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THE FAIiM. 



balance of the increase in four or five crops (as agreed) to cover the cost ot 

 the tile. Oil level lauds, where the average crop rims low and the land by 

 nature is rich, it is a safe proposition for the tile manufacturer, if the farmer 

 honestly performs his part of the contract. On rich level lands that need 

 drainage, and need it badly, it will pay twenty -five per cent, annually on the 

 investment, and in some instances more." 



Rustic Garden Hoii.iie. — No accessories to the garden add more to its 

 beauty and comfort than pleasant, comfortable seats and resting places. 

 They may be composed of a few sticks, forming a simple seat under the 

 shade of some tree, or may be made in the form of rustic houses. Simpli- 

 city, however, must not bo lost sight of, and no foolish attempt should bo 

 made to eclipse the simple beauty of nature by any expensive display of art. 

 In oiir travels on the Hudson we once stopped at the beautiful garden of 

 A. J. Downing, and after admiring the fine specimen trees it contained, and 

 surveying the finely-kept lawn, we found ourselves recUning in a pretty rus- 

 __,, _ tic house, a view of which 



IS given m the engravmg 

 on this page, and we now 

 present it as a model for 

 this kind of work. A lit- 

 tle patience and taste 

 and a very few tools will 

 enable one with ordinary 

 mechanical skill to erect 

 such a house at leisure 

 times, almost without 

 cost. 



Hov*' to MaUe Sorgo 

 Vinegar. — A corre- 

 spondent writing from 

 Loutre Island, Mo., in the 

 Rural World, tells how 

 he made 1,000 gallons of 

 No. 1 vinegar mostly from 

 sorgo skimmings. He says: "Of course the first skimmings are not used. 

 I had two IGO-gallon tubs. Into these I put about 70 gallons of apple pomace 

 (cider and all), 25 to 30 gallons of skimmings, according to thickness, then 

 filled up with rain water. I let it remain for two or three days, then drew it 

 off and piit in a large 1,000-gallon cask, which I finished filling by the latter 

 part of October. Next spring I drew it off in AO-gallon barrels, put them iu 

 a warm place where the sun shone on them part of the day, and I soon had 

 the very best of vinegar. The above casks were in an out-house where it 

 was as cold as out of doors. Of course it had no time to sour that fall, as 

 winter set in early in November; consequently freezing did not hurt it, 

 though it should not freeze after once becoming sour. Pressed or dry po- 

 mace is just as good, only add skimmings and water for the citler taken. 

 Vinegar made this way is better, I think, than when made of sorgo alone. It 

 can hardly be detected from pure cider vinegar, and is just as good. Bear iu 

 mind that only enough water should be added to reduce the strength of the 

 skimmings to about that of cider. Yovi need saccharine to make good vinegar. 

 Xou can't make vinegar from a few apple peelings and a barrel of rain water." 



EUSTIC GARDEN HOUSE. 



