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of the enclosure, from 8 to 12 feet in length, is hung 

 on a pivot at each side, playing in an iron ring or 

 socket let into each of the upright posts that support 

 it. Midway in the lower rail of this fence is a drop 

 bolt which falls into the floor just behind the trough. 

 At the feeding time, the man has only to raise this 

 bolt and let it fall on the inner side, and he has the 

 whole length and width of the trough free to clear with 

 a broom and to fill with the feed. Then, raising the 

 bolt and bringing it back to its first place, the operation 

 is performed in a minute with the greatest economy 

 and convenience. 



There was one feature of this great farm home which 

 I regarded with much satisfaction. It was the housing 

 of the laborers employed on the estate. This is done 

 in blocks of well-built, well-ventilated, and very com- 

 fortable cottages, all within a stone's throw of the noble 

 old mansion occupied by Mr. Jonas. Thus, no long 

 and weary miles after the fatigue of the day, or before 

 its labor begins, have to be walked over by his men in 

 the cold and dark, as in many cases in which the agri- 

 cultural laborer is obliged to trudge on foot from a 

 distant village to his work, making a hard and sunless 

 journey at both ends of the day. 



Although my visit at this, perhaps the largest, farm- 

 ing establishment in England, occupied only a few 



