Reports from all sections of the State show that a great yield of wheat
has been secured wherever the crop has been sown. Perhaps by the time
the prairie skinners of the Northwest have spread over all the wheat
bearing land this side of the Rocky Mountains, they may begin the New
England States and travel the continent over again.
Correspondent Farm and Fireside: There is nothing so much needed about
many houses as good walks in paths that must be used daily. There is
hardly an excuse for not having them when either brick, gravel, or
timber can be had. A good walk through muddy yards can be easily and
cheaply made by placing poles side by side, a short distance apart, and
then filling the intervening space with gravel, or with broken corn
cobs, or with sawdust. Oak planks will last many years, if turned over
occasionally, and this also counteracts warping. One of the best of
walks through a level barn-yard can be made by cutting off short pieces
from logs, a foot or more in diameter, and setting them upon end in a
shallow trench. Such a walk from the barn to the kitchen will always be
clean, and there will be less to disturb the temper of the women folks
of the household, to say nothing of the good effect upon the men folks
who take pleasure in lightening the labor required to keep everything
neat and tidy within doors.
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