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THE HD M
Pncttcal Farmer Will See at a
Stance How Building Makes
for Economy.
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SILO PUCED IN THE CENTER
•Ml0ned So That tho Cowo and
Horaoa Paco In, Which la an Ad*
vantage—Pood and Bedding
Utilized to the Beat Poa-
alble Manner.
•y WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William a. Radford will anewer
eueationa and five advice FREK OF
COST on atl eubjecte pertaining to the
anbject of building work on the farm, for.
the readers of thte paper. On account of
wide experience aa Editor, Author and
eufacturer, he la, without doubt, the
•t authority on all these subjects.
laa all Inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. IttT Prairie avenue, Chicago,
m.. and only Inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Round barns for live stock are grow-
In* In popularity because of the ease
ef doing work In them.
Tbere Is another economy that will
be appreciated when we learn bow
to build easier; that la, the Incroeaed
capacity aa compared with a rectangu
lar barn requiring the earns amount
' of aaatsiial.
The round barn shown In the Illus
tration la built around s 14-foot silo,
which really Is a plan for building
one cylinder Inside of another.
The cylinder la the strongest form
la which material can be put togeth
er la building construction.
la this building the silo supports
the barn and the barn supports the
silo. One la part of the other, and
either would be Incomplete alone.
( The sflo is 44 feet deep by 14 feet
Straw Is kept bright by bousing It
overhead at threshing time and It la
made useful at feeding time by per
mitting the cows to pick It over (a
the msngere between feeds of silage
and clover hay. The mussed-over
straw Is then passed back to the stalls
for bedding, and as it gradually
works farther back It absorbs liquid
manure, is carried out in the manure
carriers, dumped Into a manure
spreader and hauled at once to the
field. This shows the practicability of
this kind of round barn to save labor
and utilize feed and bedding to the
best possible advantage.
The. farm stable should be consid
ered In the light of a manufacturing
establishment. Manufacturers in cit
ies arrange their factories to admit
raw nyterlal at one end and to ship
the finished product from the other
end.
Uood practice requires that the dif
ferent processes of manufacture shall
follow each other In systematic or
der. Once started, a charge of raw
material advancea at every step; It
Is never permitted to go backward.
When farmers arrange their business
so that each step counts, Instead of
turning back and walking around In
circles, then farmers beoome business
men in the best sense of the term.
Another advantage of building cow
■tails In a circle la the fact that cat
tle, and especially dairy cowa, are
wedge shaped.
The most convenient stalls are
wider behind than they are In front,
and they fit the cows better. The
work among dairy cowa la done at the
rear of the stalls. In using milking
machines considerable room la needed.
The use of milking machines Is one
reason for placing the windows In the
rear of the cowa, so that the light is
admitted where It la most needed. .
No other shape of barn olfers so
many advantages for the same amount
ot square foot area. There la s quick.
■y means of feeding in the center
where little room It reqairtd; M pro-
$ .>!S.
A Money-Maker on Any Farm.
I
M jo;
which gtvse capacity for
ksMBto about 1M tooa of altage. As
tfea roof of the barn reacbas well up
toward the top of the silo there te
a d—i alike space which provides con
siderable mow room above the stable.
This large mow la filled at haying
tlma by means of a circular track
whisk Is snspended from the upper
tier S< rafters.
Tbs hay track car Is so arranged that
It runs half way around from the hay
door, running in either direction ac
cording to the way the switch is
toned. The hay car Is propelled by
a draft rope which runs over pulleys
when taut
When the load Is dumped the slack
rope Is then supported by rollers
which prevents it from becoming tan
gled or dropping to the hay below.
The foundation ot this barn Is of
concrete made by first excavating for
the foundation walla and piers to get
solid earth to prevent settling. The
grading Is then done for the floor,
making the horse-stable floor level,
bat the ground for the cow-stable floor
Is sloped away to drain properly Into
the gutters. This work Is bstter done
with water to settle the earth so it
will pack all solid together to give
an even support to nil parts of the
floor.
