Farm And Garden

The capacity of the house is 12 by 12 by 12 feet. Thia will hold over 100 tons of ice, or over half a ton per day f or six months in the year. The soil upon which the house stands, if not porous should be well drained by means of a foot of gravel, rock or other suitable material, with a drain leading away from it. The speeifications are as follows: Sills are to be 2 by 12, bedded level on the ground; the inner studs, 2 by 6, sheathed on both sides with common boards, the outside to be covered with feit paper, the space fonned by sheathing to be filled with tan bark or sawdust. The outer studding to be 2 by 4, spiked to outside sheathing and covered with common siding, leaving a space under frieze and above base of three inches. The floor to be constructed by spreading from fonr to six inches of tan bark or sawdust; level the same and cover with common boards, leaving a three-quarter inch space between each. The plates to be the same as studs, 2 by 12; rafters, 2 by 4; roof shingled. Ventilators in top shonld be 2 feet 6 inches square. Doors doubled and filled with sawdust. The bill for lumber is as follows: Eight pieces, 2 by 12 by 14, for sills and plates; 30 pieces, 2 by 6 by 12, for inner studs; 5 pieces, 2 by 6 by 12, for hip rafters and collar beams; 38 pieces, 2 by 4 by 12, for outer studs; 20 pieces, 2 by 4 by 12, for rafters and ventilator; 750 f eet siding, 14 feet long. Two thousand feet common boards, for sheathing, floor, roof, etc. ; 24 pieces fencing, surfaced, 12 feet long, for corner boards, etc. ; 80 yards building paper; 3,000 common shingles. Our Asricultural Export. According to a report of the statistician of the departinent of agriculture. about one-tenth of our agricultural products is exported. The sum is, however, made up from a very few articles. These are cotton, tobáceo, meats, breadstuffs and cheese. Seven-tenths of the cotton product goes to foreigii markets. All other articles, except those above stated, when put together are but 3 per cent. of the exports. The exportatiou of tobáceo is not increasing materially or so rapidly as home consuniption. More cheese could be sold if its reputation for quality should be kept up and there vrere more disposition to cater to fastidious or peculiar foreign tastes. Butter exports conld be made larger if they were of better quality. Our great Anierican erop- corn - is chiefly consumed on the spot, not more than one-sixth, it is said, going bevond the boundary of the county in which it is grown, and only 2 to 3 per cent. being now exported. Nearly two-thirds of this erop is produced in seven states- Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, few others producing more than is required at home, and the larger portion having a deficiency to be supplied by those seven states.