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]EST FORM Of GENERAL BAR? 'rovision for Cows and Horse: in a Plan That Has Been Well Laid Out. 30X STALLS ARRANGED FOP 4aymew and All Other Appurte nanzes Are Provided For as They Srould Be-Gambrel Roof One of t Strongest of Its Features. B it.'LIAM A. RADFORD. -nt: -~ 11;1:tanwe - Ti t. r i If -- !. r 1a.1 -. t t. thl - -ts. I )for A ecedg : un is often re .r a :Arm. v 1'e it is not ad i a'.e to havt' a Wi barn'i separate c' - cons anl for horses. In .he g l ba sh tn shown in the illus .rations. roo:m is provided for 12 cows md 4 horses. In addition to this there Lre two box stalls that can be used for mny kind of stock. Th, box stalls !ach have an entrance from the out iide and are th ;s well stl'arated from .he rest of th har: . sa vory good plan to hive at btist u box stall n a barn. ad- . i l 'r te have 1h U: i:r e i s aiable stock, as xp.. hri hmill or a n ma be i necessary . keep himt il vaw' from the other an imals. Also In caso a (ow\" or a horse is sick it can t' handled much bet ter if it is away tron the other an imals. The ha vmow is ca jale of takting Care of L a arge ut~ti it y of clover, tal fulia. amid si rW w. 'I lhe roof Is of the gambtir. ' typ and'ivi is setlf-supplortinug, so that the~re' aru no colinnls or p~ost.s in1 the cen'lt rat part of the mow to inter luro wh thI .- stoiage of tho fodder. 'ITh gambril t' roof is one of' the strong est. ft roo dtigns, I: li 1 so the're will be no dlanger' to it noit stantding the strain (duo to the w ind and the sniow. The Iloor undete hl.iymlow i Iiade of~ the dusit wtill not. go thrloulgh anld both-1 (c' the ~ ~ani that, are' b1elow Many11 lull coni:-ide'r that this is a uiseliss ex loen'. buit It they hait had any~ ex ~lui1l nrmar nikr h ow i ~~5t~5ALL6$ ULL4fLLrD L bet mateia fo tim purose coums.ThseIr L lppoem o creidrals. oouccare canre o notf bxercised ini makIng these fotundati right. Nearly all the wveight of fodder, str'aw, etc., In the hamyn ta carrIed by these columnis. C must also( be exercised in prepali the grounid before puttinag downi concreto floor'. It shiould be thorot 'Jy compaicted so ihalt the floor wIll sink in some1 pilace and thus crac1 The concrete sido0 walls at-e earl 'I up to gradle and1( the frame Ist erected oni top of them. All the doors opening to the sIde are of tihe Dutchi typo. Dutch d~or is one of the best k that can be put In a barn. Dturing warm weather the upper part cat aeft open so as to provide plent: air, and the stock can be kept in '.f dasir-ible. There is only one caution that must be made with this kind of a door. The top and bottown parts must be carefully beveled where they meet, so that the door will be stormproof in the wintertime; other wise the draft through this opening may keep the barn too cold. The part of the barn occupied by the horses Is shut off from the rest:of the barn by swinging doors. It is desira ble in a combination barn to have the horses and' cows separated ap com pletely as possible. In this barn the doors close both the litter alleys and the feed alleys except when they are in use. The box stalls are in the same end of the barn as the horse stalls. The ventilating system is taken off by two foul-air shafts. These are placed in the partition between the box stalls and the cow stable on each side. These shafts reach from near the floor to the ventilator oil the roof. This carries away the foul air from the stah!e proper and also ventilates the hay mow. Intake clues are provided which take the air into the stable just below the Windows and discharge it near the ceil ing over the stock. Good ventilation i, absolutely necessary in a dairy barn if the best of milk is to be produced. The expense of installing a ihrst-class system will be more than made up In the returns from healthy stock. At the end of the barn in which the cows are kept is a silo which opens into a feed alley running between the mangers. This alley is equipped with a feed carrier running on a track. The work of feeding the stock in such a barn as this is much easier when the feed can be carried on a track running the length of the barn. The carrier runs into the horse part of the stable also. The silage for the cattle and the hay for both the cattle and the horses can be conveniently handled with this apparatus. In back of the rows of stalls on each side of the barn are litter carriers, which assist in the handling of the manure so that it can " got - the fields before it loses any of its value as a fertilizer. - Tho stalls in the part of the barn occupied by the cattle artplaced on .lant with a gutter behind so that they can be readily iushed. out withea fose. T e floor where the horses are aP~u s aetilier keti lt, amnd there are- nuo gutters rehind the stalls. This is the acaept ed style of costruction for, horseand cow barns. Unhonored Manuscripts, The Magia Chtarta, manuscr-ph is not thme only one that was found, by accident. Thle "Diary at John Evelyn" was founmd by William Upcott among th'wso paper' ini tile bumbe~r room at W\otton, while the tutor or tho Mar .