The plan ot the stable shows Iron
stall partitions between the cow stalls
and wooden partitions between the
hors# stalls. This distinction is not
necessary, but It is customary.
Being a round barn with the alio
in the center, there la a round feed
ing alley built around the alio.' Next
to the feeding alley is a circular ce
ment manger which extends half way
around, for the cows, and a wooden
manger built on the aame circle on
the horse side.
Both the cows and horses face In
toward the center, so the feeding la
•natty and quickly done bom the cen-
tar feed in r alley. 1 ~
Silage is 1st down through a silage
; also hay and straw ara put
through ths same shuts, and
art distributed to the mangers
truck mounted on
vtdes plenty of space at the rear for
attending to the cows and for remov
lag the manure.
At the silo-filling time the silage cut
ter la set in close to the ailo In the
wtde entrance part of the driveway,
ao that the blower pipe stands verti
cal in the usual way.
There is either an extension carrier
to bring corn sheaves in through the
driveway to the cutter, or a rope and
pulley la arranged to pull the loaded
wagon In backwarda.
The stable In this barn la thorough
ly sanitary. The walla are built double
and are made airtight by using build
ing paper and matched ceiling boards
without beading. Beading is objec
tionable because It makes just so
many more cracks to harbor bac
teria.
The floor over the stable Is made
of dressed and matched flooring, ao
that no dust from the mow overhead
can sift through to clog the space be
tween the joists.
Ventilation is provided by taking
cold air from outside through spe
cially constructed air flues which dis
tribute It near the , celling of the
stable. The foul air is removed by
means of ventilating flues having out-
take openings near the floor behind
the cows and horses. The foul air la
carried up through these flues, chim
neylike, and is discharged above the
roof.
(By C. M. SCHULZ.*'
When the active working season on
the farm will have a little let up, the
farmer can have a moment to spare
to ascertain of what value his brood
mares have been.
He will remember, in the first place,
that they have each given birth this
season and have raised to weaning age
a nice promising colt that bids fair
to develop into a good salable horse
later on.
These youngsters are Increasing in
value and as they are yearlings now
will help to make their living next
season aa two year olds. The brood
mares have also done much farm and
road work.
Probably I make a mistake in cred
iting each mare with a colt every
year; so It is safer to say that count
ing for accidents a mare should aver
age two colts every three years.
It would be rather a hard matter
to aay just what product she will give
her owner each year of her woVklng
and breeding life. So much depends
on her quality and especially upon her
capacity as a sure breeder and like
wise aa a good mother.
Mares. like cowa. differ greatly In
their flow of milk and many times a
medlum-elsed animal with heavy milk
flow capacity will raise a bigger and
better colt than a much larger ani
mal whose milk flow Is Inauflicleni.
The practical borae breeder and the
farmer of experience la wall aware of
these facta and one will often be sur
prised to see farmers keep breeding
mares that to the uninitiated appear
to be Indifferent specimens
Bay that a tanner has bought a
mare In January for flM. She la flve
years old and be breeds her In March.
The stud fee U 9S6. but the money la
not due unless the mare proves to be
in foal.
Tbs colt baa cost |2S at birth sad
at weaning time, four montha later,
he would be worth. If a good Individ
ual and a good grade, aay. $40.
By next spring he should be worth
$7&. and at two years old should bring
$100 to $125. Now he can be put to
work
From then until he is four years
old he should earn his feed- say $76
a year—and give a profit of $25 per
year, although $50 would be nearer
the mark
At four years of age he should be
FENCING FOR SHEEP
IS TOUGH PROBLEM
^ Peculiar German Statue.
Offenburg, near the edge of the
Black forest, was founded by Offo,
an “English" ktag, in the year 600.
Some maintain that the name of the
place simply means “open town." In
the market place atanda (unless K
has been “strafed" since the war be
gan) • statue of—Sir Francis Drake!
It it not, however, aa naval hero
that Offenburg honors Drake, but aa
the introducer into Europe ot the
potato. While the figure holds a
map of South America in the right
hand, the left cleaps n flourishing
potato plant, with fins “Kartoffeln'
attached.
