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sired, can pass through the whole length by turning a 

 faucet, for watering the cattle. When they are fed they 

 eat all that is put before them, so nothing is left; not a 

 straw is to be seen either before or behind them. All 

 droppings take care of themselves through the gratings 

 into a wooden trench, as fully described in the statement. 

 Here every particle of the manure passed is saved and 

 -carted upon the land as made. 



Now that it is a well established fact that the urine of 

 an animal contains as much plant food as the solid portion 

 it behooves every farmer who allows the half of his ma- 

 nure or at least a large portion of it, to run to waste as 

 many farmers do, to study this object lesson and in some 

 way prevent that great loss. 



No well appointed farm is without a silo. Here is one, 

 near to the cows and yet wholly separated from them, 

 with five hundred tons capacity suitably divided into sec- 

 tions, with all the necessary appliances for unloading the 

 corn for ensilage, cutting and carrying it to the several 

 divisions of the silo, all done by steam power, of which 

 there is an ample supply. 



Besides the cellar under the cowbarn, there is an excel- 

 lent cellar under the main barn, offering ample room for 

 storing the large quantity of roots and vegetables that are 

 grown upon the farm. 



The new piggery is just finished, and occupied by breed- 

 ing sows. Already there are between three and four hun- 

 dred pigs and more coming. The litters average eight or 

 nine each, and all looking in fine, healthy, growing condi- 

 tion. This building is constructed on a somewhat new 

 and novel plan, containing sixty breeding pens. Hogs 

 are cleanly animals if they are allowed a chance to keep 

 clean ; and here the opportunity is given to prove them- 

 selves so, which is done most effectively. The Stewart's 

 self-clearing grate and downward draft (see statement and 

 plan for particulars) are a complete success ; for not only 



