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kept through the winter on one-half bushel of grain per day, with 

 good hay or other roughness, with the addition of good shelter 

 and care. 



DISH-WASHER. 



Mr. S. D. Sykes, Buffalo, N. Y., exhibited one of these machines. 

 It is a liffht box, lined with zinc, in which revolves a fan inclosed 

 with a wire grating, on which the dishes are placed. Hot water 

 is poured in, and the fan throws the water among the dishes with 

 great force. 



Dr. Wm. B. Peck spoke of the impossibility of getting diehea 

 cleaned in some families, on account of the drudgery of the work; 

 then, that having used one of these machines in his house, the 

 dishes come on the table perfectly clean. In saving labor, and in 

 doing it well, it has few equals. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — Having one in my house, I notice that the 

 girls use it altogether, and that they wash the dishes in less than 

 five minutes, and a large number is washed just as soon as a small 

 one. It seems to me that in families where a girl is hired as much 

 to wash dishes as anything else, that this machine would take her 

 place. 



long's washing machine. 



The committee appointed to report on this article, state that five 

 shirts were washed well in five minutes. 



Prof, Nash. — We, who are called the lords of creation, do not 

 value household labor-saving implements. On a farm, hundreds 

 and thousands of dollars are invested in farm machinery, and 

 scarcely anything for the household. We ought to consider more 

 than we do, how many steps women take, and how unremitting are 

 her labors. 



camphor barometers. 



Prof. Tillman directed attention to the fact that what has been 

 published about camphor barometers is in no way reliable. He 

 said numerous experiments have been made with a view of testing 

 their value; and the result is entirely satisfactory that such instru- 

 ments are of no practical value. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I have such a barometer, and it is 

 utterly worthless. 



• cross between cotswolds and merinoes. 

 Ml'. S. Brigham, Bethel, Vt., inquired by letter whether a cross 

 between a Co ta wold ram and Merino ewe would not produce a race 



