.4.MEEI0AK AGBIOULTOEIST. 
[SEPTEMBER;, 
876 
shown in flsure 1. The sides are about four inches 
hiffli, and there are strips nailed cross-wise on the 
bottom to prevent the animals from slipping as 
they pass through the liquid. Lumps of quick¬ 
lime are placed in these tanks, which, on the addi¬ 
tion of water, slake, fall to pieces, and mixing 
witli water form the milk of lime, which is another 
name fur whitewash. If tlie sheep on coming out 
bring litter with them, this should be removed 
from the tanks by means of a rake. Where tlie 
disease has established itself, the sheep must be 
treated individually. The diseised horn of the 
hoof must be cut away with a sharp knife, and all 
ulcers cleansed. A concentrated solution of sul- 
Fig. 
3.— THE nOLBER IN OPERATION. 
phate of copper (Blue Vitriol or Blue Stone), or a 
caustic ointment of some kind should be applied. 
A favorite ointment for this disease consists of; 
Finely Powdered Blue Yitriol . . One pound. 
Finely Powdered Vwrdigris. Half-a-pound. 
Linseed Oil . One pint. 
Pine Tar. One quart. 
The feet are thoroughly smeared with this, 
which is not washed off, as a solution would be, by 
the wet grass. For the ready treatment of the feet 
the French shepherds make use of the apparatus 
shown in figures 2 and 3. This consists of four 
hobbles, a, a, a, a, figure 2, fastened to an elbowed 
piece, b. The device is attached to the waist of 
the operator by means of a girdle, c. The strap, d, 
is used to secure the legs of the sheep, which, when 
operated upon, are held as is shown in figure 3. 
A Prize Piggery. 
CHAS. H. COBURN, N. H. 
The size of the piggery, shown in figures 1 and 2, 
is twenty by forty-five feet. The yard-doors, a, a, a, 
figure 2, are two and a half by three feet, and raised 
by cords from the passage-way. The doors, b, b, are 
for the passage of the visiting hogs. There is a 
sliding-door placed at the end of the piggery 
against which a wagon may be backed for loading 
and six feet above the main floor. This furnishes 
abundant store-room for corn, etc. The floor in 
the kettle-room is laid with scven-eighth-inch hem¬ 
lock boards. The floors of the pens are of two- 
inch matched planks, with the cracks well filled 
with coal-tar, and raised two inches above the pas¬ 
sage. There is a cellar under the kettle-room for 
storing roots. It has a twelve-inch wall laid in ce¬ 
ment, and a double bulkhead door, through which 
the roots are taken. The balance of the building 
rests on stout chestnut posts, and is planked upon 
the outside to the sills. The outside of the piggery 
is clap-boarded with spruce, and the roof is covered 
with pine shingles. Two ventilators made of tin, 
run through the ridge of the building. The chim¬ 
ney starts from the bottom of the cellar and 
reaches three feet above the roof. The partitions 
on both sides of the passage-way, and between the 
pens, are made of two-inch plank, three and a 
half to four feet high. There is a trap-door over 
the cellar doors, and above this, a pole with hooks, 
upon which to hang dressed hogs. The following 
is the estimate of materials and labor required ; 
2 sills, 6x6, 45 feet long. 
3 “ “ 20 “ 
2 “ “ 83K “ 
8 ■' “ 8K “ 
24 floor-pieces, 2x6,5K ft. long 
2 “ “ 16 
26 pieces studding, 2x4, 6K ft. 
long. 
15 end studding, 2x4,15 ft. I’ng. 
4 plates, 2x4, 45 feet long. 
46 rafters, “ 6 “ “ 
46 “ 2x5,10 
1 passage-way sill, 6x6, SK ft. 10 partition pieces, 2.x4,12 feet 
long. I long. 
6 pieces floor timber, 2x6,8 ft. 11 pieces upper floor timber, 
long. 
2x5, 8 feet long. 
10 pieces floor timber, 2.xG, 11: 1 piece upper floor timber. 
feet long. 
2x5, 3d feet long. 
