THE  j^EW>YOHi£R 
O^rononi)). 
FARMEES  AND  AGRICULTURAL  PAPERS. 
If  in  the  cultivation  of  their  lands,  farmers 
hope  to  be  sucooRsfol,  caroful  thought  must 
necessarily  guide  their  efforts  according  to  well 
laid  plana.  Not  a  few  among  them  are  old 
enough  to  remember  the  time  when  muscle  and 
brawn  wore  man's  chief  glories,  whereas  now 
mind  and  thoJight  tiiko  iwccedonce,  and  in  the 
great  advance  of  tho  mechanical  and  other  arts, 
these  have  been  enlarged  and  enriched.  Brass 
and  iron  in  its  juultifarious  forms,  are  the 
thews  and  sinews  of  the  19th  century,  but  well 
trained  thought  must  not  only  fashion  these  but 
direct  their  use. 
In  wilting  to  tho  IIuhal  New-Yobker,  it  is 
my  desire  to  stimulate  fanners  to  a  better  culti¬ 
vation,  not  of  their  lands  alone,  but  also  of  their 
minds,  as  wiJl  as  to  strengthen  in  them  a  love  of 
theu’  occupation  ;  for  no  man  can  find  liapjiiness 
In  a  labor  he  dix^s  not  love,  neither  can  he 
expect  to  prosper  unless  he  has  an  affection  for 
the  pursuit  in  which  ho  seeks  prosperity. 
In  this  ago  of  rapid  progress  a  serious  question 
which  should  hold  a  prominent  place  in  the 
minds  of  all  farmers  is.  “  How  arc  we  to  keep 
pace  with  the  swift  advance  in  other  arts  and 
avocations  ?"  In  all  ages  and  oountrios  farmers 
Lave  been  tho  most  conservative  class;  stick 
most  tenaciously  to  old  habits,  Ideas  and  usages, 
and  are  least  disposed  to  welcome  novel  notions, 
practices,  or  inventions.  In  other  oecupatious 
most  of  tho  improvements  In  the  processes  and 
implemouts  have  been  made  by  Uioso  engaged 
in  them,  whereas  in  agriculture  nearly  all  the 
mechanical  and  oven  practical  improvements 
are  the  donations  of  other  professions. 
The  mechanic,  the  manufactm-er,  tho  profes¬ 
sor,  tho  chemist  and  the  scientist  are  all  deeply 
imi)r68S6d  with  tho  certainty  that  the  projiesscs 
of  to-morrow  will  be  ahead  of  those  of  to-day 
and  yesterday,  atid  make  use  of  their  present 
ao<^ulremeut8  as  foundations  for  further  im¬ 
provements,  and  acquisitions.  Farmers  alouo 
seem  disposed  to  believe  that  the  world  has  seen 
its  best  days,  and  that  tho  ruts  their  fathers  and 
grandfathers  have  traveled  in  are  goo<1  enough 
for  them  too.  Vet  until  they  get  out  of  those 
worn  ruts,  become  keenly  alive  to  the  progressive 
spirit  of  the  age,  and  as  eager  as  all  around 
them,  to  improve  their  condition  by  Improve- 
mouts  in  tho  appliances  and  methods  of  their 
labor,  they  imist  necessarily  lag  behind  their 
more  earnest  ooulemporaries,  wid  fail  to  obtain 
the  considcralioti  and  iufluenoe  due,  of  right,  to 
their  multitude  aud  to  the  importance  of  their 
station  in  the  scheme  of  society.  For  to  gain 
iodueni'e  and  success  in  any  age  it  is  essential  to 
be  imbued  with  its  spirit,  and  this  is  oinphatically 
a  progressive  and  scieutilic  epoch. 
While, tho  researches  and  improvements  of 
eacli  individual  farmer  are,  as  a  rule,  necessarily 
limited,  and  ineousideiabio,  yet  the  accumulated 
results  of  these  slight  advances  are  often  highly 
iiiterosting,  benelicial  and  suggestive.  Besides 
premeditated  experiments,  others  are  constantly 
being  made  in  every  soctiou  of  this  aud  other 
countries,  without  design,  by  chance  or  accident, 
aud  their  results,  whenever  important  or  inter¬ 
esting,  are  generally  noted  and  reported. 
