at the racks. In the center of the front of each 
of these apartments there should lie hung a door, 
from six to eight feet wide, which may be left open 
or closed at will. In the center of the hack of each 
apartment there should he a window, made to glide 
back and forth, which should be left open during 
mild weather, but closed when the storms heat. In 
speaking of the doors, I should have said that the 
middle hand requires a door as large as those of a 
common barn, so that hay may be driven in through 
them. A water tank should be placed at the end of 
every other rack, inside the building. This barn 
should stand fronting the south or south east,, and 
there should he a separate yard lor each apartment, 
in which the sheep may sun themselves. The 
height of the sheep-room should be eight feet, and 
that ol the hay-loft six teet to the fool of the rafter. 
Eaves spouts are required on the front side of the 
barn, to prevent the water dripping op the sheep 
during a thaw or rain storm. The prominent ad¬ 
vantages of such a burn are these: 
1. You can feed under cover at all times. 
2. The sheep and their fleeces are thereby kept 
dry; otherwise, both are greatly damaged. 
3. One is put to no inconvenience in clearing the 
racks of snow after a storm. 
4. A greater amount of better manure can be 
made ; better, perhaps, because better preserved. 
Two hundred sheep kept in a barn of the above 
description, and occasionally littered down with 
straw, say enough to keep them clean and dry, will 
make a great amount of the very best manure. 
further, That no such locationsshall be made before 
one year from The passage of tbi* act. 
Sec. 3. And be it further emeted. That all the 
expenses of management and superintendence and 
taxes from dale of selection of said lands, previous 
to their sale, and all expenses incurred iti the man¬ 
agement and disbursement of the moneys which 
may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the 
Slates to which they may belong out of the treasury 
of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale 
of' said lands ahull be applied, without any diminu¬ 
tion whatever, to the purposes hereinafter men¬ 
tioned. 
Skc. 4. Ami be it further enacted. That nil moneys 
derived from the sale oflamis aforesaid by the States 
to which the lands are appointed, and from the sales 
of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be 
invested in stocks of the United Slates, or of the 
States, or some other safe stocks, yielding not less 
than five per cent upon the par value of said stocks; 
and that tho money so invested shall constitute a 
perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain 
of most of these specimens, compared with those 
from the Onondaga beds, struck me—their light 
amber color. And the ground article seems quite a 
per cent, lighter in color than that of the New York 
beds. Of its relative virtue I cannot speak. I have 
alluded to this matter here in order to urge the 
importance and probable profit of its more general 
use on clover, corn, potatoes, and small grain crops, 
on our elevated prairies. There have been several 
experiments with it in this State, within my knowl¬ 
edge: and in every case when applied at the proper 
season, on dry soils, the results have been exceed¬ 
ingly satisfactory. I see it is advertised to be deliv¬ 
ered on board cars at auystation in Chicago at $8,67 
per tun, barrels included, or $1.30 per barrel. 
Freight on most railroads, by the car load, is about 
one and a half cents a mile per tun. Sixty barrels 
make a car load. My own experience is that it is 
profitable, lo pay that price for it here and transport 
it a hundred miles, if used with intelligence. 
Especially on our prairies, when the long dry 
season parches the pastures, will its virtue be felt 
and witnessed if applied to them. It can be got 
to lessen the current, so that the boats may be drawn 
across by horses walking on the bridge. 
There is much of historical interest in Lancaster 
Co. It was to Lancaster that the Rebel Congress 
of ’76 went when Cornwallis threatened Philadel¬ 
phia. The building h still standing in which it was 
held, and contains the post and other offices. The 
Who knows where 
. flow that our Little Mac 
? Strange what curious 
Brave and noble 
Thk Skasox am) Crops. — The weather of the past week 
has been fine, and the crops are growing and maturing rapidly 
Farmers are ge tie rally in the bent of epirit*. and apeak well of 
the prospects of most crops. Corn is very unpromising in 
tills region, and it is doubtful whether the crop will ripen_ 
certainly not unless wo have an exceedingly favorable fall 
lIra--, as before reported, is light, yet the crop has gained 
since the late heavy ruins. Winter wheat ia very promising, 
and we have heard of no injury to the Crop. Fine samples of 
wheat heads, with grain plump and nearly ripe, have been 
sent us, but the general crop is not early. The weather of 
the past few days — especially the 4th, ."th, fitli and 7tii —has 
been very warm, the thermometer marking nearly 90‘ in the 
shade each day, and on Sunday it reached 92". 
