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out. This is the course we commend to 

 others. Scalding or steaming would im- 

 doubtedly be more effiacacious, but the soak- 

 ing mode is easy, cheap, and requires no ex- 

 traordinary skill. The first outlay for steam- 

 ing is somewhat expensive, and fuel is another 

 and constant expense. On a farm where 30 

 or 40 head is kept, a horse-power would prove 

 economical in other work besides that of cut- 

 ting fodder ; and a good one would last a life- 

 time. • When the fodder is cut, and water aud 

 meal at hand, the labor of mixing is rapid and 

 easy. 



Such are some of the reasons why we have 

 commended the practice of cutting fodder for 

 stock. But if we had not these reasons to 

 give, an every day experience in doing so, for 

 many years, would satisfy us that it is de- 

 cidedly an economical operation. 



Some other interesting questions of "il/opZe- 

 wood,'''' will be referred to at another time. 



FARM AWD BARN" OF JARVIS PRATT, 

 READING, Vt. 

 During our visit to Vermont last fall, we called 

 on Jarvis Pratt, who owns a tnrin partly in Read- 

 ing and partly in Windsor, on the north side 

 of Mill Brook, and perhaps bnlf a mile ' from 

 the valley, up a very steep ascent. This road, 

 which terminates in his door-yard, is always kept 

 in good repair, and as we tug up the hill the fre- 

 quent bars which cross the road-bed remind us of 

 going up a ladder. 



I But having made the ascent, we pause to look 

 at the valley we have left below, and, through 

 an opening in the opposite wall of the valley, 



I to take a peep at the village of Felchville and 



I the mountains in the distance beyond. Before we 

 go into the house we will take a look at the barn, 

 where we see the owner and his son storing away 



I a load of corn. Of the barn, sheds, stable and 

 yard we took the following sketch : 



Xorth. 



Gate. ' 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



Windsor County, VT.—Prendent, Frederick Bil- 

 lings ; Secretary Henry Boynton, Woodstock. The lo- 

 cation of annual fair is tixed at Woodstock for another 

 period of five years. 



East Yarmoiith, Me., C\.\yB.—Pres., G. W. Sweet- 

 zer; Sec, Alfred King. 



Merrimac Co., N. H. — Pres., Col. David M. Clough; 

 Sec, and Treas., J. E. Lang, Concord, 



Meredith, N. H., CiiJB.—P?(ri., J. S. Neal; Sec, 

 J. F. Wadleigh. 



Hampden, Mass., — Pres., Phineas Stedman; Sec, 

 .J. N. Bagg, West Springfield. 



West Hamden, Me., Club.— iVe*., Richard Pat- 

 ten; Sec, J. C. York. 



Webster, Me., Ceub.— Pres., W. T. Kirby; Sec, 

 J. W. Maxwell. 



North Kennebec Society, Me. — George E. Shores; 

 Sec, D. K. Wing, Waterville. 



Central Piscataquis, Me., — Pres., A. M. Rotin- 

 8on; Sec, Lyman Lee, 



We.st WiNTERPORT, ME., Club. — Pres., W. Thomp- 

 son ; Sec, John York. 



Eastern Kennebec Society, Me.,— Pres., A. H. 

 Abbott; Sec, H. Colburn, Windsor. 



Sherman, Me., Club. — Pres., J. W. Ambrose; 

 Sec, John Buruham. 



North Kennebec, Eastern Division, Me. — Pres., 

 W. E. Drummond; Sec, H. L. Crosby. 



Knox, Me., Society.— Pres., T. Williams; ^ec, 

 John W. Fogler. 



Frauds on Wool Growers. — As sparks fly up- 

 ward, wool growers seem of late doomed to trouble, 

 perhaps on the principle of kicks when going down 

 hill. The pelt dodge had hardly been played, when 

 we are treated to a game under the guise of "calf 

 and cow hah- goods !" A Mr. Dobson, of Philadel- 

 phia, ^v^^tes to the Practical Farmer that by the 

 fraudulent representations of the importers, woolen 

 goods have been introduced into this country un- 

 der the name lof hair and vegetable fibre, to the 

 value of ^2,200,000 in gold, and cheatuig the gov- 

 ernment out of some two million dollars of reve- 

 nue. The attention of Secretary Boutwell has been 

 called to the subject. 



oiith. 



Explanation. — The barn is 42 by .30 feet; posts 14 

 feet; bay sunk into the basement or cellar six feet. 

 The western shed, including the Hospital, extends 

 north frcrm the barn 66 feet; and the north shed, includ- 

 ing stable for three horses, (1) is 44 feet long. The 

 posts of the sheds are 13 feet. The open partis 7 feet 

 high, leaving roomy scaifolds for hay, &c. The east 

 end of north shed connects with a building 16 by 24, which 

 is used as a carriage-house (3); and as an open shed, 

 (3) for wagons and tools. The large dotted lines indi- 

 cate a very heavy wall, quite high on the south side, 

 where the land falls off suddenly. On the side of this 

 wall next to the yard, and forming a part of it, is a 



