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subject^ at any hour of tlie day or night. As Captain 

 Heys saidj in proposing his health as chairman of 

 the Barrhead Agricultural Society, " whenever any 

 of the good boys of Barrhead attempted to enter the 

 ring, he had the happy tact of appealing to the 

 feelings of the model little man, v;ho lied before the 

 Major could finish his address." 



Much of the Capellie farm is from 600 to 700 

 feet above the sea-level, and many shook their 

 heads when Mr. A. Graham took to it. The green - 

 crop land is dressed, before it is drilled, with hot liiiic 

 mixed with kelp-salt, or common salt, which has been 

 found to be very efficacious against finger and toe, 

 as well as grubs, worms, and, as a matter of course, 

 moles. With this view, as well as to give strength 

 to the straw, the land sown v/ith cereals is dressed 

 with salt at the rate of 4 cwt. per acre ; and he 

 informs us that he has every reason to be satisfied with 

 the result, both in his corn, root, and grass crops. 



The little farm steading, with its water-wheel 

 which is painted mail-coach colour and its ventilation 

 processes, has made many an agriculturist observe 

 that ^' Mr. Graham is all air and water.^' The stables 

 and cow houses are effectually ventilated, and abun- 

 dance of water is Laid on for drink, and for cleansing 

 within the byres, where a large number of Ayr- 

 shires contribute their quota, morning and evening, 

 to the voracious Glasgow milk-cans. 



The very hay- slides are so managed as to pre- 

 vent the stable being cold or warm just as 



