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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Another Method of Baising a Beef. 
The illustrations which we gave in the 
February number of methods of raising a 
beef carcass, have evidently interested many, 
-and have called out a considerable number 
■of other devices for performing this opera¬ 
tion. The engraving given herewith is 
made from a sketch sent by Mr. S. Kennedy, 
Lancaster Co., Pa. The essentials for this 
method are a rope, two pulleys, and a heavy 
wagon. One end of the rope is fastened to 
a cross-beam in the bam, then passes down 
and under a pulley fastened to the gambrel, 
and up over a pulley on the cross-beam, from 
which it runs to the hub of one of the hind 
wheels of the wagon. This wagon-wheel is 
raised from the ground, and should be weight¬ 
ed to make it firmly fixed. A load of any 
kind, that it is desired to draw, as grain, etc., 
will serve this purpose. The wheel acts as 
a windlass, the rope being wound around the 
liub. As the wheel is turned the beef is rais¬ 
ed. The carcass can be held at any point by 
blocking the wheel with a rail or other stout 
piece of timber. The loose end of the rope 
may pass to the front wheel, and be fastened 
there. Care should be taken to have the 
wagon in line, that the rope may wind 
properly. With this simple device two men 
•can raise a large beef quickly, and with ease. 
A Corn “Separator.” 
“Subscriber,” Victor, N. Y., sends a sketch 
and description of a box which he uses to 
separate the grain and cobs from a non- 
: separating com-sheller. It consists of a 
frame of inch pine, V/ t by 2 feet, and 7 inch¬ 
es deep. A bar is placed lengthwise across 
the top, to give strength. The bottom is made 
of wire cut in pieces 2 feet 2 inches long. A 
loop is made in the end of each piece of wire, 
and a nail driven through these into the bot¬ 
tom of the frame. The wires are placed far 
enough apart for the kernels of com to pass 
readily through and to retain the cobs. Pieces 
of lath are nailed over the ends of the wires, 
and another across the center of the bottom. 
Holes are cut in the sides of the box to 
handle it by. The “Separator” thus made is 
so placed as to catch the com and cobs as 
they come from the sheller. When the 
“ Separator” is full, a shake will cause all the 
com to pass through the wire bottom, and 
the cobs can be thrown one side. The whole 
is made plain by the accompanying engraving. 
Keep the Factory Busy. 
There are several large manufactories not 
far from where the writer lives, which run 
night and day. The machinery is seldom 
still, and the owners are 
prosperous. Agricultural 
plants and domestic farm 
animals are “factory hands,” 
and the farm is the “fac¬ 
tory.” The plants’ work is 
done in the field, and a ten- 
acre lot, planted to potatoes 
or com, may be looked upon 
as a great food-producing— 
yes, a ten-acre starch fac¬ 
tory ! The soil and the aii 
furnish the crude material 
out of which the growing 
plant, under the influence of 
the sun light, makes the sub¬ 
stance of its stem, leaf, and 
grain—the fabric of its own 
wonderful structure. The 
animals take these vegetable 
products and work them over into other im¬ 
portant substances, some of which are essen¬ 
tial to our highest welfare and comfort, such 
as wool, hides for leather, meat, milk, butter, 
eggs, etc. The success of a factory—strictly so- 
called—where human hands are at work, de¬ 
pends largely upon having all the space occu¬ 
pied with busy workers for most of the time. 
The same holds true with plants in the soil. 
There are farms in the vicinity of New York 
and other large cities, where the income per 
acre is over $300, and a careful study of the 
management of the productive farms or 
farm gardens, teaches the lesson that the 
ground is seldom idle. It is impossible for 
the great wheat growers in the Western 
States to practice the farming that pays near 
large cities, but he may gain from it some 
valuable hints, nevertheless. He may find 
that it will pay to have enough variety in 
his crops to give an economic distribution 
of this working force through the year. If 
you ask a market gardener in what lies the 
secret of his success, he will reply: “ By hav¬ 
ing one crop follow another so that I can 
make the most out of my land.” His factory 
for making early potatoes goes right on mak¬ 
ing something else, so soon as the potatoes 
are off. A new set of hands, so to speak, 
are put to work, and before long the proprie¬ 
tor has a supply of some other produce for 
sale. The purpose of this simile, or com¬ 
paring of a farm to a factory, is to lead the 
farmer to see that the management which 
brings success in the factory, will be very apt 
to produce it on the faim. The economy of 
space and time is as much one of the lead¬ 
ing essentials of success in the great thous¬ 
and-acre “ factory ” where grains and fruits, 
beef and wool are produced, as in the one 
where cloths, or clocks are manufactured. 
A DEVICE FOB RAISING BEEVES. 
A Fork for Pulling Docks. 
The accompanying engraving of a “ Dock 
Fork” is made from a sketch sent by Horace 
Emery, Seneca Co., Ohio. He writes : “ I 
have used it for years and find it just the 
thing. Take a bar of iron 6 / 6 -inch thick by 
2 inches wide, split the end about 
three inches and draw the halves 
to a point by turning the edges 
under. Weld a piece of iron 
across at the upper end, upon 
which to rest the foot when 
pushing the fork into the ground. 
The implement made as here de¬ 
scribed, is put into a handle—an 
old spade or fork handle will an¬ 
swer. In using the dock-fork, 
thrust it into the ground, about 
two or three inches from the 
plant, then bear down upon the 
handle, bringing the dock-root 
into the fork, when it may be 
easily lifted out of the ground. 
The great trouble in pulling 
docks by hand is, the tops are 
usually not quite strong enough fork. 
to bring out the root, unless the ground has 
been well softened by rains. In the use of this 
implement a moist time should be selected, as 
any pieces of root left in the soil, will sooner 
or later make their appearance as plants. 
A Small Barn. 
Mr. J. H. Excell, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, sends 
a sketch of a small bam which he built last 
summer, and thinks very convenient, for its 
size and cost. It is 16 by 22 feet, and 14 feet 
high, with a wagon-shed across one end. 
This shed is 8 by 16 feet, and 7 feet high at the 
Fig. 1.—FRONT ELEVATION OF BARN. 
eaves. The first story of the bam is 8‘/ 2 feet 
high ; it contains a carriage-room, three good 
stalls with mangers and hay-sliutes. There 
are two'windows and double doors in front, 
and a single door at the back. The oat-bin is 
under the stairs ; the grain is poured in at the 
top, and taken out at the bottom, the lower 
step being higher and broader than the others, 
and hinged. The upper floor is of inch- 
8 ft. 
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Fig. 2.—PLAN OF FLOOR AND STALLS. 
matched stuff, and the lower one, inch boards 
doubled, and laid to break joints, making a 
warmer floor than planks with cracks be¬ 
tween them. The siding is of bam boards, 
dressed on one side, and battened with '/a-incli 
by 2-inch battens; the comice is with one- 