hall is used for an Athcneum, 
the Lancaster of Dixie is. 
is threatening Richmond 
changes take place in a century 
men rebel in a righteous cause, succeed, and happi¬ 
ness and prosperity for untold millions is the result, 
and rebels become, heroes. Now, ambitions men. 
determined to rule or ruin, with one foot on the 
negro’s neck, and under the negro their own white 
brothers, strike a blow at the heart of the nation, 
and we are fast learning that If rebels become heroes 
they must also hare ft righteous cause. After the 
revolution. Gen. Hand retired to Rock forge, his 
farm, near Lancaster, and soon after introduced 
from there the plum which bears his name. r I he 
stone from which the Claret (or Blood or Black) 
peach was grown was brought from Spain, by a son 
of Gen. Hand, about 1*12 or IS14. and planted by 
his (the eon’s) nephew, Samubl B, Hbisb, in 
garden in Columbia, and was subsequently intro¬ 
duced by a nurseryman in York Co. 
On the grounds of Mr. HkiSE, who is my author¬ 
ity for the above facts. I saw a stone filter which was 
brought from Scotland by the emigrants who came 
into the country with William Penn*. It was sim¬ 
ply a cup made of a kind of porous stone, which it is 
said would cleanse the water us it. passed through 
it. The sides of the cup were about two inches 
thick, and it would hold about two pailfuls of 
water. The emigrants found the water so pure here 
that the stone has never been used as a filter. 
Our favorite Swaar apple is a native of this 
county: but 1 am informed by a grandson of the 
man who introduced it that it should be spelled 
Svvarr. 
Robert Fulton was born in what is now the 
township of Fulton, adjoining the Maryland line. 
While living with Mr. John Stoner, near the city 
of Lancaster, he constructed his first boat propelled 
by a wheel, and launched it on Mr, Stoner’s mill 
pond, on the Little Canneetoga. 
Lancaster County is the “ mother ” of one Presi¬ 
dent; but it is evident that she is not proud of her 
offspring. She and the nation, however, must not 
curse him. for the fear which we feel to touch the 
“ peculiar institution,” even after the terrible expe¬ 
riences of the past year, prove most conclusively 
that James Buchanan cau with propriety adopt the 
language of the legislator who, being pulled out of 
a ditch, and hearing surprise expressed at his being 
found in such u peculiar condition, said, “1 (hie) 
thought I (hie) couldn’t represent (hie) my constit¬ 
uents any better.” Buchanan is leading a very 
quiet life at Wheatland, about one-half mile from 
the city. In fair weather he walks in quite often. 
Though it would lie difficult for me to defend his 
public acts, he has, by deeds of charity, cudearod 
himself to the poor of his native city, and by his 
cordial hospitality wins the admiration ot those who 
meet him in social intercourse. J. v. d. 
Thk SkaSO.v i.v thk Wkst — Chicago. July 5, 1S02.— The 
past week has been favorable for the growth of all crops, p 
has been ‘"growing weather.” I continue to receive favorable 
reports of the growing crops from all directions. Yester¬ 
day was a corn stimulator. If the corn did not grow, it was 
not the fault of the weather. The mercury went up close to 
90” in tho shade. It was not an easy matter to actively cele¬ 
brate.—c. I). B, 
forever undiminished, (except ho far ns may be pro¬ 
vided in section fifth ol this act.) and the interest of 
which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State 
which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to 
the endowment, support, and maintenance of at 
least one college where the leading object shall be. 
without excluding other scientific and classical 
studies, and including military tactics, to teach such 
branches of learning as are related to Agriculture 
and the Mechanic Arts, in such manner as the Regis- 
latnree of the States nuiy respectively prescribe, 
in order to promote the liberal and practical educa¬ 
tion of the industrial classes in the several pursuits 
and professions in life. 
Skc. 5. Awl be it further enacted. That the grant 
of land and scrip hereby authorized shall be made 
on the following conditions, to which, as well as to 
the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous 
assent of the several States shall be signified by 
legislative acts. 
