The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 04, 1919, Image 3
SUMTER IS GROW!
ARE YOU?
Get in the game.
Buy "Sumter Dirt".
It's going up and you can go
With it if vou buv now.
. MTALLUM REALTY CO.
YOU WATCH YOU
INSURANCE POLICIES
Do ever estimate the v^ue of your property.
Real and Personal, and see that you are ade
quately protected.
If you have several pieces of property, and
many policies expiring at different dates, do you
keep a schedule of amounts and expirations and
know how everything stands?
WTe pride ourselves on the service we give our
friends and customers Altho you may not yet
be among the latter we will be glad to give you
the benefit of our knowledge and experience in
insurance. If you will bring in your policies we
will be glad to go over them with you and to
make up a schedule for you.
HENRY P. MOSES COMPANY
INSURANCE OF EVER V RIND
123 So. Main St
Phono 577
WHEN YOU BUILD!
Let Us Figure on the Plumbing
If you are thinking of remodeling
your house let us furnish estimates and
suggestions. We make a specialty of
installing new sanitary bath rooms.
Plumbing, Steam, Gas and Hot Water
Heating.
KING PLUMBING CO
W. Hampton Ave
Phone 702
DONT FORGET 10 SEE ABOUT
' HARDWARE FOR YOUR
NEW BUILDING
We carry a larpre stock at all times. If
you want Special Hardware1 we will be glad
to figure on your requirements and quote
prices.
It Will Pay You to See Us.
We will be glad to figure on your require
ments and quote prices
Full stock of Devoe's Pure Lead and Zinc
Paints. Also Benjamin Moores paste paints
DURANT HARDWARE CO
17 N. Main St
Phone 62
U II FOD
1 SMALL Fl
Equipment Now Available Re
moves Much Irksome Toil.
DIRT NO LONGER TOLERATED
Plans Show Stables for Cows and
Horses That Can Be Kept Clean
With Little Trouble.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. "William A. Radford will answer
questions and give ad%"ice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address'all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford. No. 3827 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
111., and only inclose three-cent stamp for
reply. -
The word "barn" brings to the mind
of everyone who lived on the farm
more than ten years ''ago a building
in which the first and last work of the
day was performed amid a variety of
! their backs to the sun. So this has
? become an accepted practice in barn
I planning.
j Through the center of the bam runs
\ the feed alley, the mangers being on
! either side. Contrast this with the old
system of having to carry feed around
: the horse or cow to the manger built
j against the wall. On either side of
? the barn is a litter alley, usually pro
; vided with a carrier running on an
i overhead track. While this barn is
j only 30 by 40 feet the same plan can
? he used on a larger barn, with the ex
i ception that the feed alley will be
1 made wide enough so that a wagon
! may be driven, through it, and when
I larger numbers of cows are kept a
I silo will be added.
In the floor plan that accompanies
! the perspective of the barn it will
j be noticed that the foul air flues are
; placed in the walls and lead to the
i ventilator .on the ridge. These flues
j follow the walls and roof, thus making
I the mow space clear of obstructions.
Hangjng the barn doors has engaged
the attention of the manufacturers of
burn equipment during the last few
years and nowadays they are so hung
that they open as easily as the door
I in a home. An enclosed track, weath
er and bird proof, is put over the door
and ball-bearing wheels follow it.
Care in Planning Necessary.
Competent builders in every com
munity now are familiar with modern
odors and in partial or total darkness.! barn construction. They know how
But a barn to the modern business! the :barn should be built so that the
fanner means a clean, well-lighted and
ventilated home for his live stock?a
place in which the work of caring for'
the animals can be performed with
comparative comfort and in much less
time than it formerly took.
Barn construction has made greater
progress than building of any other
sort. And a great deal of this prog
ress has been brought about by the .n
greatest profit may be made from the
live [stock it houses. The prospective
barn builder should exercise as much
care in planning this building as he
would in erecting a home, for on the
plan depends whether or not he con
ducts hrs live stock business in the
most efficient way.
This is to be a "Build a Building"
year. The need for farm buildings I*,
40'0*
LJTTEX A1XEY ii
tV-ft"
50X STALL
FEED B1H
nwm alley
MANGjfcl 1
SiZ?11
DOUBLE!'HOUSE -pTAU-5
UTTXR, ALU-Y
Floor Plan
as great as the need for homes. With
wheat at $2/20 a bushel and other
grains in proportion, none of them will
be wasted. And it is sheer waste to
house the live stock in poorly con
structed barns, where they will require
a greater amount of fuel in the shape
of feed than they would in a tight
barn, whore water is available. There
is n<> place where work can be so
lightened on the farm as in the barn.
