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whether it improved the sheep's wool I am not able 
to say. Z. B. Wakeman. 
Herkimer, March 3, 1845. 
We forgot one thing about the above cut, and that 
was to direct the artist to give the boar’s tail the 
proper Berkshire quirl. However, our readers can 
easily supply this omission with a little imagination. 
The breeding does Mr. Wakeman great credit, and 
shows his brother farmers how much can be done 
with small means. In color, general shape, &c., 
Black Hawk looks like a thorough bred. Put a line 
prick or forward ear on to him, and liner, softer hair, 
and he would be quite perfect. We think the por¬ 
trait lile-like, and hog all over, and have not a doubt 
if Mj*. Brooks would devote himself to animal paint¬ 
ing and drawing he would excel; for the above is 
certainly indicative of considerable genius in that line. 
STALLS OF MR. PELL. 
The annexed is a perspective view 
of two stalls in the stables of R. L. 
Pell, Esq., of Pelham, N. Y., which 
we think very complete. The only 
alterations that we can suggest for the 
better, would be to have the upright 
posts of the divisions, j, j, fastened 
strongly by a tenon to the beam over¬ 
head, and then let the division sides 
be cut down slanting to the floor, com¬ 
mencing the slant about 4 feet from 
the manger, so that tne horse or ox 
could not injure its hock bones or 
quarters against the planking. The 
slant should not be so short as to 
allow the animal an opportunity of 
kicking over it against others in the 
adjacent stalls to their injury. 
a, Hay-loft. Behind the hoppers 
b, b, are holes in the floor through 
which the hay is put down into the 
racks e, e , e . 
b , b. Hoppers. 
c, Fioor-beam. 
d, d, Conductors which lead from 
the hoppers to the manger. Close 
behind b, b, are the grain-bins, so that 
in feeding the horses, it is only neces¬ 
sary to take the requisite quantity of 
oats from them, and pour into the 
hoppers. The groom will thus feed 
a large number of horses in a short 
time without the necessity of leaving 
the hay-loft. 
e, e , e, Hay-racks, with oak rollers 
4 feet long and 2 inches in diameter, 
standing perpendicularly 3 feet from 
the wall. They have round gudgeons 
at each end fitted into round holes in 
the bottom and top pieces of the rack. As the horse 
pulls on the hay to eat it these rollers revolve easily, 
and he thus gets just what he wants. The bottoms 
of the racks are latticed, so that the hay-seeds can 
fall below into the seed-box/. 
/, Seed-box. 
g, Door of seed-box to empty it of the hay-seed. 
Fig. 53. 
h, h. Trough running the whole length of the stalls. 
i, i. Oak rollers over the edges of the troughs, 3 
inches in diameter. The horse will not gnaw this ; 
for the moment he attempts to take hold of it with 
his teeth, it revolves, and he cannot hold it. 
j, j. Stall divisions 5 feet wide. The posts at the 
end of these are of turned oak. 
Plows of Ruggles, Nourse, & Mason— We are 
of opinion that we cannot do our agricultural friends 
a greater favor, than occasionally publishing the vo¬ 
luntary and unbiassed opinions of gentlemen in differ¬ 
ent parts of the United States, on the merits of these 
plows. Mr. Shepherd, of Tallahassee, Florida, thus 
writes us : “ I shall soon order more of your valua¬ 
ble plows, which I think decidedly the very best and 
cheapest I have ever used.” 
Mr. Steele, of Dayton, Ohio, says, “ I have com¬ 
pared the Eagle plow you sent me with the best in 
use here, and find it vastly snperior to any of them.” 
Mr. Townsend, of New Haven, Connecticut, 
writes: “The Eagle plow I had of you is the best I 
know. My Scotch plowman says, after using it five 
or six days, that it is the best he has ever seen in this 
country; and my Yankee plowman, who has been 
between the handles of all sorts of plows most of his 