Moreover  many  of  tho  best  minds  of  tho  day 
have  made  a  specialty  of  studies  in  every  branch 
of  agriculture,  while  tliroughoiit  tho  civiliEcd 
world,  national  aud  local  governments  have 
established  special  departments  for  systematic 
researches  and  experiments  as  to  tlie  bust 
methods  and  appliances  in  all  kinds  of  agricul¬ 
tural  pursuits.  By  these  moans  a  vast  fund  of 
information  on  this  topic  is  constantly  being 
gathered  from  every  part  of  tho  world  ;  aud  con¬ 
veyed  olioaply  to  those  who  can  be  most  bcnctited 
by  it,  thi-ongh  means  of  the  Press,  In  tho 
division  of  labor  which  the  multiplicity  of 
modern  pursuits  has  rendered  inevitable  each 
avocation  has  special  literaiy  vehicles  for  the 
collection  and  iuterchaugo  of  thought  aud  infor¬ 
mation  of  interest  or  benefit  to  it. 
In  this  lospect  what  the  Scientific  American  is 
to  the  manufacturer  and  mechanic  tho  11ur.u. 
New-Yorker  is  to  tlie  farmer ;  and  no  farmer 
fully  alive  to  his  own  interest,  and  the  spirit  of 
the  ago,  win  be  without  this  paper,  or  some  * 
other  treating  of  his  own  occupation.  It  may 
not  be  policy  to  firaetlcc  all  any  of  them  reoom- 
mends,  but  each  reader  will  not  fail  to  tiud  i 
mucli  of  practical  utility  and  importance.  While 
every  mauufactiuer  and  almost  every  mechanic 
takes  some  paper  devoted  to  his  own  business, 
«fid  each  member  of  every  profession  does  like¬ 
wise,  it  is  surprising  how  few  farmers  take  agri¬ 
cultural  papers.  Yet  no  class  etauds  so  much 
iu  need  of  special  iuformatiou  as  the  farmer. 
His  life  is,  iu  a  gi-eat  measure,  isolated,  and  Ids 
opportunities  for  acquiring  knowledge  orally, 
few  and  far  between,  while  those  in  other 
pui-0uita  are  brought  frequently  together  by  the 
necessary  conditions  of  their  business  and  homes.  < 
When  excuses  are  given  for  this  negligence 
the  two  most  ready  are  liard  times,  and  tho 
necessity  of  curtailing  expeuaos.  Hard  times 
in  sooth !  Wliy  taking  tho  fiaper  and  using  its 
information  diligently  would  be  one  of  the  most 
efiioacious  mr&ns  of  getting  rid  of  these.  What 
would  be  thought  of  an  invalid  who  should  re¬ 
fuse  to  Inctir  the  expense  of  a  doctor  on  the  plea 
that  he  was  really  too  sick  ?  Tho  mere  collection 
and  statement  of  this  information  costs  thousands 
I  every  year,  while  many  of  the  exj^erimenta 
1  which  yielded  It,  have  been  protracted  and 
costly,  yet  in  the  lluiiAi.  New-Yorker  the  most 
accurate  acc<)unt8  of  every  recent  development 
in  agricultural  scionoe  is  offered  to  the  farmer, 
who  imperativoly  needs  just  such  information, 
for  the  pittanci!  of  §2.50  per  year.  Tobacx'o  and 
many  otlier  useless  or  injurious  ludulgencos  cost 
much  more  than  this  uubegrudged. 
These  are  selfish  indijlgeuce*  too,  whereas  the 
pOHScssion  of  a  paper  is  not  only  a  benefit  aud 
pleasure  to  one’s  self  but  also,  a  joy  and  educa¬ 
tion  to  one's  children  and  an  attraction  to  tho 
household.  And  if  we  wish  our  children  to 
follow  in  our  footsteps  we  must  add  new  beauties 
to  farm  life,  we  must  furnish  our  homes  with 
food  for  thought  and  knowledge,  otherwise  they 
will  soon  abandon  the  unattiaotive  homestead 
and  seek  a  precarious  hving  far  from  us,  in 
other  pursuits,  or  be  wrecked  on  rooks  of  which 
ueitber  their  experience  nor  reading  has  given 
them  any  warning.  FiuyK  M.  Tkukv. 
•  ■  —  ■ 
AGRICULTURAL  CHEMISTRY. 
me,  which  I  may  speak  of  hereafter ;  and  for 
one  I  heartily  thank  him  for  his  excellent 
writings.  Americo  Gebsio. 