Most Sheep Raisers Use Woven
Wire From 30 to 40 Inches
High—Put Barbs on Top.
(By E. RUSSELL. North Dakota Agricul
tural College.)
The fencing problem has always
loomed up big to the beginner In rais
ing sheep. It is not, however, a very
difficult one if It is undertaken in an
Intelligent manner. It ^oes not re
quire a heavy fence to hold aheep,
though barbed wire will not make sat
isfactory sheep fence. Most sheep
raisers use a fence constructed of
woven wire from 30 to 42 Inches high,
with flve to nine horizontal wires and
16 to 20 stays to the rod. Any fence
coming inside these limits, if put up
with a post each 14 to 16 feet, will
prove satisfactory for sheep. If a 40-
inch woven evire is used it should have
at least one barbed wire on top of It
It usually pays to put one or two
barbed wires on top of the woven wire,
worth $200, judging from the wqy
well-bred, well-broken and well-kept
horses are now selling.
We will say that a breeder ia lucky
enough to have raised a pair of four-
year-olds, sound, good lookers, hearty,
with snap and atylo, weighing from
1,200 to 1,400 pounds each, for the
pair $400 can easily be had in any of
the big markets.
These are not fanciful figures but
are based upon actual experience of
everyday farmers of breeding, raising
and selling colts.
Every farmer should, if possible,
keep one or more good brood mares,
not broken-wlnded, worn-out, city
hacks, but sound, well-shaped, well-
bred animals that possess indlvldal
merit and whose progeny will sell
readily when the dealer cornea along.
Any breeder of experience knows
well that almost as much depends on
the brood mares as upon the stallion In
the raising of any breed of good
horses.
Many colts take their conformation
from their mother, especially from
their shoulders beck. For Instance, if
I a mare has wtde, ragged hipe, her
colts v* most liable to inherit this
tendency. Many .colts also Inherit
their dispositions from their dams.
Brood mares should be sound, of
quiet disposition, strongly butlt, and
they should be well cared for.
The mare can be worked up to a
week or two before the coil is
dropped. In fact, she Is better off
for the regular exercise, but the
should be handled by a careful man,
who will not excite her, and she should
have s roomy box stall for her sleep
ing quarters.
Although many may disagree with
me, 1 am firmly convinced from nearly
$0 years' experience on breeding
farms, that It Is a risky business pur
chasing aged mares, who have spent
the best years of their lives doing work
in the cltiee, and trying to make
brood mares of them.
In the first place when a mare has
arrived at that age, and has never
had s colt, her chances of getting in
fosl are lessened each year.
Furthermore, It Is safe to aay that
•'reasonable proportion of these mares
have slunked their colts, and for this
reason they have been sent from the
farm and sold in the cities, where
they can do excellent work.
TRIED CURES FOR
POULTRY DISEASES
Avoid Leg Weakness in Chicks by
Proper Feeding—Remedy
for Swelled Head.
Leg weakness In chicks is often due
to the food being of a fattening na-
true. and the bodies, In consequence,
become too heavy for the muscular
strength of the chick’s legs. There
should be bran in the soft food that
Is fed, It being one of the best bone
and muscle foods that could be given.
Afflicted chicks should be given
quinine water dally—made by dissolv
ing flve grains of quinine In a quart
of drinking water. Also add bone
meal and charcoal, and also give green
food daily.
Very often fowls, from some unex
plainable cause, will become afflicted
with swelled head and fever. Ex
posure to a draft of air. while roost
ing at night, however. Is the moat com
mon reason, in which case the eye
nearest the draft becomes first af-
however, as this will make a fence ; fected. In itself, swelled head la not
that will turn horses and cattla aa. roup, but when the lumps appear It is
well as sheep.
Clay Soli Fertility.