~ uis de Uuinvillie, when, planyinig tennis, i oun mtIhat the( dtrumi of his racket was i fornuu-ul of someit lilp icet upon which was writlten a fragument of the lost i "OiIna I )rade or Ldvy." One of our Iolst fragmentuts of Anglo-Saxon poet. i-ry, "The Fight at Finnsburug,"' was ilifound pasted ( inijdo the coveYS of a TTLu, ALL.I Y IIN"^ P1 DlQ TNCV D TE~.AulY - . he book of homIlies in Lambeth library, eet ,andt 12 v'ohimes of the manuscript jour' lhe nail of tile house of lords were toundt sed iln the Walworth road ini a cheese. roni monger's shop,) abountt to bei uised as on- wrlalping paper for b)utter amnd lard. lhe L.ondon Chronicle. alns the Cabby's Opportunity, uow The cabby r'egard(edi the broken. nmre down taxi with a gleam of deolight, 'lng hut id nlot speak. 'Thle chauffouir be the gani operins on is machline. He igh- turnied aimi twisted it, aind banged it nlot anti screwved it, but to no avail, and . still the cabby spoke not. Thlen thi ried chauff'eur- wiipued his Drow, and thi hvn cabby, still withl the gleanm in his eye crossed over. "'Ere," ho elaimet out- grimly, holding out his wvhip; "'r The yer are, mister, 'it 'im with tis!" the Another Result. be "it water is stirred with a paddi< of for flye hours, it will be boiling." side "So would any cook 'who was askes nro. to do it. BULD A CURTAIN-FR f11970 i.,o IL F: / A mort After working and experimenting with ]heated' houses and then with glass front houses and various other kinds, inny poultrymen and investiga tors came to the conclusion that they had not yet discovered the right way to build their poultry houses. Then came a radical change. It was from the closed warm house to the curtain front house. Those houses were con structed with two windows In front, one at each end, and in the center a long opening. The bottom of this open window was high enough from the floor so there was no direct draft on the birds. The walls of the house were built absolutely tight so there were no drafts. The opening was cov ered only by a light cotton curtain. Thorough trials of this style of house developed the fact that the fowls kept in such buildings were more healthy and vigorous and produced more eggs than under other systems. So that now the curtain-front house has come to be generally accepted as the most desirable poultry house to build. The free circulation of air through the house removes all dampness, the litter is kept dry, and the birds scratch free ly in it. After several years of experiment ing the Maine agricultural experiment station has adopted the following plan as the most economical in construc tion: Each pen 20x20 feet will house 100 birds; a house may be made up of as many or as few sections or pens as the owner desires. A door in, each partition will make it easy to do the work. In long houses one end section may be left for a feed room. Three 6x6-inch sills run the length of the house, the center one supports the floor timbers in the middle of the house, while the outside ones rest on a rough stone wall, high enough from the ground for dogs and cats to go under the building to look after rats, etc., that may harbor there. The stone wall rests on the surface of the ground, with large openings in it ev ery 20 feet to allow the circulation of air. This keeps the ground and tim bers dry during the summer. The floor timbers are 2xG inches and rest -on top of the sills. The front studs are eight feet, six inches high. The two sides of the roof are unequal in, width, the ridge being eight feet from. fd the front wail. The height oif the ridge from the sill to the extreme top of rafters is 12 feet 4 inchenx. All studiding is 2x1 inrhen. TIhem building is covered1 with one, incht rough iumi ber, then papered and covered with r'ustic iling. Tihe roof ia coverredi with one-inch boards and thin building pa per, and then shingled. TVhe cost of the building may bie lessened by using shiplap for the sides and by covering with a high grade roofing papesr, The front of the building or of eaich section han storma windorwn, 2 feet 11 inches by 4 feet 6 inches. Trhese glass windows are screwod on up.. rights 2 feet 8 inches from each end of the room. They are three feet above the floor. The dlistanco between the windows