The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-07-18
"Hc that by the plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive"
proper Form for Farming.

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without reference to other bounda-
ries, as in enclosing a quantity OF
land on prairie, the advantages OF
circles over every other form are still
more obvious. For, suppose 400
rods of fence be built in the form OF
circle, it will enclose nearly y, $50
perches of ground, being $3.50 more
than the square, and $3.50 more than
the parallelogram.
Hexagonal or six-sided figures,
approaching nearer to the form OF
circles than do squares, offer similar
advantages. This is the form IN
which the bees build their cells, and
science shows that in no other form
can an ossen'Jlage of enclosures be
made with rs little waste Of materi,
al as in this, thus showing a beautl-
full coincidence between mathematl-
cal knowledge and animal instinct.
On most farms circular or heXasonal
fields would be impractlcabIe, owing
to the shape of the farm but there
are certain small enclosures where
these forms are practicable. have
taken the above large enclosures as
examples, because in them the adj
vantages of one shape over another
is more obvious. In small enclo-
sures the proportion is equally great
though of course not equally glazing.
In enclosing gardens, barn-yards,
sheep-folds, &C., the fences Of which
are usually built without reference
to other boundaries, the circle offers
advantages over all other forms. For
if certain piece of ground, for a
garden or barn-yard, be enclosed
with 24O feet of fence, it will con-
tain, if laid out in a parallelogram,
50 feet on each long side, and 40 on
each short side: 5000 square feet
if laid out in the form of square, it
will be 60 feet on each side, aud will
contain 5000 square feet; if laid cut
in circle, it will contain 4,579
square feet. This shows the advan-
tages of one form over another very
plainly.
The same principle applies to the
construction of out-buildings, such
as corn-crbs, ice-houses, smoke
houses Or hog-pens, in all of which
large proportion of materials and
| labor can be saved by adopting the
circular or hexagonal form.
! Houses and barns have, from time
| immemorial, been right-angled build
ings, and l suppose, according to the
! immntahle laws of custom, must still
be built so: but even here large
amount of materials and money may
! be saved. | now speak Of country
! houses, where the builder is not OBJ
ligel to plan his house according to
the shape of contracted town lot.
Nine-tenths of all farm buildings
are in the form of right-angled par
allelograms; and in thus erecting
them, space is sacrificed without any
saving in labor or money. For sup
pose house or barn be built 20 feet
front By 40 in depth, which lisa very
common proportion for buildings; it
will then require 100 feet length OF
wall to enclose it. and it's floor will
contain 500 square feet. If it be
built in the form of square, 80 feet
Oh each side. the length of wall re-
quired to enclose it will be the same;
but its floor will contain 900 square
feet, being the difference in favor OF
the square of 100 feet, which to the
farmer who likes good roomy
threshing floor, or to the wife who
rejoces in a roomy house, is an item
of no small importance.
From the above premises we may
draw the following conclusions -
1st.-That all large enclosures
should be, as near as possible, exact
squares, not parallelograms or OBJ
long squares.
ID. -Thatsmall enclosures, where
ever practicable, should be circular,
or of some figure approaching the
circle as nearly as possible.
3d.-That all small out-buiIdings
should be circular, and large build
ings, where plenty Of room is desir-
ed, should be square.
4th. BY adopting the above forms
a large proportion of time, labor and
materials, and therefore of money
may be saved without any sacrifice
of space.
NUTRINEST FOR Horses. Feeding
time should be as equally divided as
possible. The small stomach of the
horse is emptied in few hours
When he does feed after fastiug too
long, he will eat too voraciously -
When wanted to be worked very
hard. it is better to give horse an
extra feed the night before rather
than on the morning Of the day he
is to be worked. In long journey
give him little at time on the
road, and at night double feed.
NUTRITION The natural process
by which an animals strength is
supported, and its growth increased,
1t is to the interest Of all farmers
that their stock, both young and old
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