WILL 
Under  this  head  in  the  last  Bukai.,  Mr. 
Minf.b  writes  that  tho  Professors  of  scientific 
agriculture,  thus  far  have  done  little  oyiothing 
for  the  practical  benefit  of  the  farmer.  Tliis 
assertion,  with  slight  tpialilicatious,  is  probably 
correct ;  aud  no  ouo  can  more  deeply  regi-et  to 
acknowledge  it  tliau  myself  ;  for  avben  scientific 
men  began  so  earnestly  within  tiio  jiast  half 
centnry,  to  turn  their  attention  to  the  investiga¬ 
tion  of  the  secrets  of  nature,  I  had  sanguine 
hopes  that  as  great  and  certain  improvements 
might  be  made  iu  the  production  of  grass,  grain, 
vegetable  aud  fruit  croiis,  as  there  has  been  iu 
the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements. 
But  there  is  au  apology  for  this  diffei'cuce  of  re¬ 
sults.  With  implements  wo  have  something 
positive  aud  reliable  to  work  with.  Hero  are 
wood,  iron,  and  steel :  and  any  one  who  knows 
how  to  shape  and  properly  put  them  together  is 
sure  of  what  ho  wishoB  to  aiMwmplish.  Not  so 
with  Uie  products  of  the  earth ;  for  to  begin 
with,  science  thus  far  has  not  been  able  to  give 
us  tbe  exact  elements  in  a  soil,  aud  what  of 
these  are  available  at  tho  time  of  ijlauUug  for  the 
desired  crops,  so  that  precisely  what  is  wanted  for 
their  i)erlei'-l  growth  and  rii)enijig  can  be  added 
if  necessary  to  ensure  these.  Furthermore,  we 
arc  greatly  dependant  upon  tho  weatlier ;  for  a 
little  less  or  moi-o  of  sunshine  and  rain  makes  a 
large  difference  iu  tho  quality  and  yield  of 
crops.  Of  these  we  have  no  command  ;  and  can 
only  supply  the  want  of  rain  by  irrigation  in 
favorable  localities.  Plowing,  planting,  and  tbe 
application  of  any  sort  of  tortiUzers  are  in  vain, 
unless  sufficient  moisture  and  heat  follow  to 
render  them  available.  Here  are  the  uncertain¬ 
ties  of  producing  such  crops  as  we  hope  for  at  the 
time  of  planting,  aud  1  do  not  see  how  they  can 
be  avoided. 
But  to  turn  to  Prof.  Atwater,  to  whose  writ¬ 
ings  iMr.  Miser  refers.  There  may  possibly  be 
some  errors  in  them,  yet  I  desire  to  say,  that  I 
have  derived  one  considerable  advantage  from  a 
perusal  of  the  German  experiments  he  has 
taken  so  much  pains  to  translate  and  elucidate 
for  the  agricultural  public.  I  have  a  ten-acre 
water  meadow,  which  produces  only  a  species  of 
sedge— A’cir2:>u#  —  w  hich  is  considered 
quite  inferior  to  salt  meadow  grass :  aud  any 
kind  of  live  stock  wU  aliuost  starve  rather  than 
graze  it.  I  cut  and  store  this  at  a  cost  of  83  per 
ton.  When  I  am  farming  upland  hay,  timothy, 
red-top,  or  clover  is  worth,  on  the  average  of 
years,  830  per  ton.  To  make  this  sedge  availa¬ 
ble  and  equal  lor  fodder  to  prime  upland  hay,  ' 
Prof.  Atwater  recommends  that  a  certain 
quantity  of  its  weight  of  linseed  or  cotton  seed 
meal  should  bo  added  to  it,  aside  from  what 
other  meal  or  bran  wo  have  been  accustomed  to 
give  mth  tho  best  quality  of  upland  hay,  to 
•keep  our  horses  aud  cows  in  good  condition. 
In  accordance  with  the  above  recommendation, 
for  16  months  past,  I  have  fed  my  horses  and, 
except  when  iu  pastru-e,mycow8  also,  with  eveiy 
ton  of  sedge  cos-ting  $3  at  tho  barn,  400  pounds 
of  linseed  meal  at  $12,  making  the  cost  of  the 
two  $15,  thus  saving  me  $15  on  every  ton  of 
sedge  fed  to  my  stock.  I  have  also  tried  wheat 
and  rye  straw,  with  the  same  economical  aud 
beneficial  results.  My  horses  are  in  as  good 
condition  now  and  do  the  same  work,  and  the 
cows  give  as  much  milk,  aud  it  makes  as  much 
butter  of  the  same  quality  as  when  they  were 
fed  on  the  best  of  upland  hay.  Other  informa¬ 
tion  which  Prof.  Atwater  has  given  us  from  the 
German  experiments  have  been  of  advantage  to 
POTATOES  RUN 
FACTS. 
