THE CULTIVATOR. 
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Elevation of the Farmery—(Fig. 37.) 
of wagons from them in the 
yard below; the bay for 
straw extends upwards as 
high as the top of the gra¬ 
nary, over which a floor is 
placed for holding un¬ 
threshed grain above. The 
dotted lines show the wag¬ 
on way for entering and 
passing from the barn floor. 
This way should be wide 
enough on one side to place 
the horse power of a thresh¬ 
ing machine. A band may 
extend from this horse 
power through a hole in 
the floor, and drive the 
straw-cutter, root-slicer, 
&c., below. The hay for 
horses and cows, is kept in 
the loft over the stables, 
from which it is conveni¬ 
ently thrown down into the 
passage in front of the ani¬ 
mals. E. shed for sheep, 
with racks at right angles 
to the passage JR.., from 
which they are filled with 
hay thrown down from 
above; e, sheep yard; F. 
piggery;/, pig yard; G. 
room for boiling roots; I. 
poultry house; P. passage 
from manure yard o. to 
back part of farm. K. K. 
calf house; L. work shop; 
M. house for plows, har¬ 
rows, horse rakes, rollers, 
&c.; N. wagon shed. H. 
house for keeping store 
wood during seasoning, 
wood seasoned two or three 
years being much better 
than for a shorter period; 
and a rough boarded out¬ 
building, being also cheap¬ 
er than a well finished 
painted one in contact with 
the house. The manure 
yard o. should be about two 
feet below the surrounding 
buildings, to which the 
cleanings of the stables are 
to be taken daily in a large 
boxed wheel-barrow, and 
straw and marsh muck sup¬ 
plied as needed. The yard 
should be well supplied with water, as convenience may 
dictate. Ventilators, made of square board tubes, should 
be placed over the stables and run up through the roof. 
This plan may be changed without altering the general 
arrangement, so as to contain more or less grain, more 
or less hay, stable room, &c., according to circumstances. 
The hollow square affords shelter to the yard from wind, 
an important consideration for our climate. The exten 
and expense of the buildings, are not greater than are of 
ten seen, when convenience <ff arrangement is entirely 
set aside; and the labor of preparing food and feeding 
animals, double what it should be. The wings, sheds, 
poultry yard, garden, &c. may be reversed, according to 
aspect and exposure to winds. 
Louisiana State Fair. —We acknowledge the re¬ 
ception of a copy of the address delivered before the Ag¬ 
riculturists and Mechanics’ Association of Louisiana, on 
the 8th of January last, by the Hon. T. H. McCaleb, to¬ 
gether with a full report of the doings of the Association 
on that occasion. We should be pleased to give a more 
lengthened notice of all these matters at some more fa 
vorable opportunity. We are glad to see the spirit of 
improvement which seems to be awakening in that sec¬ 
tion of country. The ladies, in particular, we rejoice to^ 
see, are engaged in the work with animated zeal, and 
whatever they undertake in earnest, must go. 