To keep the fertility of clay soils
it Is necessary to add considerable
vegetable matter. This Is best done
by using all available manure and in
additlob by turning under an occasion
al second crop of clover or other
legume. ' Even In the natural state
clay soils rarely contain much hu-
jnus. The supply of phosphorus la also
limited and should be Increased by the
addition of phosphate fertilizer to tup*
plement the farm manure.
Picking Chickens.
Instead .of dipping fowls in scalding
water to get the feathers off—if you
will one that poor way of picking—pat
boiling water in A wash boiler or
Mg vises!, toy sticks on the top of ft
to set Ike fowls on, then let the water
Tito steam will looaan the
It Tarn the
.one of the first stages of that disease.
A very good treatment Is to mix one
part spirits of turpentine and four
parts of sweet oil. With this anoint
the head, face and comb dally. Then
give, twice a day, a pill composed of
equal parts of bromide of potash and'
quinine—the pill to weigh one grain.
Add, in addition, a teaspoonful of
chlorate of potash to each quart of
drinking water.
The looseness of the bowels of a
fowl generally la due to something it
has eaten. Increase the amount of
middlings in. the bash, and add a
teaspoonful of charcoal every day to
each quart of soft food. Fowls should
hare charcoal at least twice a week.
I Concrete for Poultry Floor. .
In making a concrete floor tor the
poultry house or cellar, have the earth
as firm as the natural rowdltkm, tamp
» if yen please, spread two
m
Simple
- alth
dency to Constipa
Health Bp Overcoming Ten-
> Constipation,
Advancing years Impair the action
of the vital organs. Old,age should be
the period of greatest happiness, but
good health Is necessary.’ Constipa
tion should not bo tolerated—it is
often the direct cause of ill health.
Headache, belching, biliousness,
bloat, drowsiness after eating and
other symptoms of constipation can be
readily relieved by the use of a simple
laxative compound sold In drag stores
under the name of Dr. Caldwell’s Syr
up Pepsin. Mr. J. H. Bristol. 141$
Geddes Ave„ Ann Arbor, Mich., who Is
8$ yean old, says “Dr. Caldwell’s Syr
up Pepsin is the best remedy I ever
used for constipation and I always
have a bottle of It in the house to use
when I feel the need of it; it never dis
appoints.” '
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a
mild laxative preparation, positive in
its effect, acting easily and naturally
without griping or other pain or 'dis
comfort. For over a quarter of a cen
tury it has been the standard
MR. J. H. BRISTOL.
household remedy in*thousands ot
homes. Druggists everywhere sell it
for fifty cents a bottle. A trial bottle
ot Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin can be
obtained, free of charge, by writing to
Dr. W. B. Caldwell, $03 Washington
St, Monticello, Illinois.
Many a man’s worth la not discov
ered until hla will la read.
WHS* IBarla* Rye B*as*dy Co., Chicago
for Illustrated Book of Us If* Free.
Follies of youth are drafts on old
age, the payments of which are im
perative.
Whenever Too Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove's Tsate less
chill Tonic is equally valuable ss a Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives oat
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System 50 cents—Adv.
Craven Knight
“Never speak to me again.” ex
claimed the fair maid, as with flash
ing eyes she handed beck to the foot
ball hero the ring be had so proudly
placed on her finger a few abort days
before “I can never marry a cow
ard.”
“A coward r* he stammered.
“Tea. a coward I saw you with
my own eyes at the game this after
noon. You had the bell under your
arm and ran with It the whole length
of the field instead of facing the
crowd and fighting like a man ’’
He Lived There.
James E. Ferguson, governor ot
Texas, smiled the other evening when
the con vernation turned to the subject
of bad breaks. He aaid he was remind
ed of how Smith sadly fouled.
Some time ago Smith eras taken to
an entertainment in an unfamiliar
town by a friend, and being eomewhat
bored toward the end of the show he
looked around the room for a sympa
thetic eoul.
“You look just the way I feel about
It." he remarked to a sad-looklng citi
zen. These receptions are the moat
tiresome things on the face of the
earth.”
“Yes," admitted the sad-faced one.
with something akin to a sigh. They
are rather tiresome."