BV  PROF.  W.  J. 
OUT  1-FURTHER 
Soon  after  writing  the  first  article  on  this 
subject,  I  received  a  card  from  Dr.  Asa  Gray, 
inquiring,  ‘‘  What  report  do  you  get  from  Kan¬ 
sas  aud  Columbus  ?  Do  you  interjwet  your  re¬ 
sults  as  showing  that  potato  varieties  tmiJ  of 
themselves  to  run  out?”  1  reply  throi^fb  the 
Buuai.  New-Yorker.  ^ 
Ah  I  am  not  much  of  a  theorizer,  I  will  give 
what  additioual  facts  I  have  received  and  let 
each  one  draw  his  own  couclusious.  I  shall  not 
venture  to  draw  conclusions  till  I  have  repeated 
aud  tried  more  experiments.  Since  writing  my 
rejKirt  of  experiments  on  potatoes,  I  have^e- 
ceived  a  report  from  Kansas  Agricultural  Col¬ 
lege,  wliere  I  had  sent  samples  of  oim  potatoes 
to  test  for  comiinrisou. 
Prof.  E.  M.  Shelton  writes I  inclose  a 
partial  list  of  the  results  by  weight  of  the  yield 
of  the  potatoes  whii  h  you  sent  mo  last  spring. 
These  potatoes,  one  of  each  variety,  were  each 
cut  into  throe  pieces  and  planted  in  throe  sepa¬ 
rate  hills  on  May  12.  This  was  very  late  plant¬ 
ing  for  this  country— three  or  four  weeks  late 
ou  account  of  wet  weather.  Tlie  yield  is  very 
light.  A  part  of  the  potatoes  gave  absolutely 
no  yield,  and  a  few  others  returned  only  three 
or  four  jKitatocB,  no  larger  than  marbles.  These 
(he  says)  I  have  not  reixirted.  The  potatoes 
were  harvested  Sept,  18.” 
COMPARISON  OF  RESULTS. 
The  reader  must  bear  in  mind  that  we  planted 
and  report  the  toBUlt  of  six  bills  of  each  variety 
— just  twice  tbe  amount  planted  in  tbe  experi¬ 
ments  iu  Aansas.  Gii  looking  over  Hiat  list 
and  comparing  It  with  ours,  I  find  that  among 
the  twenty-live  lowest  on  om-  list  there  are  only 
foiu’  which  are  included  in  tho  Kansas  hst,  viz.: 
Prince  Albert,  yielding  2  ounces  for  throe  hills! 
Hebec,  1  ounce ;  No.  2  Bush,  1.  oimoe ;  Early 
Shaw',  .S  ounces. 
In  the  list  which  he  sends  1  find  eleven  out  of 
twenty-five  of  those  yielding  least  are  raised 
from  seed  w-hich  we  Lave  raised  for  seven  or 
eight  years  at  our  College. 
On  looking  at  the  Kansas  list  to  see  which 
yielded  best,  I  find  tbe  highest  twenty-seven  are 
all  raised  from  seed  which  had  been  used  only 
one  year  at  our  jilace,  excepting  two  varieties, 
“Climax”  and  “Breese's  King  of  the  Karlies,” 
the  seed  of  which  had  been  used  here  seven  or 
eight  years  in  succession. 
In  Kansas  fifteen  varieties  yielded  higher  than 
Climax,  aud  seventeen  yielded  higher 
Breese’s  King  of  the  EarUes.  Both  yield  high 
with  us. 
Twelve  out  of  tweuty-soven  yielding  most  in 
Kansas  oi-e  among  the  list  of  twenty-seven  yield¬ 
ing  most  at  this  place. 
We  expect  a  coutinuaiion  of  these  experiments 
next  year. 
A  GOOD  WORD  FOR  THE  ARTICHOKE. 
