. Rapport . Fig. 4QCross-section of a row of stall with dimensions shown,(a) Feeding passage ; (, ). (6) Crib; (c) Water trough ; (d) Division wall; (e) Tethering staple ; (/) Division post and support ;(g) Drain ; [h) Papsage of 7 between thatwo drains ; Fig. of a large barn-door, from the interior, showing the manner of closing. (o) Moveable bai in the centre keeping one side of the door closed by means of two staples {bb) above and below. (c) Hook with external ring handle, serving to close the other wing from outside,like the apparatus indicated for Mr. Archie Muir. 280
. Rapport . Fig. 4QCross-section of a row of stall with dimensions shown,(a) Feeding passage ; (, ). (6) Crib; (c) Water trough ; (d) Division wall; (e) Tethering staple ; (/) Division post and support ;(g) Drain ; [h) Papsage of 7 between thatwo drains ; Fig. of a large barn-door, from the interior, showing the manner of closing. (o) Moveable bai in the centre keeping one side of the door closed by means of two staples {bb) above and below. (c) Hook with external ring handle, serving to close the other wing from outside,like the apparatus indicated for Mr. Archie Muir. 280 Mr. ROBEET ANDERSON (85 pts., silver medal). Residence, North Georgetown, near the last-mentioned. Extent offarm, 156 acres all under cultivation, comprising six large divisions of sixand twenty four acres. Clayey soil of good quality, covered with an ex-cellent crop of hay and grain, well drained and properly levelled, havingan orchard of 40 to 50 trees of various kinds, several being good large ap-. Fig. 47. CSee last page.) ple-trees and a few small fruit and forty ornamental trees. Some serveas shade trees along the fence, others are planted near the buildings andhouse. These plantations have not always been done with the skill andtaste that we have admired among other competitors. The system of cultivation is good, if one may judge by the abun-dance and cleanliness of the crops. Of 154 acres under cultivation, there I 281 are 45 acres in grain and corn for fodder, 34 in meadow and 75 in large extent of pasture is required for feeding of a good number ofcattle for killing. Rotation is six years,like that of the McDougall brothers ; the manureis applied as top-dressing in the green state on stubble intended to beploughed in the fall to grow grain or vegetables. The competitor had noother hoed crops, this year, than two acres of corn. The house—24 x 30—is good, clean, well furnished, sufficiently,cpnfartable, provided with a sink, good dependencies, 16 x 20—
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