thorough understaud- 

 : of his vocation, is to the prosperity of the farmer 

 nself. 



Construction. — This barn and attachments are 

 lit of wood. The sills are of white oak, that be- 



the most durable timber in this region. Chest- 

 ;, black walnut, pine, or locust will do as well. 

 3 other frame timbers may be of any kind of wood, 

 being dry they are not liable to decay. The sills 

 y stand upon blocks of durable timber, set end- 

 .e in the ground two feet below the surface, and 



outside planked up to keep out the cold; or they 

 y be underpinned wiih stone, laid dry or in mortar 

 he last plan altogether the best, but the first will 



for several years, and the stone work laid afler- 

 rds. The sides are covered with pine boards, laid 



vertically; the seams, or joints, battened with 

 ps 3 inches wide, and the doora and windows 

 Iff and fastened in a substantial manner. Thus 



whole building is dry, warm, convenient, and 

 nfortable, to man and to beast. 



jOst. — The cost of this structure, on the plan sub- 

 ted, it is difficult to state, depending much on the 

 ;e of lumber, which varies to the extent of fifty 



cent. — even more in different sections of the 

 mtry ; and as hewn timber, scantling, planks, 

 irds, and shingles are the bulk of the material, the 

 lense must vary accordingly as these articles are 

 ap or dear. Labor, iron-work, and nails differ 

 le in prices all over the country. If stone under- 

 ning be laid, it will add .S500 to the cost over 

 oden blocks. With the latter, in a lumber coun- 

 , the whole establishment may be built for 62,000. 

 will be cheap at that. With stone underpinning, 

 I boards at 312 to S15 per 1,000 feet, and other 

 iber in proportion, it may cost §3,000 to ijfS.SOO, 

 )ending somewhat on the fini.sh given to it, which 

 y be either increased or curtailed at pleasure. In 



essentials, however, no part of the construction 

 luld be neglected. 



ifter so fully describing the various parts of the 

 icture and their different accommodation to the 

 nerous purposes demanded, it may appear super- 

 jus to make a formal array of claims to its supe- 



riority over other structures of the kind. These 

 may, however, be condensed into — compactness of 

 arrangement and storage; accommodation to all the 

 varieties of crop on the farm; economy in feeding 

 out the forage; saving of labor in that department 

 by the convenient and compact lodgment of the 

 stock, in connection with the food which they are to 

 consume; the convenience and cheapness in the ar- 

 rangement of the machinery, driven by either hand 

 or horse power; exceeding convenience of the yards 

 to all kinds of farm stock. In all these a great 

 amount of manual labor is saved, a most important 

 item with the farmer. And last of all, in the ap- 

 pearance of this group of buildings there is a com- 

 fort, a fitness, and a corresponding character with 

 the farm itself, which should commend itself to the 

 consideration of every husbandman requiring build- 

 ings of the kind. 



Lewis F. Ali.en. 



HOESE SHOES AND SHOEING. 



We gave a long and excellent article on the text 

 above, in a late number, from a good little London 

 book by WiLi.i.vM Miles, entitled "The Horses' 

 Foot, and How to Keep it Sound," which every 

 horse-fhoer and horseman ought to have. 



Among the earliest memories of our boyhood is 

 the recollection with what interast we watched our 

 Yankee father, who was famous for his skill in horse- 

 shoeing, while he carefully plated out the iron, shared 

 the hoof just right, and then nailed on the shoe with 

 as much precision as a gallant son of Crispin would 

 fit a lady's gaiter. In the first place no man is fit to 

 shoe a horse, who, in addition to being a good work- 

 man, does not love and respect a horse; and we have 

 comparatively few good horse-shoers in this country. 

 After closely examining thousands of specimens of 

 shoes, we do not wonder at the many hoof bound 

 and otherwise damaged feet which our roadsters pre- 

 sent. 



But what we set out to say, was to call the atten- 

 tion of Agricultural Societies to the improvement of 

 this department of mechanics, which so intimately 

 aflects their interests. Premiums would be well be- 

 stowed in exciting competition for the best specimens 

 of horse-shoes and shod horses. We ha^e seen this 

 at some fairs. In Licking, we remember especially, 

 were some fine specimens of shoeing, and pretty fair 

 specimens of shoes; but the best lot of shoes we have 

 seen in Ohio, were at the Hamilton County Fair, at 

 Carthage, last year, made by a Cincinnati man, whose 

 name we would be glad to give if we knew who he 

 was. In the mechanical department of some other 

 fairs, we have seen shoes which were only worthy of 

 being cursed for their mischievous and ill-shaped 

 forms. — Ohio Cultivator. 



The above article is well worthy the attention of 

 Agricultural Societies. We saw some well made, 

 beautiful shoes at the late Canada Fair. And while 

 you are about it, gentlemen, can't you do something 

 for the ox-yoke. 



