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have one set of farm buildings in mind, in which 
the brackets and other trimmings are finished 
off in black, with a most satisfactory effect. The 
black thus used, gives a distinctness and boldness 
to the details, and forms with the red walls a hap¬ 
py combination, and one most appropriate in its 
place. Red barns and out-buildings are not rare ; 
these, when of a glaring, self-asserting red, are not 
pleasing, and they are still less so, when they are, 
as we often see them, trimmed with white. It is a 
rule of good taste in painting buildings, to have 
window caps, brackets, and other details, darker 
than the ground work or main body of the ma¬ 
terial. Why not apply the same principle to farm 
buildings, especially as it costs no more, and adds 
to the attractiveness and value of the structure? 
For example, a brick house, with a white marble 
door way, window seats and caps,' and a white 
cornice, will always look frivolous and cheap; 
where the same details are of the much cheaper 
brown-stone, the house has an air of dignity and 
repose, quite lacking in the other. Other farm build¬ 
ings are often quite as conspicuous as the dwelling, 
and in decorating them, quite as much thought 
should be given to having them pleasing to the eye, 
especially as it need not require an extra outlay. 
The Agricultural Display at the Paris 
Exposition. 
[ From Our Special Correspondent .] 
The American exhibit is small, but excellent 
so far as it goes, and evidently attracts much at¬ 
tention from foreign agriculturists, many of whom 
have given sample orders for some of the improved 
machinery. The articles exhibited are in what is 
known as the “American Annex,’’ occupying two- 
thirds of this building, the other third being de¬ 
voted to vehicles and their accessories, and mis¬ 
cellaneous tools and implements. 
A collection of State exhibits occupies a prominent 
position in the center of the building, consisting of 
a large variety of seeds tastefully arranged, dried 
fruits, wool, cotton, specimens of the different 
woods, and tobacco growing in pots. About this 
•central point cluster exhibits of agricultural tools 
and implements of various kinds, many of them 
being supplied with power, and shown in actual 
operation. Among the most prominent exhibitors 
are Walter A. Wood, of Hoosick Falls, N. T.; the 
Johnston Harvester Co., of Brockport, N. T. ; D. 
M. Osborne & Co. ; Warder, Mitchell & Co., of 
Springfield, O. (manufacturers of the “ Champion 
Mower ”); C. Aultman & Co.^of Canton, O. (manu¬ 
facturers of the “ Buckeye Harvesting Machine ”), 
etc., etc. Fairbanks & Co. make a splendid ex¬ 
hibit of their scales, several of which are adapted 
to weighing by either the English method or the 
French decimal system—a happy idea. 
The English display, located in the adjoining 
pavilion, occupies a much larger space, and is very 
creditable. All the best-known manufacturers of 
agricultural machinery are represented, and their 
exhibits show a variety and perfection of detail 
which have surprised many Americans who sup¬ 
posed that improved farm implements were peculiar 
to their own country. Probably England has never 
made a more complete exhibit of her skill in this 
line, and the effort will no doubt prove remunera¬ 
tive, for the French agriculturists, with increasing 
faith in the stability of republican government, are 
now keenly alive to everything that means im¬ 
provement and development, and they stand ready 
to take hold of whatever promises them assistance. 
The French display is remarkably full. Evident¬ 
ly, no trouble or expense has been spared to 
make it as complete as possible, and the result, due 
in a great part to forethought and proper organiza¬ 
tion, is highly creditable, the collective exhibits 
being by far the most interesting and instructive. 
The “ French Machinery Pavilion ” is mainly de¬ 
voted to “ Materials and Processes in Agriculture,’’ 
a few of the most important deserving more than 
the passing notice which we can here give them. 
Indeed, many of the single exhibits offer sufficient 
material for special articles. The Gennevilliers ex¬ 
hibit illustrates in detail the method of irrigation 
adopted in the Plain of Gennevilliers, located 
six miles from Paris (nearly opposite San 
Denis), where the sewers of Paris pour out 
their immense tide of refuse. Samples of this 
sewerage are shown in bottles. It consists of a 
thick, black, greasy liquid. What to do with it was 
for a long time looked upon as a difficult problem. 
To let it escape into the Seine—a comparatively 
small stream, as rivers go in America—was not only 
to pollute its waters, but to waste a valuable fer¬ 
tilizing agent. But how to utilize it! Somebody 
had a happy thought—to conduct it to Gennevil¬ 
liers’ Plain, and use it for irrigation. This plan 
has proved a complete success, and led to develop¬ 
ing one of the most extraordinary agricultural dis¬ 
tricts in the world. A sort of miniature lysimeter 
is on exhibition, 2 ft. by 18 in. and 3 ft. deep,’ with 
glass sides, showing the character of the soil thus 
fertilized, and with four cocks in the bottom, to 
let out the moisture, and admit of its being analy¬ 
zed. A variety of specimen fruits and vegetables, 
grown on soil of this kind are shown, all remark¬ 
able for their great size, and healthy appearance. 
A large variety of natural and artificial manures, 
are shown in the same building, many of them 
accompanied by interesting reports upon them, 
and on the results that have attended their use. 