First. If any portion of the fund invested, as pro¬ 
vided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the 
interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency. 
l»e diminished or lost, it shall he replaced by the 
State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the 
fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the 
annual interest shall he regularly applied without 
diminution to the purposes mentioned in the fourth 
section of this act, except that a sum, not exceeding 
ton per centum upon the amount received by any 
State under the provisions of this act, may be 
expended fur the purchase of lands for sites or 
experimental farms, whenever authorized by the 
respective Legislatures of said States. 
Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest 
tlmreon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, 
under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, 
erection, preservation, or repair of any building or 
buildings. 
Third. Any State which mav take and claim the 
benefit of the provisions of this act, shall provide, 
within five years, at least, not less than one college, 
as prescribed in the fourth section of this net, or the 
grant to such State shall cease: and said State shall 
lie bound to pay the United States the amount 
received of any lands previously sold, and that the 
title to purchasers under the State shall be valid. 
Fourth. An annual report shall be made regard¬ 
ing the progress of each college, recording any im¬ 
provements'end experiments made, with their costs 
and results, and such other mat ters, including State 
industrial and economical statistics, as may be sup¬ 
posed useful; one copy of which shall be transmit¬ 
ted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges 
which may he endowed under the provisions of this 
act, and also one copy to the Secretary ol the lute- 
nQr . 
Fifth. When lauds shall be selected from those 
which have been raised to double the minimum 
price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall 
be computed to the State at. the maximum price, and 
the. number of acres proportionally diminished. 
Sixth. No'Stale, while in ft condition of rebellion 
nr insurrection against the Government of the 
United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of 
Crops lx thk Wkst. —The Chicago Journal of the 6th 
inst. contains the following favorable report concerning the 
crops: — -- From what we can gather from the local papers in 
Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Indiana, we infer 
that the anticipated damage to the wheat crop has not been 
alarming, and that the ravages of insects have been thwarted 
b,y the damp weather, which has so increased the growth of 
vegetation tliat further attacks from the bug and tiy are not 
generally feared. Some of our fanners are almost always too 
sensitive on the subject of crops, and consequently are apt to 
magnify impending danger to them. This has apparently 
been the case during the recent ‘scare,’ and the cry of ‘half 
crop' and ‘ no crop at all' has resulted from too hastily 
formed opinion. As for the com crop, no fears may be 
founded on late' and ‘backward’ seasons. It is of little 
use. in this latitude, at least, to put coni in the ground before 
the first of June, for July, August, and early September, will 
usually be sufficient to bring the crop out all right All it 
needs in June is to get started. The closest observers think 
the prospect good for an average crop Of all cereals in Uic 
North-West. That which is likely to fall in some localities is 
balanced by an Overgrowth in others and, unless some 
unforeseen accident occurs, the promise is cheering. The 
fruit crop was never more promising than at present. In 
some grounds, apricots, nectarines, poaches, and hard shell 
almonds, are tended with fruit; the same may be saiil of 
apples, while pears did not bloom quite as profusely, but they 
have a fair show of fruit. Strawberries, gooseberries, cur- 
rauts, raspberries, and blackberries are full. Lawtons, shot- 
Wrod from the wind, but not Otherwise protected, are very 
full. The Purple Caue and Black Cap are in the same con¬ 
dition of fruitage—part of the latter were fully exposed, but 
have come out all right.” 
Hungarian Grass in Illinois. 
The Prairie Farmer says tbat the agriculturists 
of Illinois have been experimenting with this grass 
lour or five years. Each succeeding season a larger 
breadth has been grown, and it may now, without 
doubt, be considered one of tho staudard crops of 
the West. Many of the extravagant claims at first 
urged for it have been laid aside, as have also many 
of the objections that, later, were brought against it. 
It is a prolific grass, yielding considerably more per 
aero than either the prairie or tame grasses, and is 
superior to the common millet, though not differing 
materially from it in its nature. Its seed is more 
oily, and consequently a heavier feed than millet, 
is a somewhat more vigorous grower, and hence a 
surer crop. Indeed, so deep rooted is it, that severe 
drouth does not affect it in the least, and may be 
sown upon the highest and dryest soils without fear 
of failure. All kinds of stock, cattle, horses, sheep, 
and hogs arc extremely fond of it, and when fed 
judiciously, we have yet to hear of an instance 
where any injurious effects have followed its use. 
