Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08

I and is devoted to the plants. There are "
vines in the grapery, which like the green,
house, is Is feet wide, all Of the tested am
standard varieties They are arranged In
three rows, and those against the external
wall extend their roots under 1t into the Dor
der outside. The house is heated with not
water, on the Weathered & Cherevoy system
carried in cast-iron tubes There are two
boilers, one for each apartment. entirely dis
connected with each other Moisture is Sc
cured by evaporating tanks-six In the
graperv and two in the greenhouse-which
! bear some resemblance to large cannon set In
the floor, mouth upward, and by cutters
| through which the hot pipes run, which CON
| tain water. About six gallons of water are
used weekly in the greenhouse, more IN the
grapery The greenhouse contains large
number of beautiful Towering plants, some
of which were being set out. The whole
building is remarkable for its neat and trim
appearance
dark brown outside, and oiled pine within,
which presents a very fine appe irance. The
ceiling of the first floor is about Is ieet high.
The stalls are constructed with great care
The floors are of Stats, three or four inches
wide and two thick, resting at half inch iu-
tervals from each other on solid bottom
Thus the urine flows in numerous little
channels to the back of the stall, where
each finds hole to receive il and convey it
into gutter, entirely covered and out of
sight, which runs along beneath. The man
ger ends Of the stalls boarded high and
tight. SO that the air (suppled by windows
beyondJ does not strike directly on the ami
mails, while yet there is a constant and
abundant supply. Each nanger is formed
of two boards, as long the stall is wide
and perhaps two feet in width, joined to
gether at an angle of about 400 1t turns
on this angle a hinge, so that it may be
entirely within the STALL or entirely without
in either case fitting tightly AID appearing
a part of the partition. Manure in sent down
to the pig pen by means of a shoot, passing
through a story between and an ingenious
valve, easily operated by lever, closes the
bottom OF this shoot when, sometimes
haPP"ns, a current of oil blows up strongly
through it. The top, of course, is covered
with trap-door- In one large room, devo-
ted 10 storing hay, free passage is secured
and climbing over the hay is avoided. by
means of a line or lattice work, which makes
perfect tunnel when the room is filled
Und the same roof are pig-pens and hen
cries, with their occupants. Of pigs, only
the pure Essex are kept. Mr. Bradley has
now about %, counting young ones-two
boars. He obtained the nucleus of his stock
from Mr.. Thorne s stock. The land on which
this barn stands steep hillside-permits
three commodious yards, at different heights,
all surrounded by good fences and in trst-rate
| order. All through the building the doors
are mounted on wheels, rolling easily on rail
ways, 1 he neatness and convenience of the
whole establishment are truly admirable.
Near the barn, by the bank of the river, are
four terraces occupied by grapevines, and the
river fogs are found beneficial to them. Last
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