3,000 feet of timber, ® $14. $ 42 CO 
24 chestnut posts, @ 15c. 3 60 
500 feet bemlock plank, ® $13. 6 50 
1,320 feet grooved pine plank, co $16 . 
440 “ ..@$14.. 
910 feet plank, @ $13. 
120 feet, 2 x 2 , bard-wood. 
275 feet sheathing, spruce, @ $15_ 
220 feet hemlock boards, @ $12 . 
1,700 “ “ “ @ $12. 
6 K M. shingles, @ $3.50. 
600 feet clapboards, @ $20 . 
3 windows and frames, 9x13 giass. 
5 “ “ “ 8 lights... 
2 outside doors and frames. 
800 chimney bricks, @ $5. 
1 cask lime. 
2 ventilators. 
Nails, hinges, etc. 
Cement for cellar, and labor. 
Laying brick. 
Carpenter work. 
10 troughs. 
Items not classified.. 
21 12 
6 16 
11 83 
1 20 
4 12 
2 64 
20 40 
22 75 
12 00 
6 00 
7 50 
4 00 
4 00 
1 00 
1 50 
15 00 
35 00 
2 50 
40 00 
3 00 
:> 00 
lessening hand-labor. The effect of the combined 
results of inventive genius, f.r. Yankee ingenuity 
upon us, as a peo]fle, is not easily comprehended. 
The Zebra Rush. 
Among the Japanese plants which are attracting 
the special attention of American and English 
growers in the present furore for everything Japan- 
THE ZEBRA RTISH. 
Total.$278 82 
Patented Inventions for the Grain Field. 
The whole number of patents issued for 
plows up to the year 1880, was five thousand five 
hundred and eighty-five. Of these, there are fifty- 
six steam plows, and eight hundred and eighteen 
wheel plows. The patents for harrows and dig¬ 
gers number one thousand seven hundred and 
forty-six. The two thousand three hundred and 
fourteen patents for seeders and planters include 
five hundred and forty-three broadcast sowers, and 
one thousand and twenty-nine corn planters. The 
total number of patents issued for harvesters, 
is six thousand two hundred and thirty-five, among 
which are three hundred and ninety-eight self- 
binders, nine hundred and fifty-four self-rakers, and 
two hundred and fifty-two corn harvesters. Two 
thousand three hundred and seven patents for 
threshers have been granted, including two hun- 
ese, is the Zebra Rush. The leaves are tranversely 
banded with white and green, as seen in the en¬ 
graving, and bear a striking resemblance to porcu¬ 
pines’ quills. The cylindrical leaves of a strong 
plant are two feet or more in bight. The plant 
has passed into the collections of florists, and 
proves to be a form of tScirpus Taberncemontanus, a 
well known European and Asiatic species. In jus¬ 
tice to one who has done so much to enrich our 
gardens with rare Japanese plants, we should say 
that this Zebra Rush was sent home by Thomas 
Hogg long before the Japanese presented it at the 
Centennial Exhibition, but bis plants died. Varie¬ 
gated leaves with the white markings disposed 
lengthwise or in blotches, were quite common, but 
plants with the markings disposed transversely, 
were not known before the introduction of this 
rush. Several years after, a variety of Eulalia 
(Miscanthus) Japonica, with transverse markings 
upon its leaves was introduced from Japan, that 
country of interesting plants. Those who consider 
Fig. 1.— EXTERIOR OE PIGGERY. 
and unloading. The passage-way doors, c, c, are 
hung with strap hinges, fastened wilh hooks and 
staples. There are five windows on the south side, 
-made with sliding sashes. On the north end of 
the building, over the pens, is a floor of matched 
boards, eight feet wide and thirty-two feet long, 
dred and six corn husking machines, and three 
hundred and sixty-nine corn shellers. 
Over ten thousand patents have been issued for 
implements and their improvements, connected di¬ 
rectly with the grain crop. The farming classes 
are intelligent, and are quick to devise means for 
all white markings upon plants as due to disease, 
will be puzzled at this rush, which presents such an 
alternation of green and white. Very probably the 
Zebra Rush is hardy; having but one plant, we 
have not cared to test the matter by leaving it 
exposed in the open ground during the winter. 
