. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. WOODEN STRAW-RACK. In use it remains constantly Fig. 21. cattle draw the spars as long for them to reach over it; but after the dung accumulates, and the rack thereby becomes low, the cattle get at the straw over the top. This kind is also made of wood, and should be 5 feet square and 4 feet in hight.— 3. Fig. 21 represents a rack made of malleable iron, intended to supply the straw to the cattle always over its top, and is thei'efore not span-e
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. WOODEN STRAW-RACK. In use it remains constantly Fig. 21. cattle draw the spars as long for them to reach over it; but after the dung accumulates, and the rack thereby becomes low, the cattle get at the straw over the top. This kind is also made of wood, and should be 5 feet square and 4 feet in hight.— 3. Fig. 21 represents a rack made of malleable iron, intended to supply the straw to the cattle always over its top, and is thei'efore not span-ed, but rodded, in the sides, to keep in the straw on the ground, and not drawn up as the dung accumulates, as in the case of the other kinds of racks described. This kind is 5i feet in length, 4i- feet m breadth, and 4^ feet in hight; the upper rails and legs are made of iron 1 inch square, and the other rails ^ inch. Iron is, of course, the most durable material of which straw-racks for cattle can be made. (65.) There are few things which indicate greater care for cattle when housed in the farmstead, than the erection of places for storing turnips for their use. Such stores are not only convenient, but the best sort of receptacles for keeping the turnips clean and fresh. They are seen in the isometiical view, fig. 3, Plate III. and in the plan, fig. 4, Plate IV. at e andyfor the use of the hammels M ; at g for that of the court K; at A for the hammels X, and servants' cow- house Y; at ^ for the use of the court I; at ?» for that of the cow-house Q,, and calves' cribs R ; and at^ and q for the hammels N. The walls of these turnip-stoi-es should be made of stone and lime, 8 feet by 5 feet m- (207). IRON Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stephens, Henry, 1795-1874; Skinner, John S
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