American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . han amount of unavoidable wetting is very slight. 1868.] AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 291 Carelessness in the management of a barncellar is productive of three serious evils—noproportionate increase in the quantity and valueof the manure, a loss through unchecked fer-mentation of the manure itself, and damage tothe cattle and fodder kept above the reekingmass of decaying matter. Care is naturally andeasily given, and demands less labor thanthe clearing out of the old-fashioned stables. Hog* in Barn Cellars.—While we advocate
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . han amount of unavoidable wetting is very slight. 1868.] AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 291 Carelessness in the management of a barncellar is productive of three serious evils—noproportionate increase in the quantity and valueof the manure, a loss through unchecked fer-mentation of the manure itself, and damage tothe cattle and fodder kept above the reekingmass of decaying matter. Care is naturally andeasily given, and demands less labor thanthe clearing out of the old-fashioned stables. Hog* in Barn Cellars.—While we advocatebarn cellars as the best means of increasing thequantity and value of manure, it i3 no incon-siderable advantage that lmg3 may be kept inthem, and add greatly to the value of the com-post. They are perfectly healthy jf the cellaris kept properly supplied with absorbents, andarc ordinarily much cleaner than when confinedin filial 1 pens more or less exposed to the weather. How tite Track was Mended.—The fa-miliar story of Columbus and the egg has many. THE MENDED TKACE. au application in every day life. How manythings are absurd!} simple— easy enough ifyou only think of it,—yet not thought of at theright time! John H. Simonson, of Brookvale,L. I., was unfortunate enough to have the tug-eye tear out of one of his leathern traces whenfar from home with a heavy load. If he hadcut a hole in the trace for the hook it wouldprobably have torn out. He did better. Shift-ing the tug, end for end, he put the eye end inthe buckle, and in the more flexible buckle endcut a hole and slit, as shown in the engraving,slipped the eye in, and went on with a strongtrace. But very little strain is thus broughtupon the leather at the hole, on account of thetwo bearings the trace has upon the bars. A Grass Doctor—Scuffle Hoes. A letter too long for a basket item, toogood to make several of, and too spicy tokeep to ourselves, if it be personal, comesfrom Down East, and from a lover of grass,
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