. The New England farmer . covered withold brick, laid flat ways down, and a littleapart, and then covered and completely filledwith hydraulic-cement mortar, made so softthat it would easily fill every crevice betweenthe bricks, and the coating will vary from one-half to one inch on the top of the brick ; thewall is pointed with the same material. Thisis done to prevent the pigs from rooting thebottom of the cellar all up, and to retain, toan extent at lea t, the urine not taken up bythe peat and other absorbents supplied. Ihave now four pigs but-ily at work on the pile,and 60 far I am pleased
. The New England farmer . covered withold brick, laid flat ways down, and a littleapart, and then covered and completely filledwith hydraulic-cement mortar, made so softthat it would easily fill every crevice betweenthe bricks, and the coating will vary from one-half to one inch on the top of the brick ; thewall is pointed with the same material. Thisis done to prevent the pigs from rooting thebottom of the cellar all up, and to retain, toan extent at lea t, the urine not taken up bythe peat and other absorbents supplied. Ihave now four pigs but-ily at work on the pile,and 60 far I am pleased with the results of mylabors, and I l^ope to make more manure, andbetter, than 1 have ever done before. WhenI have proved it, I will give the results. —Horses, it is stated, are among the articles inParis which have been most greatly depreciatedby the siro. At the fashionalilc horsr; Imzmrs,aniiiils whii h htfore the war lirought from ^.lOOto $1000, arc now selling as low as from $S to $40. 28 NEW ENGLAND FARIVIER. A DAY AT INDIAN HILIi PAKM. OME four miles from thecity of Newburyport liesthe above farm, whichderives its name from alarge swell of land whichwsLScaWediIndian Hill,in I he deed given of it in1650, by Great Tom,to the town of Newbury_This bill was subsequent-ly deeded by the town toJohn Poore. It hassince been handed down from father to son,and the present owner is the seventh proprie-tor, and is the able and widely-known corres-pondent, Perley, o( the Boston Journal. The view from the top of the hill is extensive, when the weather is clear,—the panora-ma including the ocean from the Isle ofShoals to Cape Ann, and the lower portionof the Merrimack Valley. On the apex of the hill is a well, some eightfeet in diameter and ninety feet deep. Nearthis is the form of a masonic lodge, laid ingreen turf, in memory of the ancient brother-hood who were accustomed to meet on thetop of a hill. The homestead embraces about 200 acres,and there are about the same number
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