Doubt less many horses have been injured, perhaps 
killed outright, by its use, but these cases, to the 
best of our knowledge, arc where the seed has been 
given immoderately, just as over-feeding of any 
heavy grain will produce disease in animals. 
Some have complained of its being an exhaustive 
crop, but we think it has not been found more so 
than wheat or oats, certainly, not more than buck¬ 
wheat, and, like the latter crop, the ground is left 
in most excellent condition—light and free from 
weeds. Corn does well as a succeeding crop. 
Hungarian may be sown any time from the 7th to 
the 15th of June, and if to be cut for hay alone, per¬ 
haps a little later. If for hay, sow one-half bushel 
per acre; if for seed, about one-third of a bushel is 
sufficient. 
THK XVOOl, Markht. —The price of wool has advanced more 
rapidly than wq anticipated. Though we predicted a rise iu 
price after the opening of tho market—and expressed the 
opinion that a delay in selling wool would not be a losing 
business to tlie growers—the advance lias been more rapid, 
and greater, than was expected. The range of prices iu this 
city is from 40 to 47 cents, as will lie seen by our quotations, 
though We hoar that some choice lots have been sold at ft0 
cents. Tho rates are so high that some dealers have stopped 
purchasing, and we learn of one or two instances in which 
Eastern manufacturers have ordered their agents to discon¬ 
tinue buying for the same reason, In answer to verbal inqni 
l ies from several wool growers, during the past week, we 
have expressed the opinion that, though the rates might 
advance, it would be sale to sell at from 45 to 60 cents. The 
market is certainly higher than could reasonably have been 
expected, and those who tell at or between tho figures named 
will realize a handsome profit. 
— Speaking of wool, the Daily Democrat, of this city, thus 
notes Hie sale of a large clip:— On Saturday lost, Mr. Duvwjs 
Church, of Riga, drew to Chili station, at a single load, three 
thousand six hundred and eighty-four pound* of wool, all of 
which lie sheared this season from his tioek of seven hundred 
and fifty sheep. The wool was sold to Mr. A H. Kino, of 
Chili, who paid lor most of it at the rate of forty-six cents per 
pound. Mr. King has purchased Mr. Church's wool for 
several years past " 
COMBINED BUTTER-WORKER, WASH 
ER, WEIGHER, AND SALTER. 
WESTERN EDITORIAL NOTES, 
COEN CULTURE ON THE PRAIRIES. 
I visited Major Bunkum recently. 1-le was at 
work in his corn—or rather there were fifteen men 
lie believes in 
at work—and he was looking on 
hoeing corn. He uses the cultivator, but he is too 
recently from the East to discard the hoe. How the 
dirt flew! There had been no roller over the sur¬ 
face, and no harrow had followed the planting, lie 
did not believe in aticli notions. He glorified tbo 
hoe. Give him a good cultivator and plenty ol 
help, and after the corn had got high enough to hoe, 
he would show the Suckers how to “’tend corn.'' 
But “pox take the weeds!"—how they grow!—never 
saw the beat in a barnyard down East. They were 
larger than the corn and covered the ground com¬ 
pletely. But his men would make a hole in them 
and let in a little sun. — that would change, its com¬ 
plexion some. 
I called the Major's attention to an adjoining field 
of corn, at least, a third larger in growth than his, 
and asked wind made the difference—if the neigh¬ 
bor's field had been planted earlier? “ No, sir." was 
the reply; “but my neighbor does not believe in 
waiting for the weeds before he hoes them up. He 
don't, hoe at all, sir! Don't you think, he put a team 
and harrow on that land three days after planting; 
and he has been over it two or three times since with 
harrow and cultivator, and what he calls a £ bull 
tongue ’ — queer looking implement to cultivate 
corn with, too!" 
“ Well, his ground looks pretty clean—pretty free 
and his corn is good 
to tho value of the horse. If the heel is suffered to 
grow down, the frog becomes dry and bony, and 
when it comes in contact with a stone or other bard 
substance, the horse cripples, and subsequently 
becomes lame. When the hoof grows down long at 
the heel, it becomes dry and contracted, and the 
horse stands upon his toes in an unnatural and 
straining position. The frog, however raggod, 
should not be touched by the ehoer’fl knife. To 
avoid raising the heel so that the foot must come to 
the ground in an unnatural position, the shoe should 
be of the same thickness at the toe as at (he heel. 