In considering the care of live stock,
the silo should be also considered.
One-third of the feed value of the corn
is in the stalk. To allow this feed to
bo lost is another waste that should
be eliminated. The silo provides the
live stock with fresh nourishing food
of Small Barn.
, vestigationfi made at the state experi
i mem stations and the agricultural col
leges. These investigations have prov
en that a cow or a horse, or even a
hog, must have a clean, well-lighted
place in which fresh air can circulate
freely in order to be healthy and in
consequence as productive as possible.
As a result, the barns that ^re now
erected are planned so that these fea
tures are included. Lack of water
meant less milk, so running water is
now carried to each stall; a cold barn
had the additional erTeot of requiring
a greater amount ct feed, in order thar
the animal mighr be kept warm; lack
of sunshine meant that the barn was
a breeding place for all sorts of dis
ease germs, sunshine being nature's
greatest germicide. Shown these facts
the modern business farmer at once
decided that sick animals were bad in
vestments, so he accepted the modern
way <>f housing his animals.
Good Barn for Average Farm.
On the average farm, however, not
such a great number of live stock are
kepi as to require :i large barn. The
building shown in the accompanying
illustration is designed to house four
horses and sevenVcows and to provide
storage space for their winter's supply
of fri-d. This gambrel-roofed barn 1
will meet the requirements of a ma
jority of farmers. The floor plan
shows how the -tails are placed in the
two compartments, it now being re
quired in many states that milk-pro
ducing cows be separated by :i closed
wall from the horse barn. :is the am
monia nnie? in tin- latter contaminate
the milk.
The animals face in. allowing lb'*
sunshine from the windows to strike
the litter alley ami gutter, ;iml to keep
the bright Light Out of the eyes of the
cows and horses, ii was observed by
u<!? nis .?!' live slock ilia' h<?th cows
und le.rses in the pasture alwjiys turn
throughout the several months the>
are in the barn and goes a long way
toward solving the problem of feed.
Erecting such a barn as has been
here described is good business for the
farmer. It will save him labor, and
labor is costly. It will give him in
creased nrorits in both money and sat
isfaction.
Quite Happy.
Through the wild ways of her good
for-nothing husband, a hardworking
charwoman had to remove to a little
two-roomed cottage, where there was
scarcely space to sneeze without shak
ing the ornaments from |_ho mantle
].:.-ce.
"'It's hard lines for yon |o he brought
(!? wn like this, nfier what you've been
accustomed to." said :i sympathetic
U-'Ighbor. "I don't doubt you frei ven
miserable. Mrs. .Tones."
"\'o. 1 don't." the charwoman stotitl)
d nied. "I'm happier here !?;. :i but:
way than I used to !??> in (!??? old \'ace
I'or oil" thing, when mv husband come*
home in a brute of :i temper, h" can*;
throw me down i!e> cellar jfs |i
used io do. Vos i!i ?'.'<? ain't mum now.
?Pearson's Weekly.
ARE Y?? G?ll TO BU1D?
We Furnish Everything
For Any Building
BOOTH and McLEOD, INC,
Building Material Headquarters
UILD NOW!
This is not a Command from us. We are
simply giving voice to the need of our
beautiful city. Build now and let us furinsh
the Electrical Equipment and do the Wiring
j THE IYNAM ELECTRIC CO
; Phone 900 31 W. Liberty
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DOE THIS HIT YOU?
Yon are now face to face with the fact that soonner or later'yott
will Iiave to build a new home or make extensive repairs".on the*"
old one. . . ... -
Right Now
Is the time to do one or the other most economically. If it 1^
v. new building it will certainly cost no less later on, while thef ..
i diances are it will cost more.
There Is An Urgent ^eit"'" "^"---^
For more homes in this City. As ? proof of this fact, try to rent
or buy a desirable home at this time.
Desirable Buliding Lots are Available
In this City as well as building material. We have the materall' i
in quantity and quality and arc able: to quote you attractive prices
? and make prompt delivery.
- Submit us a list of your needs.
AVERY LUMBER CO. INC.
After You Build the New Home
The next thing to consider is
NEW FURNISHINGS
The selection of the furniture should be made with
eare and thought. It will not be a 'real home' unless
the furinishings are in harmony and give tliat atmos
phere of good taste .und comfort.
We Are
"The Home Furnishers"
Everything in the Furintnrc line for ev?Tv kind of home
JENNING-GAINEY* FURNITURE CO.
W. Liberty Sumter, S. C.
Home of the New Edison Sellers Kitchen Cabinets