Crossing the foot-bridge over the street, we 
enter now, Pavilion No. 1, devoted to “ Agricultural 
Products,” including seeds, geological collections 
of soils from different sections of France, various 
fruits and grains of ail kinds, feed for animals, 
specimens of timber, wool, beets and beet- 
sugar, hand-tools, churns, models showing the dis¬ 
eases of cattle, and accompanied by suggestions as 
to their treatment, artificial cow and goat-milkers, 
etc., etc. The most prominent displays in this 
building are the following: The collective ex¬ 
hibit of the Department of the North, including a 
remarkable display of wheat, flax, sugar-beets, etc.; 
the exhibit by the Arcy Dairy Farm, owned by L. 
Nicholas; exhibits of teazles, poppies, and conif¬ 
erous seeds; a variety of views showing the plan 
and arrangement of model farms; and that of A. 
Bignon, of Theneville, Department Allier, consist¬ 
ing of thirty water-color drawings illustrating the 
comparative condition of his farm in 1849 and 1878. 
Pavilion No. 2, “ Materials for Agriculture,” is 
mostly filled with plows, which are shown in a great 
variety—nearly all of them being provided with 
wheels. Among them are scattered numerous 
machines for sowing and harrowing, hay-cutters, 
and boilers for preparing food for cattle and pigs. 
Pavilion No. 3, “ Agricultural Products,” includes 
collective exhibit by the SocieU Centrale d'Agricul¬ 
ture cle Meurthe and Moselle, 
showing wine, wool, hops, 
etc. ; a huge diagram re¬ 
presenting an analysis of 
different varieties of feed 
given, from 1872 to 1878, 
to the horses employed 
by the Compagnic Generate 
des Voiturcs in Paris (If 
their condition is a safe 
indicator, beware of feed¬ 
ing American horses on the 
same system); samples and analyses of different 
soils in Eastern France ; a beautiful model of the 
Cosdon Farm (G. Cuision, proprietor), in Canton 
d’Eroy-Aube, France ; exhibits of honey, pelts and 
potatoes ; silk worms and silk culture, shown in all 
stages; a large exhibit by 
L'Ecole Practique d'Agricul¬ 
ture, of St. Remy, Depart¬ 
ment Haute, Saone, France, 
including working drawings 
and plans of farms, with ar¬ 
rangement of the different 
buildings, a working model 
of a piggery,executed by one 
of the pupils of the school; 
economical herbs ; oils ; a 
grand exhibit by the Ferme 
Ecole de la Piletiere ; working models of stables and 
farm buildings, made after the “ System Toilet ” 
(address, No. 16 Rue de Grammont, Paris); and 
lastly, an exhibit of the method of mechanically 
feeding and fattening poultry, etc., accompanied 
by a fine series of pictures illustrating the process. 
Just in front of Pavilion No. 3 is a smaller struc¬ 
ture, always crowded with visitors, which contains 
a number of incubators, and chickens and ducks 
in all stages of development; another containing 
model stables; and a third devoted to cut-flowers, 
which, to the writer, w'as one of the most fascinat¬ 
ing resorts on the grounds. 
Near the bridge which leads to the Trocadero is 
still another great building in which France dis¬ 
plays the results of her persevering efforts to de¬ 
velop to the utmost her agricultural resources, 
and it somewhat tones down the opinionated 
American who has previously been sure that his 
country is ahead of the world iu all that pertains 
to agriculture. France, with a territory smaller 
than that of the single State of Texas, shows her 
agriculture to be in a condition which America 
may well study and emulate. 
Paris, Avgust 13 th, 1878. G. W. W. H. 
A Yoke for a Sucking Cow. —“ J. W. S.,” 
sends a method of yoking a sucking cow, so that 
she cannot exercise her disagreeable habit. The 
yoke is made of two 
boards, 8 inches wide, and 
21 feet long, hollowed out 
to fit the animal’s neck 
when put together, as 
shown in the cut. The 
yoke is held together by 
two cleats, with two bolts 
each; the ends of the 
cleats are pointed, and 
project a few inches. When the yoke is hung upon 
a cow’s neck, and she turns her head to suck her¬ 
self, the pointed cleats come against her side, 
and effectually prevent her from reaching her teats. 
Cutting Large Logs for Firewood. 
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“ A Subscriber ” wants a method of using a 
horse-power with a drag-saw for cutting large logs 
into firewood. A simple arrangement for doing 
this may be made as follows : A drag-saw is at¬ 
tached to the balance wheel of the horse-power, 
the wheel having a crank rod attached, as indicated 
in the illustration. This rod may be made of tough 
hickory or oak. The saw is pivoted to the shaft, 
as shown in figures 1 and 2. The forward part of 
the crank rod rests and slides in a groove or guide 
in £ post of the foundation timber (fig. 1). This 
guide is arranged so that the saw will not drop 
I lower than the bottom of the log, and not cut into 
the log carriage. In figure 2 the crank is made to 
give a reciprocating motion to the saw by the lever, 
a, the guide being at b. The log carriage may be a 
common sled, upon which the log may be rolled 
and drawn to the saw ; the log should rest upon 
rollers so as to accommodate the saw’, and be block¬ 
ed up to keep it steady. The supporting frame is 
shown in section in both of the above illustrations. 
Fig. 2.— SHOWING CRANK AND LEVER ATTACHMENT. 