When the foot is properly pared, the shoe should 
be made to fit it so perfectly that the outside crust 
of the hoof will not have to be cut down to fit the 
shoe. The shoe should not be opened at the heel 
wider than the hoof, as this has a tendency to crowd 
in and contract the foot at this point; but if the out¬ 
side of the shoe is brought in even with the outside 
of the hoof, it has the opposite effect. The hoof 
should never be rasped or filed above tho clinches, 
nor the natural enamel, which is given to it for some 
wise purpose, disturbed. Fancy shoers—from all 
of whom good Lord deliver us—arc too much in 
the practice of rasping, filing, and sand-papering 
the hoof to make it look nice, without ever thiuk- 
ing that they are doing it an injury that is beyond 
their power to repair. 
Collar nml .Saddle Hulls. 
The following recipe for wounds on horses, 
such as collar and saddle galls, was furnished to the 
American Stock Journal, by Dr. Dadij, the well- 
known veterinary surgeon: Pulverized aloes, two 
ounces; pulverized myrrh, four ouuces; pulverized 
catechu, four ounces; pulverized benzoin, four 
ounces; new rum, one gallon. Let the mixture 
stand for two or three weeks, frequently shaking, 
and filter through fine linen. 
Frofjtaiilk Farming in Nkw England.— Under the head 
of “ Profitable Farming,” the Northampton (Mass.,) Free 
Press makes this statement:—“ The attention of Uiose farmers 
who believe that ‘farming doesn’t pay’ is called to the expe¬ 
rience of Samuel Graves, of Hatfield. He owns a flu-m of 
thirty-live acres, and in 1801 tic raised ten tons of tobacco, 
which lie told for $2,220; sold $100 worth of tobacco plants; 
raised 050 bushels of corn, 200 bushels of potatoes, and 54 
tons of hay; fatted 200 sheep, on whom tie cleared $400, amt 
f 05 worth of pork. Besides himself and boy, lie employed 
two hands, one through the summer, and the other the year 
round, at a cost of $300. " 
Bust Grain at tub World's Fair.— At a late meeting of 
the Bath and West of England Ag. Society, Lord Portman, 
one of the jury on Agricultural Products at the London Inter- 
national Exhibition, stated tliat the best oats were from Nova 
Scotia; the finest sample of wheat from Australia, weighing 
08 lbs. 7 oz. per bushel; the best hour also came from Aus¬ 
tralia. Be attributed tbo excellence of Australian wheat to 
the climate of tliat country. The grain from tho Zollverein 
States of Germany, with that also from Hungary, in the Aus¬ 
trian department, was represented us remurkabty good. 
from weeds for a wet season- 
color and a good stand.’’ 
“Yes,” said Bunkum, “but he don't cultivate 
according to my notion.” 
“Are your notions the best, Major? How much 
has his culture cost him—and how do your expenses 
on the same area compare with his? 1 venture to 
say your Sucker neighbor will get as good a crop 
with his harrow, and bull tongue, and scraper, as 
you will with your weeds, and cultivator, and fifteen 
men and hoes. Certainly you will concede appear¬ 
ances are in his favor now. The only question is as 
to the comparative amount of profit on the same 
investment of land and labor.” 
Major Bunkum dropped his head a moment as if 
he had been struck with a new idea. “ I declare,” 
said he, after a moment's pause, “ I haven’t figured 
on that, but I believe the fellow will beat me if I 
pay my fifteen men seventy-live cents per day to do 
what his two boys and their hull tongues will do in 
the same time. That's a fact, sir, 1 believe he will 
beat me.” 
The conclusion was a correct one, and this con¬ 
versation is an illustration of some of the mistakes a 
certain class of men on the stilts of their own conceit 
make, when they “ commence on the prairie.” The 
well educated prairio corn grower can teach them if 
they are willing to learn. It is fundamental in the 
creed of the corn culturist, that an ounce of proven- 
The culture is 
the agricultural COLLEGE ACT. 
Our present Congress seems determined to recog¬ 
nize the interests of the farming community. We 
have heretofore published the bill establishing an 
Agricultural Bureau, the Homestead Bill, and now 
give the Agricultural College Act. Under its pro¬ 
visions, New York is entitled to 900,000 acres of the 
publio domain, to be used for the purposes indi¬ 
cated, and in the manner directed by its provisions. 
