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quire less greasing, and are not subject to the fre¬ 
quent changes of heat and cold which occur to the 
thin iron ones. They should be of any size re¬ 
quired, and about f to 1 inch in thickness. I have 
one in use, and the cakes baked on it are better 
than from the ordinary kind, and it is giving 
greater satisfaction to those in the culinary depart¬ 
ment. C. S. Jr. 
For the American Agriculturist. 
MOVEABLE FENCE. 
New York , November 6th, 1843. 
When I visited the beautiful farm of J. F. Sheafe, 
Esq., at High Cliff, Dutchess county, the past 
summer, among other things which struck my at¬ 
tention there, was a moveable fence; and, as it is 
both handsomer and cheaper than the usual meth¬ 
od of making these, as in England, of hurdles, I 
have thought a description of it might not be 
without interest to those desiring to put up some¬ 
thing of this kind. 
1, 1, 1, are posts made of joist, 3 inches by 4, 
and 4 feet long, with 2-inch pivots in each end, to 
fit into the holes of the cap 4, and step 5; 2, 2,2, 2, 
are slats 12 feet long, 4 inches wide, and 1 inch 
thick, nailed to the posts 1,1,1, making each four 
slats, with their posts, an independent length of 
fence; 3, is a post the same as 1, 1, 1 ; 4, is a cap 
of white oak plank, 12 inches long, 7 inches wide, 
and 2 inches thick, with two 2-inch auger-holes 
bored through it at proper distances, into which 
to insert the top pivots of two of the posts when 
set upright, to form the fence; 5,is a step,a piece 
of plank the same as the cap 4, but 3 feet long. It 
has two holes for the lower pivots of the posts to 
fit in, corresponding with those in the caps. 
Two boys can take down or put up 40 rods of 
such a fence in an hour; and it is so light, that it 
can be transported to any part of the farm with 
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great ease. When neatly made and painted, it 
has a handsome appearance, and proves an effec¬ 
tual guard for all orderly stock. By taking it 
down in the winter, and putting it under cover, it 
will last a long time. It may be made very cheap 
by using slabs for the caps and steps, and split 
poles for the slats. 
Mr. Sheafe showed me another kind of move- 
able fence with pickets, which I may describe 
hereafter; but I rather prefer this as being more 
simple. S. Allen. 
For the American Agriculturist. 
CORN FOR SOILING AND FODDER. 
Rahway, N. J. November , 6th , 1843. 
The past season I sowed some corn broad-cast, 
and at the same time planted some with the drill 
by way of comparison and experiment. My drill 
is an English machine, such as they use for drill¬ 
ing beans. It sows the rows three feet apart, 
which allows the cultivator to work between them. 
I plant two rows six inches apart, and three double 
rows three feet from each other. The under leaves 
of the drilled corn remained green, while the broad 
cast turned yellow nearly to the top; and I am 
of the opinion decidedly, from this experiment, 
that drilling is much the best method, for it gives 
more and better fodder. I had nine good wagon¬ 
loads from less than an acre of land, when it was 
about two thirds cured. I have husked a part of 
this, and am of opinion it will turn out 25 bushels 
of shelled corn to the acre. Going through it once 
with the plow, and once with the cultivator, was 
all the after-culture. The fodder is of the best 
quality. The ground should be well manured. 
Buckwheat.— -The common time for sowing 
buckwheat with' us, is from the 12th to the 15th 
July. Owing to the drought this year, my buck¬ 
wheat was not sown until the 27th and 28th. 
The ground was extremely dry and dusty, and the 
growth was tardy, comparatively, until the rains 
of September. On the 28th we had a severe frost. 
I cut down the buckwheat at once, green as it was. 
Not one half of the grain had turned black; the 
top of the’st.raw being much of it in flower, and 
nearly half the grain in the milk. Soon after this 
I raked it up in bunches, and let it stand until the 
middle of October, when I thrashed it, and to my 
surprise, few imperfect kernels were to be seen— 
nearly the whole was plump and fully ripe. My 
opinion is that two causes operated to ripen the 
berry after cutting the buckwheat. The first was 
its being bunched up, thus preventing the sun 
from withering it; and the second, that there,was 
juice enough in the stock to fill out the grain. This 
also shows that a crop of buckwheat may be raised 
even if it is sowed as late as the last of July. 
C. Baker. 
