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THE GENESEE FARMEK. 



means of the pantry, No. 9, with the kitchen, No. 6. 

 Tlie pantry is to be furnislied with shelves and sink, 

 contains a store-room, No. 10, and opens upon a 

 sniiill stoop, No. 11, which sliields tlie rear entrance 

 to the honse. Tlie kitchen is 1-4 ft. by 18. No. 7 

 is li one-story addition, 9 ft. by 15, containing a 

 wHsii-room, titted with a boiler and stationary tubs. 

 A door opens from this room to the yard. No. 5 

 mnv bo nsed either as a bed-room or a library ; it 

 is i:5 feet by 15. 



Tlio second story contains four good-sized cliam- 

 bers, besides dressing-rooms, closets, a bath-room, 

 &o. Height of first story, 10 ft.; do. of 2d, 8^ ft. 



CoNSTKUOTioN. — This is a frame house. The 

 outside covering to bo vertical weather-boarding, 

 of uniform width ; the joints to be tongued and 

 grooved and covered with battens. The verge- 

 boards, window and door trinunings, and other or- 

 namental details, to be sawn from 3i-inch plank. 

 The interior is to be plain finished in the two prin- 

 cipal stories, and the attic may be left unfinished, 

 if desired. Cost from $2800 to $8000. 



Lffivn, Mast. G. E. nAENET. 



"MANAGEMENT OF CALVJES, &c." 



Ed3. Gknesee Farmer: — Your correspondent, 

 J. N., " thinks little " of my manner of feeding 

 calves, but goes on with a long criticism upon it. 



Was the game worth the ammunition? lie 

 says : " Sour milk is no feed for calves." 



If he will consult the lists of premiums of the 

 JetTerson County Agricultural Society-, he can there 

 find what it has done for mo; and if he will "call 

 around " next September, I will show him what it 

 is doing tills season. 



If lie had "thought" more of his subject, he 

 would not have committed the error of saying that 

 a calf was more "stupid " at t.vo days old than at 

 two minutes. Any "old woman" could have told 

 him better. 



.1. N. thinks "sour milk might do for drink for a 

 calf at three or four months old." Would he recom- 

 mend a young tanner to give a calf his " belly full " 

 of new milk, and then give him a pailful of sour 

 milk, just for "drink?" 



Which would bo the most "trouble," to build 

 temporary stanchions to feed in, or to feed in a com- 

 mon trough, and stand by at every meal, with a 

 club, to admonish the moro greedy that he had his 

 "belly full?" 



Your correspondent says he "would sooner take 

 a calf from a cow as soon as he can stand, and teacJi 

 him to drink, before he learns to suck?" Can he 

 do it? 1 will pay a small premium for that knowl- 

 edge, whether it comes from an " old woman," or 

 some "able correspondent." 



"C.^re slmuld bo taken not to let them drink too 

 fast." Please tell us how yoji do it. 



I have raised a number of fine cattle on "skimmed 

 milk." I sold a yoke of steers, the 12th of Decem- 

 ber last, that were two years old, for $80 ; and I 

 was otTered $30 for a lieifer, of the same age, the 

 same day. The.se were fed in the manner described 

 in the article that "astonished" your correspond- 

 ent so much. 



If J. N. Avill give us his name and ])C9t office ad- 

 dress, if I ever "go that way," I should bo pleased 

 to take a look at his calves. e, matnaed, 



Zim«riek, y. 7., April, lSa9. 



UNDERDBAENING ECONOMICALLY. 



Ed.s. Genesee Farmer: — The first requisite to 

 successfully underdrain a field or piece of ground, 

 is to select a- good outlet for the water, and ever 

 after see that ibis outlet is kei)t open and clear from 

 all obstructions. Then mark your ditches so as to 

 run along side t)f the hill as much as possible, and 

 not up and down the slope of the ground, giving 

 them simply full enougli to carry oft" tho water. 

 To open the ditches, I take an (dd iron plow, and 

 break off nil the mould-board I can without inju- 

 ring the share; then with one good horse, (or two, 

 one before the other,) I plow the ditch 2^ feet deep 

 and just wide enough to permit a shovel to work 

 well in the bottom of the ditch. This saves nearly 

 one-half the labor in opening the ditch. The 

 earth is then tlirown out with a shovel on each 

 side. Then draw your stone and throw them 

 alongside your drains, and if any are too large, 

 break them before you put them in the drains. I 

 throw them in without any regard to how they 

 may lie, and if they are not too large, nor thin. Hat 

 stones, there is no danger but that the water will 

 find its way tlirougli. Break them over the top, 

 and level them; then put some straw over them, 

 to keep the earth from working down among the 

 stones until it gets settled; tljen run your plow 

 along with your furrow horso in the ditch, and in 

 one hour you can cover a great many drains. Bo 

 sure tho stones are su far from the surface that your 

 plow will never touch them, as iu that case the soil 

 would wash down and close the drains. If there 

 is any danger of surface water running over the 

 top of the drains and washing oft" the soil, plow a 

 few furrows on it, and leave open furrows a few 

 feet from the drain, on each side, to carry oft" the 

 surface water. I have seen drains rendered useless 

 by having the soil washed olf the stones, when the 

 wash would soon close them up. 



Westmoreland Co., Pa. H. S. KINDIG. 



PEESERVING SWEET POTATOES. 



Eds. Genesee Farmer : — Permit me to give your 

 inquiring friend, G. W. B., of Kossville, Ind., the 

 requested information concerning the most eco- 

 nomical method of preserving sweet potatoes for 

 winter use and spring sprouting. It is this: In the 

 full, collect from the road the dust that has been 

 formed of a mixture of sand and clay, and dry it 

 thoroughly, by either jdacing it on a platform in 

 the sun, or in a kiln. Now take an old barrel, put 

 in a thin layer of tho dust on the bottom, then a 

 layer of potatoes, one deep only, then another of 

 sand, so as to completely cover them, &c., until 

 your barrel is filled, if you happen to have enough 

 to do it. Keep the barrels, after being filled, in a 

 dry place until frosty weather ; then remove them 

 to your kitchen loft, where they can Jiave t.he bend- 

 fit of tho fire bolow to keep them from freezing, 

 and also from becoming damp, either of which causes 

 them to rot innnediately. 



Now, if you can keip " Bridget " from digging 

 them all out and roasting them, you will have liiom 

 sound and lively the first of May. Indeed, wo have 

 kept them a whole year in this manner, and have 

 practiced it with uniform success for a number ot 

 years. d. p. 



Mariintburg, Ohio, May, 1850. 



