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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
No. 144 
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE FARM OF HON. ZADOCK PRATT — Prattsville, Greene County, N. Y. —Area 365 acres. 
{Engraved for the American Agriculturist.) 
References, 
a a —Barn-yard. 
1 . 1 —Sheds and Pig-pens. 
2 — Horse and Wagon-house. 
3— Barn, 30x40 feet—Stable in basement; 
I elevated entrance to left. 
4—Door-yard. 
5- Wash and Wood-house. 
I 6 —Milk-House—cement bottom. 
I 7—Dwelling-house. 
| 8 —Water-tanks. 
9—Granary. 
I 10 —Corn-house. 
I 11 —Water-pipes to yard and pens. 
12—Butler-milk Pipes to Pig-pens. 
Size of Lots. 
No. 1, 11 acres—No. 2, 16 a.—No. 3 , 
17 a.—No. 4, 361 a.—No. 5, 14 a—Nos. 
6 and 7, 45 a —No. 8 , 7} a.—No. 9, 0 a. 
—No. 10 , 11 a.—No. 11 , 203 a. 
We present above a sketch engraved expressly 
for this journal. A lithograph of the farm ap¬ 
peared in the Report of the N. Y. State Agricul¬ 
tural Society for 1857, recently issued. The farm 
is owned and cultivated by Hon. Zadock Pratt, 
formerly a large tanner. He recently informed 
us that he had tanned over a million hides—a 
much larger number, probably, than has been 
dressed by any other man in the world. Mr. Pratt, 
who is now some 68 years of age, has latterly 
turned his attention to tilling the land which 
formerly furnished a portion of the hemlock bark 
for his tanneries, and he takes much pride in his 
present profession. His example, and the results, 
show that the same skill and energy which will 
give success in other pursuits will render profit¬ 
able the cultivation of even mountainous hemlock 
soils. This farm was awarded an honorary Di¬ 
ploma by the State Agricultural Society in 1857, 
as the best Dairy Farm. 
The general features of the farm and its divi¬ 
sions are shown in the diagram above. It is sit¬ 
uated on the Schoharie Kill (creek), 36 miles west 
of the Hudson river, in the northwest corner of 
Greene County, and lies upon a slope of the Cats- 
kill mountain. The soil is mainly a sandy loam 
and gravel, with about 60 acres of fine alluvial 
soil along the creek. Some corn, potatoes, buck¬ 
wheat. etc., are raised, but the chief business of 
the farm is butter-making, and the mode of pro 
cedure, and the results given below, will serve 
as an example, if not a stimulus, to thousands 
of farmers both in New York State and else¬ 
where. 
The buildings are specially arranged for dai¬ 
ry operations. The main objects kept in view 
are, convenience and profit, with some attention 
to appearance of neatness and comfort. The dai¬ 
ry, or milk-room (fig. 6 in ground plan), is con- 
