AHOUKD THE FARM. 



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help. Por covering the silo we used hemlock hoards and tarred paper, no 

 other weighting being apphed until Bome three or 

 four weeks later, when we stored a quantity of dry 

 com stalks upon the top of the silo. Upon opening 

 the silo we found the fodder in a perfect state of pre- 

 servation, the ensilage showing no mold, except a 

 little on top, just under the cover. In preparing the 

 fodder, we emi^yed a two-horse power to run our 

 cutter, the latlw being provided with a carrier for 

 delivering the fodder in the silo. 



Rustic Seats for thp Ija-vrn. — The garden and 

 lawn arc incompletely famished if they are not sup- 

 plied Avith some kind of seats whereon one may 

 recline at ease. Fortunately these seats need 

 not be costly; it would, indeed, show bad ta.«to to 



have them so. 

 Something easy, 

 graceful, fan- 

 tastic, rustic — 

 something that 



Buanc SEAT. — no. 1. 



BUSnO SEAT. 



made in this manner 

 represented in the engraving, Fig. 2, 

 Vrill form a cheap and convenient 

 rustic seat, which will be admired 

 for its very simplicity and quaintness. 



A favorite shade tree on the lawn 

 may be surrounded with seats so at- 

 tached that one in sitting may lean 

 against tlie trunk Our illustration, 

 Fig. 3, will give a good idea of how 

 seats of this kind may be constructed. 



Of materials there are plenty 

 around almost every homestead — 

 tasteful labor only is wanting to 

 make appropriate rustic seats. The 

 position of such seats is worthy of 

 considenvtion. As they are mainly 

 intended for use in warm weather, 

 they should be amply shaded. A 



the sunshine or the 

 wind will not harm, or have its beauty 

 destroyed by the rain. The materials 

 for such seals are nearly always at 

 hand— at least on every farmer's prem- 

 ises. All that is required is a Uttle 

 skill and patience to construct them. 

 The branches of the trees may be bent 

 and shaped into tasteful chairs, and 

 any desired form given to them. The 

 branches of the red cedar tree and wild 

 grape vine fumieh the best of material 

 for this style of mstic seat. Our illus- 

 tration. Fig. 1, shows a very pretty chair 

 A few pine boards cat ont and nailed together, as 



Busno SEAT. — na, 