One  of  tho  contributors  to  the  London  Gar¬ 
den,  iu  speaking  of  the  fJenisalem  Ai-tichoke, 
reiterates  what  we  have  already  claimed  for  this 
plant.  He  says : 
One  cannot  help  wondering  that  a  plant  so 
prolific,  and  that  can  always,  under  all  conditions 
and  circumstances,  iu  any  kind  of  soil  and  with 
but  little  attention,  be  relied  on  to  produce  a 
crop,  should  have  received  so  little  attentiou  as 
this  Ai-lichoke.  However,  such  is  the  fact,  aud, 
except  in  tho  gardens  of  the  wealthy,  it  is  al¬ 
most  unknown.  They  might,  however,  have  a 
tiial,  for  although  probably  their  peculiar  llavor 
would  not  suit  every  taste,  yet  they  might  bo 
made  into  soup  or  cooked  in  various  ways,  and 
in  the  winter  they  would  furnish  a  desirable 
change  of  vegetables.  Doubtless  many  have 
condemned  them  or  refused  to  grow  them  with¬ 
out  really  knowing  what  they  are. 
Plant  tho  sets  like  those  of  iiotatoes,  in 
March,  either  with  or  without  manure,  accord¬ 
ing  as  tho  land  is  good  or  otherwise,  or  whether 
laj'ge  or  small  tubers  are  required.  Plant  in 
rows  3  feet  apart,  12  inches  asunder  and  6  inches 
deep.  All  that  is  necessary  afterward  is  to  keep 
down  weeds  till  tbe  tops  got  fairly  into  growth. 
About  July  the  ends  of  the  shoots  may  be  short¬ 
ened  a  little  to  keep  them  from  flowering  and 
within  bounds,  aud  to  strengthen  the  crop. 
Borne  leave  them  in  the  ground  altogether,  and 
just  dig  a  few  w'heu  required.  This,  however,  is 
a  bad  practice ;  they  should  always  be  lifted  be¬ 
fore  growth  begins.  The  best-shaped  tubers 
should  be  selected  for  use  and  stored  like  pota¬ 
toes  ;  the  others  should  be  reserved  for  seed. 
:  ®ljc  loultrg  ||arir. 
»  -  -  - - - I  ■ 
HOW  TO  MAKE  DOMESTIC  POULTRY 
THOROUGHLY  MISERABLE. 
There  is  no  time  like  the  present  for  making 
domestic  poultry  thoroughly  miserablo.  The 
thermometer  has  taken  a  sad  tumble  in  the  last 
fortnight  and  those  poultry-keepers  who  desire 
to  make  their  fowls  as  miserable  as  possible, 
should  not  lose  sight  of  the  present  excellent 
1  opiiortnmty.  It  is  a  very  easy  task,  and  requires 
little  skill  or  experienoo.  Any  farmer’s  boy  of 
ordinary  capacity  can  easily  accomplish  it  after 
a  Ilttlo  practice,  and  almost  any  farmer  in  the 
'  country  can  perform  it  to-day  without  any  iu- 
I  stmctlon.  We  will  give  a  few  standard  rules  for 
ill-treating  fowls  at  tho  farm  and  will  guarantee 
^  results.  Many  old  fanners  may  complain  that 
“  these  rules  are  uothiug  new — just  what  they’ve 
been  doing  for  twenty  years  and  to  such  as 
I  may  make  this  complaiut,  we  a^iologize  for  the 
.  staleness  of  our 
RULES. 
MistTf/  lio,  1.-  Never  feed  your  fowls  uiHil 
I  tho  sun  is  jilgh  and  warm.  By  this  means  you 
insure  utter  misery  In  tho  fowl  yard  for  at  least 
three  hours,  for  tho  chickens  having  risen  (or 
rather  doscendod)  early,  have  the  pleasure  of 
walking  about  ou  an  empty  crop  in  the  piercing 
cold  of  the  early  day,  vainly  searching  for  some- 
thing  to  eat  ou  tho  hard  ground,  to  which  every¬ 
thing  edible  is  frozen  solid.  Tills  \vill  sharpen 
their  appetites  wonderfully,  and  the  only  means 
of  adding  to  their  misery  is  by  allowing  thorn  to 
see  you,  through  tbe  window,  eating  a  smoking 
hot  breakfast  near  a  wai-m  fire. 