The Act is as follows: 
He. it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 
....... / F Hi a T/it- UnrJ SJtnInO A rrV'i AM 
from a single root cut off. This is multiplying as 
rapidly as any moderate usurer multiplies his 
money. 
In tilling corn and other hoed crops, you will see 
the advantage of straight rows over crooked lines. 
Men who kuow howto hold a plow or marker, make 
straight rows. If you placed a handful of ashes 
and plaster on the top of each hill as soon as y(ni 
covered your seed , yon will now find no weeds 
in the bill, and but few worms; for worms are not 
sentatines of the United Stales of America, in Con¬ 
gress assembled. That there be granted to the sev¬ 
eral States, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, 
an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each 
State, hi quantity equal to 30.000 acres for each Sen¬ 
ator and Representative in Congress to which the 
States are respectively entitled by the 
me 
An “Okdnanlt. Flow” Las been patonted by Frbnch & 
Fanchkr, of "Waterloo, N. Y. It resembles an ordinary plow, 
and can be used as such; but the beam is peculiar, being 
oylimlridal or cannon shaped, and provided with a bore of 
sufficient caliber to throw a shot of from one to three pounds 
weight. It may be sighted and manoonverod almost as con¬ 
veniently as light artillery on wheels. Tho inventors expect 
to sell it to farmers and planters in tho Border States for use 
airainst rebel guerrillas. It is a curious invention, to say the 
ml 
Iowa and Minnesota Land.—B eing much interested in 
the now homestead law, t would like to ask some one eon 
versant with the West to give Through the RURAL a description 
of the general features of the country, and character of the 
soil, and adaptation to agriculture in Western fowit and Min¬ 
nesota,— whether timbered. If so. what proportion, liow 
heavily, and what kind of wood? The information would be 
very acceptable to many others as well as— Agrarian, Lyons , 
N. 1862. _ 
ORCHARD Gra 88. — Please name the grass inclosed. Is it 
suitable for stock Y What is its nature ? — B. XV. C., Hebron, 
Ohio, 1862. 
A subscriber at Hamburg, N. Y r ., sends us a specimen of the 
same grass, and makes a similar inquiry. It is Orchard Grass 
(Dadylis glomcrata) 
Orchard Grass is one of the most, valuable of the pasture 
grasses. The rapidity of its growth, the luxuriance of its 
aftermath, and its power of enduring the cropping of cattle, 
commend it highly It makes a good mixture with red clover, 
to cut in the blossom and cure for Imy. As a pasture grass it 
quantity 
Retire.soi 
t apportion- 
....mt under the census of I860: Provided, That no 
Mineral lands shall be selected or purchased tinder 
the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land 
aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned 
to the several States in sections or subdivisions of 
sections not less than one quarter of a section; and 
wherever there are public lands in a State subject 
to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty- 
five cent* per acre, the quantify to which said Stole 
shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands 
within the limits of such Stale, and the Secretary of 
the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each ot 
the States in which there is not the quantity of pub¬ 
lic lauds subject to sale at private entry at one dol¬ 
lar and twenty-five cents per acre to which said 
State may be entitled under the provisions of this 
tion is bettor than a pound of cure, 
commenced soon after the corn is in the ground, and 
continues until it is largo enough to “lay by,” or too 
large to work in it. 
One word more:—It is the experience of the host 
corn cultivators of the West with whom I have 
talked, that deep culture is an injury to the crop. 
The soil should be prepared deep; but the after cul¬ 
ture should be shallow. 
Flan of a Sheep Bnrii. 
Inquiries about the construction of sheep 
barns have heretofore appeared in the Rural, and 
plans have also been given which have met the 
desires of many breeders. Be now extract from 
the New England Farmer a descriptim ;,r one tor 
the accommodation of 200 sheep it is the plan ol 
George Chalmers, Jr., of isewbir-y, Yt. ],[r. C. 
says: 
I would build it 32 feet wide and 7b teet long, and 
divide into bands of 15 feet a,:b the divisions being 
made by running foddering racks cross-wise the 
building. Each of these apartments will accommo¬ 
date 40 sheep, giving each one and a half feet while 
GYPSUM-LAND PLASTER. 
Happening into Hovey’s in, this city, the other 
day, my attention was called to some beautiful 
specimens of gypsum stone, from the Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, quarries or plaster beds. One peculiarity 