is 8 feet 10 inches, anrlthe top part of it, to a dlepth of 3.feet 6 inches from the plate, is not boarded up, but is left opeun to ho covered by a cloth curtain when necessary. This leaves a tight wall 3' foot 10 inches high, extending from the bottom of the opening dlown to the floor, which pre vents the wind from blowing on the bIrds when they are on the floor. A door, 2 feet 10 inches wide, for en trance to the yard, is miado in the front wall. The lower half is boarded, the upper covered by the curtain. Another door, 16x15i inches, is placed six inches from the floor under one of the win down for the birds to pass through the I front yard. A similar door in the cen ter of back wail admits thoem to the rear yard. A light framo, made of 1x3 inch strips and 1x6-inch cross tees, is covered with ten-ounce white duck or , unbleached shouting and hinged at the top of the "'ot opening, which it. coy : s': when .closed down. This curtain is easily turned nn Into the ranm and ONT POULTRY HOUSE 19 0 rmi y P/cmn = oG held in place by hooks in the ceiling. The roost platform should be made tight. It extends the full length of the room against the back wall, and is 4l feet 10 inches wide and three feet above the floor. It is then high enough for a person to get under when necessary to handle the birds or clean out the house. There are three roosts, framed together in two 10-foot sec tions. The top is one foot above the platform and hinged to the back wall, so they may. be turned up out of the way when the platform is being cleaned. The back roost is 12 inches from the wall, and the spaces between the next two are 16 inches. They are made of 2x3-inch lumber placed om edge, with the upper corners rounded off. The roosting closet is' shut oil from the rest of the room by curtains: similar to the one described for the front of the house. For convenience in handling there are two of these curtains, each 9 feet 8 inches long and three feet wide, hinged at the top so as to be turned out and hooked up. This leaves a space of 2 feet 6 inches between the curtain and the roof. This space is celled, and in it are two open ings, each three feet long and six inches wide, provided with a slide door for ventilating the roosting closet when necessary. The nests are placed on framework 'nder the roosting board. This frame should extend at least three inches beyond the back of the nests, and should be so arranged that they may be easily removed for cleaning. If several of these houses are joined together to make one long laying house, a door should be placed in ev ery compartment five inches out from the edge of the roosting platform. These doors are three feet wide and seven feet high, divided in the middle lengthwise, and each half is hung with double-acting spring hinges, allowing it to swing both ways and to be kept closed without attention. Extending across the building and through the center of the doorways a' track of wood or iron may be placed for the ready movement of a suspend ed car. The platform of this car should be 2x8 feet and elevated about one foot above the floor. Attached to each end of the platform. is- an iron guard which projects one foot beyond. As the car passes through, the building ~or this guard strIkes the doors and pu;shzes theme open easily. All food and water canL be carried through the hotuse oin this car, and it will prove a great labor saver in1 a long laying hiself$. Trhe dropnpings from- the roost iag boards may also be removed on it, being gathered in p~ails or boxes, loaded on the car andl pushed to. the manuro shed. CHICKENS RELISH A VARIET) Fowls Need Something Bulky and Succulent to Take Place of Grass and Green Vegetatlon,. When digging polatoes, articheos or other crops, store some in a place easily acessiblo and (10 not forget to give your fowls the benefit of them. The poultry needs something bulky and succulent to take the place of the tender grass and other green vegeta tIon on which they have been feeding for months. Remembor, an exclusive grain ration is to concentrated. Give themi something "filling'' for a change andl see how they will enjoy it. Variety is spico for hens as well as humans, and healthy fowls are the result if this truth is kept in mind, and incidentally we might say, healthy fowls fill the egg basket. Don't Use Diseased Powl. No fowl should ever be used in the breeding pen that at one time in its life had a contagious disease. Blut no harm can come from using b'.rds that had been afflicted with slight colds or tropen combs. CALOMEL SIOKENSI DON'T STAY B I Guarantee "Dodson's liver T and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Calomel makes you sick; you lose a day's work. Calomel is quicksilve and it salivates; calomel injures your liver. If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggis1 and all knocked out, if your bowels are constipated and your head achet or stomach is sour, just take a spoon ful of harmless Iodson's Liver Tone instead of using sickening, salivating calomel. Dodson's Liver 'T'one is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morning because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be work ing, your headache and dizziness gone, your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will feel like working. You'll be cheerful; full Of vigor and ambition. Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone His Mild Request. "My dear," he began mildly. "Well?" she snapped. "I don't mind your borrowing bny Panama hat. But when you return it please remove the veil and the hat pins. 1 don't care to wear such equip ment downtown again."-Louisville Courier-Journal. ELIXrR BAIlER A GOOD ToNW And Driven Malaria Out of the Systen. "Your 'Elabek arts like magic ; I have given I to numerous people in my parish wilo were suffertug with chills, malaria and fever. I rec commend it to those who are sufferers and in need of a good tonic" -Rev. I. Szymanowskl, St. Sephen's Churcx Perth Amboy, N. J. Elixir Babek, 50 cents, all druggist, or by Parcels Post, repaid, from Kloezewskt & Co.. A Fighting 5'ubmarirre.. "I hear you caught a 40-pound eat f sh in your gill-net." "We did." 'Make much of a fass?" "Tore the net all to shreds. For a while we thought we had snared a submari.ne."-Kansas city .Jou-rnai. Where He Loses. 'The man who is always punctual in keeping an appointment never loses anything." "No, only- half an hour waiting for the other fellow to show up." It's a good reputation that can't ac quire a- spot. 1Oc Worth of Will Clear $1.00 W Get rid of t big crops or % is the time tc ' i while produ quickest, che ing Du Poni weather. Write for F . DU P01 WU.MINGTON ACoffee Pot ahi as the Statue < To brew all the Arbuckle used every week would r, -coffee pot almost as tall Statue of Liberty.--305 fe Get a packnge of Arbuckles' Coffe, eitherr ay.l ben ror ground from yo most popular coffee in America. Arbuck 1 signatures are good for premiums. sav them. W/rite for our bilg free premlur catalog wArbuckle Bros.,71WSwate "$etr tha Chk I Made by BAILE IT SALIVATES! ILIOUS CONSTIPATED ne" Will Give You the Best Liver Had--Don't Lose a Day's Work! under my personal guarantee that it will clean your sluggish liver better than nasty calomel; it won't make you sick and yotf can eat anything you want without being salivated. Your druggist guarantees that each spoonful will start your liver, clean your bowels and straighten you up by morning or you can have your money back. Chil dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone because it is pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe or cramp or make them sick. I am selling millions of bottles of Dodson's Liver Tono to people who have found that this pleasarnt, vege table, liver medicine takes the place of dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle on my sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your druggist or storekeeper about me. Wasting Time. "Friction always takes time. An object rolling down a smooth hill goes much faster than when it bumps along over stones arml cobbles. A courteous remark will carry you quick er to die bargatin' than querulous bick erings bver prices which the sales. woman cannot control. When you allow the saleswoman to bring out dozens of $40 to' $50 suits when you know yo'I will not pay a cent over $25. you are wasting your owrr time and hers. When you clift with air acquaint -ance at tlh' glove counter and ignore the girl's "Do you wihil eight or twelve button?" yeu are wasting time again and deprivinig the gi l. of another cus tomer. Hanford's' Balsam Econo'my in large sizes. Adv. Tame Description. "I saw your husband at the ball game yesterd'ay." " "What was ie (oing?" "Why, he steemed to be an interest et spectator." "That doesn't describ my husband. dle's a cyclonic rooter." At least four~flfths of- the damage wrought by earthquakes is due to the neglect of the ordinary requirements of sound Constritction. orth of Land i1 stumps and grow cleared land. Now clean up your farm cts bring high prixes. Blasting is apest and easiest. with Low Freez Explosives. They work in cold Fee Handbook of Explosivae Nob 69F, dname of neareat dealer. MT POWDER COMPANY DELAWARE iost as tall if Liberty~ s' Coffee squire a as the ~et high. 8. F// B/ SuKo bu IECEIG OA0 if" Tr 'h mk-elw steMolg Y R8.n. INTNBIM l