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long dung in the spring, to dress your corn and pota* 
toe grounds. Let your barn-yard be furnished with 
separate racks, standing in the open air ; into these, 
throw your loose straw when you feed out your clo- 
ver in your cribs; your horses and cattle will cat up 
your straw clean in this way, and to good profit, by 
passing alternately or successively from the cribs of 
clover to the racks of straw, and thus mixing them to 
their liking. 
In stabling, it is of the first importance that your 
cracks be battened, y'our windows and doors snug and 
tight, your floors tight and secure, your mangers 
strong and tight, that you may feed with carrots, po- 
tatoes, or turnips, as occasion may require ; thus you 
will have the double advantage of good feeding, and 
warm stables ; both which are of the first importance 
in good farming. 
If you cannot afi'ord the expense upon your barn- 
yard, as above, you may make cheap sheds for your 
stock upon the sides of your yard as above, by set- 
ting substantial crotches, at proper distances, as sup- 
porters ; place such poles as you can conveniently col- 
lect, upon your crotches, with others extending across, 
with a gentle slope, or descent; cover with coarse 
hay‘, or straxv, as is most convenient : a few boards, 
q^e^ny quality, tacked upon the back sides, will 
5l|ind your cattle from the winds, and make a cheap 
fence, at the same lime. You may reserve from your 
fences, when you repair them, such posts as are sound 
at top, and have rotted off at bottom, and set with 
these a crib fence, three rails high, and of a suitable 
width: they will stand well for several years, and 
make you the same saving of hay as the nicest cribs. 
You may also construct straw racks in your yard, 
by setting down two posts, with one rail fixed in the 
posts, of a suitable height, and place a number of old 
refuse, or broken rails, upon each side, alternately, 
to rest upon the rail fixed in the posts, as a support- 
er, and extending its whole length, fixing the bottoms 