"Bore you to beat the band,” re
turned Smith, and then suggested,
"Why don’t you go home?”
T am home," was the startling re
joinder of the other. “I live in the
bloomin’ place.”
MOTHER’S “NOTIONS”
Good for Young People te Follow.
“My little grandson often cornea ap
to show me how large the muscles of
his arms are.
“He was a delicate child, but haa de
veloped Into a strong, healthy boy and
Poatum haa been the principal factor.
,‘T was Induced to give him the Poet-
am because of my own experience
with it. '
”1 am sixty years old, and have been
a victim of nervous dyspepsia for
many years. Have tried all sorts of
medicines and had treatment from
many physicians, but no permanent re
lief came.
“I used to read the Postum adver
tisements in our paper. At first I gave
but little attention to them, but finally
something in one of the advertise
ments made me conclude to try Pos
tum. #\ •
“I was very particular to have it
prepared strictly according to direc
tions, and used good, rich creajn. It
was very nice indeed, and about
time I said to the members of tho
ily that I believed I felt better. One
of them laughed and aaid, ‘That’s an
other of mother’s notions,’ bat the no
tion has not left me yet
T continued to improve right along
After leaving off coffee and taking
Poatum, and now after three years’
use I feel so well that I am almost
young again. I know Postnm waa the
cause of the change In my health and
I cannot say too much in its favor. I
wish 1 could persoade all nervous peo
ple to use It.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Poetom comes In two terns:
Postum Cereal—ths original
be well boiled. 15e and 25c pack-
The Men for the Job.
“He never complains at his luck.
Just takes his misfortunes with s smile
and keepa plugging along."
“Fine, he’s just the men we’re look
ing for. Let’s make him chairman of
the entertainment committee and give
him the worst of it”—Detroit Free
Preee.
YES, RESIN0L CERTAINLY
DOES STOP ECZEMA,
Are you an eczema sufferer? Do
those ugly patches of eruptions start
up and itch as though they would drive
you frantic? And have you tried treaS-
meat after treatment with, at beet,
only temporary relief? Then you are
only going through the experience ot
thousands of others who at last found
that reelnol healed their sick aktas
tor good)
With the first use of reatnol oint
ment nod reelnol soap the Itching and
burning usually stop, and soon all
taco of ecsema or similar torturtag
skin-trouble disappears, evsn in se
vere aad stubborn cases. Doctors have
prescribed the reelnol treatment te
twenty years.—Adv.
How the fact that town dogs are
bathed regularly must make the coun
try dogs snicker.
Treat Children’s
Colds Externally
Dent
harmful internal Ylek’s “Yse-
O-Bub” Solve, applied externally, relie roe
by tahnlntioo *• a vapor end by absorption
through the skin. Vick’s eon be into
freely with perfect safety on the yoongeel
member of the family. Mo, 60o,or gl.00
am mmtHMMt mam nma menr amamt
“VSpohUB
Y1CK5SM SALVE
Relieves
Neuralgia
Nothin* tries sdkh quick relief from
eeersmt. loatica or rbeematiam a*
Ya*er'i Liniment. It elope pain and
aUaya the MM—etien inetamtljr.
YAGER'S
LINIMENT
Iks pest tilMssl sen titohfo
TXSTIXOXT
rajsvv, whSrtoejxa
(mm pain. 1 ’
At ell dealen—Aa eight
ounce bottle for 25c.
WIBEST^BSOV^CO.. (aa
Baltimore, MS,
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder to
be dissolved in water as needed
For Douches
la the local treatment of woman's
moh as leucorrhoe* and Inflammation,
denches to Paxtlne are v«y efficocl _
No woman who haa evar used msiiinsttd
douchas will fail to appreciate ths oleaa mid
healthy condition Pox tine produces aad the
i>t rattef from soreness and discomfort
) follows its use.Thiste because T
— superior cleansing, .
and healing propertlea.
ommsnded Paxtine la their
private oerzeepondenee with wo.
which proves its suneri-
ye beta
crity. Women who have
relieved eay it Is “worth its
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