Misery  A’o.  ‘2- — Come  out  of  tho  house  with  a 
pail  la  your  baud,  call  playfully  to  them,  “  Chick, 
chick,  chick,"  and  as  they  lly  to  you  lu  then: 
hanger,  and  cxi>octautly  cluster  about  you,  quiet¬ 
ly  pass  into  tho  barn,  fodder  tho  horse  and  cow 
and  pass  back  to  tho  house  without  feeding 
them,  leaving  that  hungry,  disappointed,  shiv¬ 
ering  flock  waiting  for  your  return. 
Misery  Mo.  3. — Let  them  wait,  and  don’t  re- 
tiini. 
Miset'y  No.  4. — Finally,  when  the  sun  is  up, 
tho  meadows  warmer,  and  the  chickens  have 
wandered  away  iu  sheer  despair  of  receiving  any- 
tliing  at  home,  take  a  plate  .of  “  scrajis’'  to  the 
side  door,  call  “  cluck,  chick,”  throw  down  the 
“sci-aps"  within  couvoniout  distance  of  tho 
house-dog  and  retire  indoors.  The  chickens, 
though  at  a  distance,  are  quick  of  ear,  and  will 
rush  homewards  in  a  hurry ;  but,  though  they 
ai‘0  speedy  of  foot,  they  will  only  arrive  iu  time 
to  see  the  dog  lazily  licking  his  chops  after  dis¬ 
patching  the  last  morsel  of  the  breakfast  in¬ 
tended  for  them. 
Misery  No.  5.— If  there  is  no  running  water 
ou  the  place,  put  out  for  tlie  chickens  some 
water  in  a  sliallow  dish  ou  the  shady  side  of  the 
house.  As  chickous  generally  congregate  on  the 
sunny  side  of  a  building,  they  will  not  see  the 
water  at  once  and,  by  tho  time  they  discover  it, 
it  will  be  frozen  solid. 
Misery  No.  B.— Tho  only  improvement  on  the 
former  is,  not  to  put  out  any  water  at  all,  mak¬ 
ing  the  excuse  that  “it  would  freeze  if  you  put 
it  out  any  way.”  This  is  on  the  excellent  plan 
of  the  gentleman  who  declined  to  provide  break¬ 
fast  for  his  servant,  for  tho  reason  that  if  ho 
did,  “  Uie  fellow  would  be  just  as  hungry  at 
dinner.” 
Misery  No.  7.— Leave  auold  tub  or  pan  under 
the  eaves  of  the  house.  The  melting  snow  ou 
the  roof  will  drip  into  this  pan  or  tub  and  the 
chickens  will  drink  of  it.  Melted  snow  will  give 
fowls  a  painful  affection  of  the  throat,  which 
will  materially  add  to  the  pleasure  of  their  ex¬ 
istence. 
Misery  No.  8. — Cut  no  holes  iu  tlie  barn  doors 
for  the  chickens.  If  these  holes  were  cut  they 
might  enter  and  pick  up  in  the  stalls  the  grain 
scattered  from  the  manger  by  the  cattle.  Be 
very  careful  to  keep  them  out  of  the  barn,  or 
they  will  gather  every  wasted  grain. 
Misery  No.  9. — Duiing  the  long  winter  months, 
while  natui‘0  deprives  them  of  all  green  food, 
bo  careful  to  leave  no  cabbage  heads  or  let¬ 
tuce  or  celery  tops  in  their  way.  They  would 
relish  these  as  would  a  ship's  crew  cursed  with 
scurx’y  relish  any  green  food ;  therefore,  keep 
all  such  luxuries — nay,  necessities— from  them. 
Misery  No,  Hi. — Close  up  all  the  outbuildings 
early,  that  they  may  seek  no  warm  corner  for 
shelter  when,  as  the  sun  goes  down  on  thoir  un¬ 
happy  day,  they  fly  to  roost.  Force  them  to 
roost  in  a  leafless  tree  (being  careful  to  have  no 
warm  evei'greens  on  the  place),  or  else  iu  an 
open  shed  on  the  exposed  side  of  tho  barn,  where 
the  winds  can  whistle  about  them  until  they  are 
almost  frozen  dead  upon  the  miserable  perch, 
waiting  drearily  for  the  morning  to  come,  which 
win  bring  them,  not  care  aud  kindness  from 
their  owners,  but  the  blessed  sun  of  heaven,  to 
wai-m  and  put  some  little  throb  of  life  into  tbeti 
chilled  and  trembling  bodies. 
